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2008 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Courts of Justice
Subcommittee Civil

Edwards (Chairman), Quayle, Lucas, Puller, Cuccinelli, Obenshain, Deeds

Staff: J. French, M. Felch, D. Cotter
Date of Meeting: February 29, 2008
Time and Place: 9:00 AM, Senate Room A

H.B. 445

Patron: Rust

Occupancy limits.  Provides that no enforcement action shall be taken against the owner or managing agent of a single-family residential dwelling unit if such owner or managing agent is diligently pursuing certain legal remedies against the tenant.

H.B. 573

Patron: Watts

Supervised visitation. The bill states that any time supervised visitation is ordered, it shall be done in compliance with the following definition of supervised visitation:

"Supervised visitation" means contact between a parent and a child that occurs in the immediate presence of a supervising person approved by the court and under conditions designed to prevent any physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, threats, intimidation, abduction, or humiliation of either the child or the child's custodial parent or guardian. The supervising person shall not be any family or household member as that term is defined in clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v), and (vi) under the definition of "family or household member" in § 16.1-228, nor in anyway financially affiliated with the parent subject to the supervised visitation. However, if the court orders supervised visitation pursuant to a finding that a child was or is being abused or neglected pursuant to subdivision 4 under the "abused and neglected" definition in § 16.1-228, the supervising person shall not be a family or household member as that term is defined in its entirety in § 16.1-228.

H.B. 1125

Patron: Jones, S.C.

Virginia Port Authority; Craney Island Marine Terminal expansion.  Authorizes the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to grant easements and rights-of-way across and in the beds of Hampton Roads Harbor (Lower James River), including a portion of the Baylor Survey, to the Virginia Port Authority, for the eastward expansion of Craney Island.

H.B. 1142

Patron: Fralin

Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority. Delays the reversion of title to real property from the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority to the Commonwealth, in the event that the Authority ceases to operate a project, until July 1, 2009.  This bill contains an emergency clause.

EMERGENCY

H.B. 1208

Patron: Melvin

Conveyance of subaqueous lands.  Authorizes the Governor to sell and convey approximately 0.157 acres of previously filled subaqueous lands along the Elizabeth River in the City of Norfolk to Fort Norfolk LLC, in accordance with § 28.2-1200.1, which provides that the Commonwealth may convey previously filled subaqueous lands to private parties in an amount equivalent to 25 percent of the assessed value of the specified parcel, exclusive of buildings or other improvements.

H.B. 1317

Patron: Alexander

Conveyance of subaqueous lands.  Provides that a landowner may obtain a declaration from the Marine Resources Commission as to whether certain property is considered state-owned bottomlands and authorizes the Governor to sell and convey any interest that the Commonwealth retains in approximately 3.615 acres of previously filled subaqueous lands along the Lafayette River in the City of Norfolk to Thornton Hall of Norfolk LLC and 0.2 acres to Thornton Hall Inc. in accordance with § 28.2-1200.1, which provides that the Commonwealth may convey previously filled subaqueous lands to private parties in an amount equivalent to 25 percent of the assessed value of the specified parcel, exclusive of buildings or other improvements.