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2008 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Local Government
Subcommittee Charters

Locke (Chairman), Ticer, Reynolds, Ruff, Stuart

Clerk: Carol Lynne Shotton
Staff: Jeffrey Sharp, Kevin Stokes
Date of Meeting: January 22, 2008
Time and Place: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Floor East Conference Room, GAB

S.B. 349

Patron: Wampler

Charter; City of Bristol.  Formalizes an agreement between the city and the TVA regarding electrical rates.

S.B. 505

Patron: McDougle

Charter; Town of Bowling Green.  Amends the charter by: (i) providing for staggered four-year terms of office for the mayor and town council members; (ii) removing the salary cap for mayor and members of council; (iii) providing that the town council may employ a town clerk and a town treasurer rather than mandating that the town council appoint a town clerk and a town treasurer; (iv) clarifying the duties of the town clerk, town manager, and the town treasurer; (v) providing for a town attorney; (vi) providing that the town council may establish and maintain a police force and that the chief of police and the policemen and employees of such police force shall be under the control and supervision of the town manager; (vii) deleting outdated provisions; and (viii) making numerous technical changes. This bill contains an emergency clause.

EMERGENCY

S.B. 603

Patron: Norment

Charter; City of Williamsburg.  Deletes the parenthetical definition of transient lodging as lodging for not more than 30 consecutive days.