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- HB 7 Charter; Town of Brodnax.
- HB 8 Water and sewer charges; adds Town of Kenbridge to localities that may attach lien on real estate.
- HB 71 Building permit; localities may adopt provisions for assessment of impact fees prior to issuance.
- HB 72 Building permit; localities may use impact fees for capital improvements.
- HB 82 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
- HB 132 Handicap placards; fine for inappropriately displaying when parking in space for handicapped.
- HB 140 Governing bodies & school boards, local; required to annually publish their approved budgets online.
- HB 174 Uniform Statewide Building Code; rental inspections.
- HB 177 Charter; Town of Appomattox.
- HB 190 Subdivision of lot; stepchildren included as immediate family for conveyance thereof.
- HB 193 Wells, private; prohibition on construction of certain.
- HB 195 Subdivision plats; clarifies definitions related thereto.
- HB 200 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
- HB 202 Ordinances; adoption of certain after general elections.
- HB 205 Zoning ordinance; provisions for issuance of inspection warrants by magistrate.
- HB 208 Public facilities; deferral of subdivision plats or site plans when inadequate.
- HB 240 Charter; Town of Troutville.
- HB 262 Housing loans and grants; localities to authorize in conservation or rehabilitation districts.
- HB 265 Wood burning fireplaces; regulation by locality.
- HB 294 Water and sewage connections; New Kent County to require connection by certain property owners.
- HB 304 Single-family dwellings; localities to limit occupancy.
- HB 350 Zoning ordinance; powers of zoning administrators.
- HB 356 Impact fees; assessment, collection, and imposition of certain.
- HB 357 Electric utility special rate districts; adds Fauquier County to those localities that may request.
- HB 358 Water hook-up permits; suspending during certain emergencies.
- HB 394 Water and waste authorities; powers.
- HB 430 Zoning ordinance; provisions for issuance of inspection warrants by magistrate.
- HB 432 Arts and cultural districts; adds City of Manassas to those localities authorized to create.
- HB 434 Defacement of buildings; immunity.
- HB 443 Loudoun County; rights and duties of county chairman.
- HB 445 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
- HB 451 Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; increases membership.
- HB 452 Residential dwellings; penalties related to overcrowding.
- HB 456 Charter; City of Martinsville.
- HB 463 Farm wineries; list of usual and customary activities that will be permitted.
- HB 466 Zoning ordinance; administrator or locality may record a memorandum of lis pendens to enforce.
- HB 485 Carbon monoxide detectors; locality to require installation in certain buildings.
- HB 486 Blacksburg, Town of; authority to bring civil action for failure to provide adequate crowd control.
- HB 508 Annexation; approval by referendum.
- HB 509 Annexation, granting of city charters, etc.; repealing temporary restrictions.
- HB 511 Vacant building registration; increases annual fee.
- HB 635 Impact fees; expands existing road impact fee provisions to include school improvements, etc.
- HB 639 Charter; Town of Purcellville.
- HB 663 Zoning administrator; expands authority related to enforcement of residential occupancy limits.
- HB 675 Discrimination; Fairfax County to prohibit in executive form of government.
- HB 679 Zoning ordinance; civil penalties for violations.
- HB 721 Plats; approval process by local planning commission.
- HB 726 Conditional zoning; purchase of development rights.
- HB 761 Charter; Town of Herndon.
- HB 769 Literary Fund; memorandum of lien.
- HB 845 Charter; City of Winchester.
- HB 847 Charter; City of Winchester.
- HB 851 Crowd control; authority to bring civil action against person who negligently fails to provide.
- HB 877 Community development authority board; City of Richmond appoint seven members.
- HB 879 Affordable dwelling unit ordinances; may establish requirement that prices for resale be controlled.
- HB 883 Affordable housing; permitting certain densities in plan in City of Charlottesville.
- HB 892 Annexation; extends from 2010 to 2020 temporary restriction on city annexation authority, etc.
- HB 901 Employee benefits; provision for funding of employee's principal residence in City of Alexandria.
- HB 954 Conditional zoning; purchase of development rights.
- HB 958 Residential dwellings, non-owner occupied; local government authority to require registration.
- HB 976 Single lot development; developers to provide stormwater management.
- HB 983 Charter; City of Radford.
- HB 991 Development rights; allows Albemarle County to enact an ordinance for severance and transfer.
- HB 1024 Military personnel; extension of deadlines for driver's license renewal, etc.
- HB 1033 Urban transportation service districts; grants towns authority to create.
- HB 1056 Charter; City of Falls Church.
- HB 1061 Zoning ordinances; may prescribe an appeal period of less than 30 days.
- HB 1078 Vested rights and nonconforming uses; changes to provisions.
- HB 1079 Zoning, Board of; structure permitted by variance may be expanded under certain conditions.
- HB 1084 Zoning; approval of certain proffered conditions.
- HB 1086 Zoning appeals; written notice of zoning violation.
- HB 1090 Zoning ordinance; civil penalties for violations.
- HB 1101 Zoning ordinances; notice of certain violations.
- HB 1107 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
- HB 1113 Certificate of occupancy; imposition of fee for issuance.
- HB 1159 Zoning ordinance; provisions for issuance of inspection warrants by magistrate.
- HB 1172 Charter; Town of Pound.
- HB 1177 Plats; length of validity after all or portion of property recorded.
- HB 1196 Charter; City of Bristol.
- HB 1210 Vacant building registration; enhances penalties for failure to register.
- HB 1215 Charter; City of Emporia.
- HB 1217 Charter; Town of Lawrenceville.
- HB 1279 Transportation district commissioners; raises per diem.
- HB 1297 Public facilities; locality may by ordinance adopt provision for adequacy.
- HB 1342 Water and sewer charge; adds Isle of Wight County to localities that may attach lien on real estate.
- HB 1343 Zoning ordinance; rezoning property to previous designation.
- HB 1350 Charter; City of Williamsburg.
- HB 1355 Sewage treatment plants; expanded or upgraded facility may limit amount of septage.
- HB 1380 Sewage systems; counties and towns may approve.
- HB 1430 Single-family dwellings; extends effective date requiring Surry County to provide for clustering.
- HB 1437 Trees; conservation during land development process for air quality improvement.
- HB 1463 Group homes; no more than eight mentally ill, disabled, etc. to reside therein.
- HB 1477 Elections; town election polling places and processes.
- HB 1480 Deputy sheriffs; locality allow those injured to use accrued leave to supplement workers' comp.
- HB 1496 Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; established.
- HB 1527 Sewer charges; enforcement of certain when authority doesn't provide water services.
- HB 1528 Southwest Virginia Health Facilities Authority; change in membership of board of directors.
- HB 1534 Plastic carryout bags; retail merchant not to provide unless durable.
- HB 1564 Regional Industrial Facility Authority; provides that Wythe County may withdraw therefrom.
- HB 1573 Central Virginia Regional Transportation Authority; created.
- SB 20 Carbon monoxide alarms; locality to require installation in certain buildings.
- SB 45 Charter; City of Norfolk.
- SB 49 Zoning ordinances and districts; matters to be considered in drawing and applying.
- SB 50 Zoning ordinances; purpose thereof.
- SB 54 Charter; City of Falls Church.
- SB 92 Charter; City of Martinsville.
- SB 184 Advertisement of plans; no person who received written notice may challenge validity of plan, etc.
- SB 215 Charter; Town of Narrows.
- SB 230 Subdivision of lot; stepchildren included as immediate family for conveyance thereof.
- SB 237 Localities; allowed to make donations to nonprofit association furnishing services to community.
- SB 268 Affordable housing; permitting certain densities in plan in City of Charlottesville.
- SB 282 Newport News Economic Development Authority; powers.
- SB 349 Charter; City of Bristol.
- SB 375 Charter; Town of Colonial Beach.
- SB 393 Zoning ordinance; owner of residential building, etc. allowed to rebuild after natural disaster.
- SB 415 Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act; officers of Buchanan County may serve as directors.
- SB 428 Zoning ordinance; provisions for issuance of inspection warrants by magistrate.
- SB 460 Charter; Town of Brodnax.
- SB 505 Charter; Town of Bowling Green.
- SB 531 Zoning ordinances; certain disclosures of real parties in interest.
- SB 532 Land use proceedings; disclosures in Loudoun County.
- SB 603 Charter; City of Williamsburg.
- SB 671 Single-family dwellings; extends effective date requiring Surry County to provide for clustering.
- SB 704 Nonprofit foundations; gifts & donations by localities thereto support public parks, libraries, etc.
- SB 706 Hampton Roads Sanitation District; redefines term sewage disposal system.
- SB 710 Trees; conservation during the land development process for air quality improvement.
- SB 727 Charter; City of Fredericksburg.
- SB 740 Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; established.
- SB 742 Annexation proceedings; extends moratorium.
- SB 766 Demolition of historic structures, cemeteries and graves; civil penalty.
- SB 791 Incentive zoning; definition.
- SB 794 Clarksville-Boydton Airport Commission; authorized to issue bonds.