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2008 SESSION
Chairman: Mary Margaret Whipple
Clerk: Susan Clarke Schaar/Patty Lung
Staff: Cheryl Jackson, Brenda Edwards
Date of Meeting: February 22, 2008
Time and Place: 10:00 a.m. -- Senate Room A
Patron: Sherwood
Powers and duties of the Division of Capitol Police. Allows the Capitol Police to enter into contracts or agreements with other agencies or localities in the same manner as local governments as may be necessary to carry out the Division’s law-enforcement duties.
Patron: Peace
Designating October as Right Choices for Youth Month in Virginia. Designates October in 2008, and in each year thereafter, as Right Choices for Youth Month in Virginia to promote the formation of character and integrity in young Virginians.
Patron: Wright
Dyslexia Awareness Month. Designating October, in 2008 and in each succeeding year, as Dyslexia Awareness Month in Virginia.
Patron: Wright
Valentines, Virginia Day. Designates February 14, in 2008 and in each succeeding year, as Valentines, Virginia Day in the Commonwealth.
Patron: Peace
Virginia Adoption Awareness Month. Recognizes November, in 2008, and in each succeeding year, as Virginia Adoption Awareness Month.
Patron: Carrico
Town of Independence. Recognizes the Town of Independence as the Official Home of the Grand Privy Race in Virginia.
Patron: O'Bannon
President Ronald Reagan Day. Designates February 6, in 2008 and in each succeeding year, as Ronald Reagan Day in Virginia.
Patron: Scott, E.T.
Plumbing Industry Week. Designates April 27 through May 3, 2008, as Plumbing Industry Week in Virginia to correspond to the plumbing industry's celebration of 125 years of existence in 2008.
Patron: Nutter
Brain Injury Awareness Month. Designates March, in 2008 and in each succeeding year, as Brain Injury Awareness Month in Virginia in conjunction with March as National Brain Injury Awareness Month and the Governor's proclamation of the month in Virginia in 2006.
Patron: Suit
Wild Spanish mustangs; resolution. Recognizes the historic value and importance of the last known wild herd of Spanish mustangs living on the barrier islands of Virginia.
Patron: Hall
Philippine Independence Day. Designates June 12, in 2008 and in each succeeding year, as Philippine Independence Day in Virginia in conjunction with other celebrations of the day in the nation.
Patron: Saxman
Board of Game and Inland Fisheries resolution. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries provide for greater citizen input in the formulation of wildlife regulations.
Patron: Howell, W.J.
Ms. Wheelchair Virginia Day. Designates April 14, in 2008 and in each succeeding year, as Ms. Wheelchair Virginia Day in Virginia.