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2008 SESSION

Housing
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• HB 6 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (submitting to qualified voters).
• HB 36 Fair housing law; unlawful discriminatory housing practice.
• HB 44 Manufactured Housing Board; grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of a license.
• 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 77 Recordation tax; expands exemption for certain nonprofit providers of affordable housing.
• HB 82 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
• HB 174 Uniform Statewide Building Code; rental inspections. 
• HB 262 Housing loans and grants; localities to authorize in conservation or rehabilitation districts.
• HB 272 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (submitting to qualified voters).
• HB 289 Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.
• HB 302 Uniform Statewide Building Code; use of diesel fuel or motor oil as release agent prohibited.
• HB 304 Single-family dwellings; localities to limit occupancy.
• HB 330 Affordable housing; price controls. 
• HB 332 Spot blight abatement; alternative procedure when owner of record fails to respond.
• HB 333 Automatic sprinkler systems; tax credit for initial installation.
• HB 391 Uniform Statewide Building Code; rental inspection districts.
• HB 418 Uniform Statewide Building Code; energy efficiency rating to be included in final inspection.
• HB 445 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
• HB 452 Residential dwellings; penalties related to overcrowding.
• HB 485 Carbon monoxide detectors; locality to require installation in certain buildings.
• HB 498 Uniform Statewide Building Code; standards for installation of in-building antenna systems.
• HB 541 Uniform Statewide Building Code; statute of limitation for prosecution of violations.
• HB 598 Uniform Statewide Building Code; notice to owner prior to issuance of building permits.
• HB 617 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; creates dedicated source of funding via percentage of recordation tax.
• HB 660 Manufactured homes; deemed real estate when equipment previously used for mobility removed.
• HB 663 Zoning administrator; expands authority related to enforcement of residential occupancy limits.
• HB 791 Fort Lee Housing Enterprise Zone, created.
• HB 803 VDOT; authority to account for workforce housing.
• HB 846 State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.
• 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 895 Uniform Statewide Building Code; definition of amusement devices.
• HB 958 Residential dwellings, non-owner occupied; local government authority to require registration.
• HB 959 Uniform Statewide Building Code; grading limitations.
• HB 1002 Condominium Act; notice of increased assessments.
• HB 1008 Derelict structures; locality authorized to impose fee on record owner.
• HB 1073 Housing and Community Development, Department of; administration of the Private Activity Bonds.
• HB 1077 Real Estate Time Share Act; obligation for fees and limitation on actions.
• HB 1082 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; creates dedicated source of funding via percentage of recordation tax.
• HB 1085 Fair housing law; unlawful discriminatory housing practice.
• HB 1107 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
• HB 1113 Certificate of occupancy; imposition of fee for issuance.
• HB 1119 Derelict structures; locality authorized to impose fee on record owner.
• HB 1137 Green roof incentive programs; Board of Housing & Community Development to develop guidelines.
• HB 1240 Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act.; access of tenant to cable, satellite, etc.
• HB 1430 Single-family dwellings; extends effective date requiring Surry County to provide for clustering.
• HB 1483 Certified home inspection; revises definition.
• HJ 22 Residential and commercial development, new; joint subcommittee to study identifiable costs.
• HJ 84 Affordable housing; Housing Commission to study methods for procuring units for public employees.
• HJ 108 Affordable housing; Departments of Housing and Community Development, and Taxation to study.
• HJ 167 Vacant residential units; Housing Commission to study problem in densely populated urban areas.
• SB 20 Carbon monoxide alarms; locality to require installation in certain buildings.
• SB 163 Derelict structures; locality authorized to impose fee on record owner.
• SB 167 Uniform Statewide Building Code; use of noncombustible materials in certain structures construction.
• SB 268 Affordable housing; permitting certain densities in plan in City of Charlottesville.
• SB 299 Real estate taxes; classifies affordable rental housing.
• SB 363 Automatic sprinkler systems; tax credit for initial installation.
• SB 455 Local government authority; registration of non-owner occupied residential dwellings; civil penalty.
• SB 456 Uniform Statewide Building Code; grading limitations.
• SB 458 Rental inspection districts; removes certain language that expressly rejects construction thereof.
• SB 661 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; creates dedicated source of funding via percentage of recordation tax.
• SB 671 Single-family dwellings; extends effective date requiring Surry County to provide for clustering.
• SB 682 State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.
• SB 716 Asbestos, Lead, & Home Inspectors, Board for; home inspection include evaluation of heating systems.
• SB 761 Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.
• SJ 56 Vacant residential units; Housing Commission to study problem in densely populated urban areas.
• SJ 80 Affordable housing; Housing Commission to study incentives for targeted development, etc.