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2009 SESSION
HB 2138 Graffiti abatement; permits localities to charge property owner for cost thereof.
Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Graffiti abatement. Defines "defacement" to mean the unauthorized application by any means of any writing, painting, drawing, etching, scratching, or marking of an inscription, word, mark, figure, or design of any type. Permits localities to charge a property owner for the cost or expenses of removing defacement that occurs on a public or private building, wall, fence, or other structure located on an unoccupied property. Every charge that remains unpaid shall constitute a lien against such property, but no lien shall be chargeable to the owners of such property unless the locality shall have given a minimum of 15 days notice to the property owner prior to the removal of the defacement. This bill is identical to SB 1369.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098477640 pdf
- 02/06/09 House: Committee substitute printed 092084640-H1 pdf
- 02/28/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2138ER) pdf
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098477640
- 01/13/09 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/23/09 House: Assigned CC & T sub: 2
- 01/29/09 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to VA Housing Commission by voice vote
- 02/06/09 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/09 House: Committee substitute printed 092084640-H1
- 02/08/09 House: Read first time
- 02/09/09 House: Read second time
- 02/09/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 092084640-H1
- 02/09/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2138H1
- 02/10/09 House: Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N)
- 02/10/09 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (88-Y 9-N)
- 02/11/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/09 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/17/09 Senate: Reported from Local Government (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/19/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/09 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/09 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/09 Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N)
- 02/28/09 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2138ER)
- 02/28/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 462 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)