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SB 283 Real estate tax; authorizes certain counties & cities to adopt income limit for elderly & disabled.
Introduced by: John C. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Elderly and permanently and totally disabled real estate tax relief. Adds the Cities of Newport News and Hampton, and the Counties of Hanover and Powhatan to the list of localities that may provide real estate tax exemptions to elderly and handicapped persons whose income and net worth do not exceed limitations that are higher than the income and net worth limitations that apply in general to counties, cities, and towns. The bill also increases the income limitation from $62,000 to $67,000 for the Cities of Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and the Counties of Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, and Powhatan. The bill incorporates HB 1428.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080734275 pdf | impact statement
- 01/17/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 080734275-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/08 House: Committee substitute printed 082587672-H1 pdf
- 03/05/08 Senate: Conference substitute printed 082600275-S1 pdf
- 03/08/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080734275
- 01/08/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/15/08 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/08 Senate: Read second time
- 01/17/08 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/17/08 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/17/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB283E
- 01/17/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 080734275-E
- 01/18/08 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 01/18/08 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 01/18/08 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/11/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/12/08 House: Assigned Finance sub: 1
- 02/18/08 House: Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/08 House: Committee substitute printed 082587672-H1
- 02/19/08 House: Read second time
- 02/20/08 House: Read third time
- 02/20/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 082587672-H1
- 02/20/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB283H1
- 02/20/08 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/08 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (3-Y 37-N)
- 02/26/08 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/26/08 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/28/08 Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/08 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/28/08 Senate: Senators: Miller, J.C., Lucas, Whipple
- 02/29/08 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/29/08 House: Delegates: Loupassi, Purkey, Watts
- 03/05/08 Senate: Conference substitute printed 082600275-S1
- 03/05/08 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/05/08 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/08 House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER)
- 03/08/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 695 (effective 7/1/08)
- 04/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695)