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  • HB 1579 Transportation funding, etc; certain revenues attributable to economic growth in Hampton Roads, etc.
  • HB 1595 Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority; receive and expend public funds, etc.
  • HB 1597 Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit; makes localities' health care programs eligible to receive.
  • HB 1604 Parking Facilities Bond Act of 2009; created.
  • HB 1611 Veterans Memorial Bridge; designating as Interstate Route 64 bridge near Town of Clifton.
  • HB 1613 Polygraph examiners; only a federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer shall operate device.
  • HB 1619 Distribution of handbills in highway right-of-way; grants City of Falls Church, etc. to prohibit.
  • HB 1620 Early voting; qualified registered voter may vote in person from 14 to three days before election.
  • HB 1622 Weight limits for gravel trucks; repeals sunset provision on statute.
  • HB 1625 Fair housing protections; allows localities to expand beyond classes protected by state law.
  • HB 1628 Contractor performance bonds; amount for locally administered transportation improvement projects.
  • HB 1629 Pedestrians; grants counties same authority as cities & towns to prohibit loitering on bridges, etc.
  • HB 1637 Boards of zoning appeals; when actions may be taken. 
  • HB 1643 Elections; electoral board may provide for oaths of officers.
  • HB 1644 Early voting; qualified registered voter may vote in person from 19 to three days before election.
  • HB 1645 Highway system construction, urban; not more than 1/3 of funds to be used to reimburse locality.
  • HB 1647 Retirement benefits; City of Danville to provide for deputy sheriffs.
  • HB 1651 Line of Duty Act; short-term disability benefits for state police officers.
  • HB 1652 Confederate cemeteries & graves; adds Skinquarter Baptist Church Cemetery & McKenzie Cemetery.
  • HB 1655 Firearms; award of court costs, etc., to entity that prevails in action challenging locality.
  • HB 1667 American Former Prisoners of War Memorial Hwy.; extends hwy. northward from Russell/Tazewell County.
  • HB 1669 Income tax, state; State shall return to cities & counties 50% of growth in collections.
  • HB 1671 Derelict buildings and structures; locality authorized to require removal, repair, etc., thereof.
  • HB 1675 Pedestrians; grants counties same authority as cities & towns to prohibit loitering on bridges, etc.
  • HB 1676 Distribution of handbills, etc. on highways; grants Spotsylvania County power to regulate.
  • HB 1677 Contractor performance bonds; amount for locally administered transportation improvement projects.
  • HB 1678 Grievance procedure; gives localities authority to use an administrative hearing officer.
  • HB 1680 Vested rights; defines term 'act of God' to include any natural disaster or phenomena.
  • HB 1681 Wells, private; requires site plan to be included in an application for permit to construct.
  • HB 1691 Retail Sales and Use Tax; City of Virginia Beach entitled to certain.
  • HB 1692 Indoor Clean Air Act; prohibits smoking in all indoor restaurants and bar and lounge areas in State.
  • HB 1694 Parking; allows certain counties and towns to prohibit parking of certain vehicles on streets.
  • HB 1697 Annexation; extends to 2018 temporary restriction on city authority on granting of city charters.
  • HB 1699 Biofuels; broadens Right to Farm Act to allow farmers to engage in small-scale production.
  • HB 1703 Indoor Clean Air Act; prohibits smoking in certain public buildings, restaurants, etc., exceptions.
  • HB 1704 Smoke Free Air Act; smoking in public places, civil penalties.
  • HB 1707 Energy performance-based contracts; Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy to provide advice.
  • HB 1713 Holland-Councill Memorial Bridge; designating as Route 58 business bridge over Blackwater River.
  • HB 1715 Admissions tax; adds Greensville County to list of those that may impose at events.
  • HB 1724 Trespassing vehicle; local regulation of removal and immobilization thereof.
  • HB 1728 Road impact fees; allows localities to reduce or exempt fee for commercial development.
  • HB 1729 Electric transmission lines; locality may request an electric utility to install underground, etc.
  • HB 1735 Arts and cultural districts; grants statewide authority for creation thereof.
  • HB 1742 Deferred compensation plans, local; locality to provide automatic enrollment of all employees.
  • HB 1748 Concealed handgun permit; no requirement for fingerprinting if previously issued permit.
  • HB 1751 Admissions tax; adds Carroll County to list of localities that may impose at events.
  • HB 1752 Weight limits for gravel trucks, coal haulers, etc.; extends sunset provision thereon.
  • HB 1756 Workers' compensation insurance; written agreement approved by State Corporation Commission.
  • HB 1770 Telephone companies; offering additional services in underserved localities.
  • HB 1771 Constitutional offices; provides special election to fill vacancy therein in certain localities.
  • HB 1773 Golf carts; allows governing body of Towns of Irvington or Saxis to authorize operation thereof.
  • HB 1780 Elections, special; filling vacancies in certain local offices.
  • HB 1783 Government, local; equalizes municipal and county taxing authority.
  • HB 1784 Government, local; equalizes municipal and county taxing authority.
  • HB 1788 Alternative on-site sewage systems; no locality shall prohibit use thereof.
  • HB 1795 Provisional ballots; voter whose name did not appear in pollbook may be counted after election day.
  • HB 1801 Conservators of peace, special; those employed by locality authorized to use flashing blue lights.
  • HB 1802 Behavioral health authority; allows member of local government to member of board of directors.
  • HB 1827 Retirement System; authority to manage and invest certain funds for postemployment benefits.
  • HB 1828 Green roof construction; localities and water authorities to offer rate incentives therefor.
  • HB 1830 Setoff Debt Collection Act; allows local governments to collect past due local taxes.
  • HB 1832 Elections; electoral board of city contained within one county may appoint city general registrar.
  • HB 1833 Indoor Clean Air Act; allows localities to exceed requirements that regulate smoking.
  • HB 1837 Speed limit; adds Albemarle County to list of maximum speed limit on nonsurface treated highways.
  • HB 1838 Disposition of surplus materials; authorizes local public bodies to use services of DGS.
  • HB 1854 Grievance procedure; gives localities authority to use an administrative hearing officer.
  • HB 1855 West Grant; conveyance of certain subaqueous lands in County of Fairfax.
  • HB 1858 Retirement System; locality may increase retirement allowance for its employees.
  • HB 1861 Street maintenance payments; increased where traffic volumes exceed statewide average by 20%.
  • HB 1872 Hampton Roads area; requirements for refuse collection and disposal system authorities.
  • HB 1879 Government, local; alternatives to publication of notices for charter changes, referenda, etc.
  • HB 1890 Housing authorities; changes number of qualified voters in locality needed to have referendum.
  • HB 1896 Absentee voting; adds persons disabled & entitled to request assistance in voting who are age 65.
  • HB 1902 Admissions tax; adds Carroll County to list of localities that may impose at events.
  • HB 1907 Twin County Airport Commission; change in membership.
  • HB 1910 Firearms; localities may adopt ordinance prohibiting thereof in libraries owned by locality.
  • HB 1912 Grass and weeds; permits City of Newport News to require property owner to cut if excessively high.
  • HB 1915 Line of Duty Act; exempts police department, etc., from requirement to reimburse investigation cost.
  • HB 1917 Transient occupancy tax; Giles County may impose at rate not to exceed 5% to promote tourism.
  • HB 1920 Revenue-sharing funds; allows town with populations of no more than 15,000 to use those allocated.