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- HB 1 Electronic mail, unsolicited commercial; narrows scope of spam statute, penalty.
- HB 5 Claims; Victor Anthony Burnette.
- HB 17 Taxes, state; reduces period of limitation for collection from 20 to 10 years.
- HB 29 Budget Bill.
- HB 30 Budget Bill.
- HB 41 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2010; created.
- HB 48 Debt Capacity Advisory Committee; adds State Comptroller and Staff Directors to membership.
- HB 141 Land preservation tax credit; nonprofit organizations holding a easement are ineligible to receive.
- HB 228 Personal property tax relief; deletes requirement that vehicle held in trust can qualify.
- HB 233 Affordable housing units; assessments.
- HB 273 Retirement System; benefits for deputy sheriffs.
- HB 284 Investment of public funds; removes requirement that public funds must be invested in certificates.
- HB 302 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain computer equipment and enabling software.
- HB 355 State Tax Expenditure Report; State Tax Commissioner to issue annually and post on its website.
- HB 370 Transient occupancy tax; adds Alleghany County to those that may impose.
- HB 384 Income tax, individual; reporting requirements.
- HB 430 Real property tax assessment; Department of Taxation to establish qualifications for certification.
- HB 447 Income tax, state; remainder of revenues transferred to Land Conservation Fund for distribution.
- HB 457 Tax information; disclosure of to Executive Director of Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.
- HB 485 Governor; shall initiate an operational and programmatic performance review of state agencies.
- HB 523 Income tax, state; exemption for any income taxed as long-term capital gain for federal income tax.
- HB 555 Enterprise Zone Grant Program; preference for allocating grant funds.
- HB 560 Retirement System; changes to sickness and disability plan.
- HB 561 Retirement System; optional life insurance.
- HB 562 Retirement System; retirement supplement.
- HB 624 Major business facility job tax credit; business that creates at least 50 qualified full-time jobs.
- HB 626 Tobacco products tax; moist snuff tax shall be computed based on net weight listed by manufacturer.
- HB 677 Specialized Biotechnology Research Performance Grant Program; established.
- HB 682 Gang-free zones; expanded to include public buildings and grounds, penalty.
- HB 713 Contractors, Board for; prerequisite for obtaining business license.
- HB 756 Offshore drilling; royalties to be deposited in Transportation Trust Fund, etc.
- HB 764 Income tax credits; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.
- HB 765 Communications sales & use tax; net revenue distributed according to each locality's pro rata.
- HB 803 Income tax, state; green jobs tax credit.
- HB 820 Cigarette tax; penalties for unstamped cigarettes.
- HB 837 Taxation, Department of; limiting contact with taxpayers via email.
- HB 861 Motion picture film production; provides income tax credits to any company with qualifying expenses.
- HB 874 Cigarette tax; changes time for affixing tax stamps to cigarette packs.
- HB 892 Retirement System; member with less than 5 years service can withdraw under certain circumstances.
- HB 943 Small Business Jobs Grant Fund; created.
- HB 944 Governor's reports; to provide monthly reports on revenue collections and quarterly assessments.
- HB 953 Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs; adds various controlled substances to list.
- HB 972 Transient occupancy tax; Fairfax County limitations.
- HB 985 BPOL tax; gross receipts of security brokers and dealers.
- HB 999 Certified renewable energy manufacturing equipment, etc.; separate classification for property tax.
- HB 1045 Tax returns; electronic filing by certain tax preparers, employers, and dealers.
- HB 1088 Cooperative Coyote Control Program; reestablished.
- HB 1090 Communications sales & use tax; net revenue distributed according to each locality's pro rata.
- HB 1118 Virginia Military Family Relief Fund; State policy to exclude from taxation payments made from Fund.
- HB 1189 Retirement System; modifies for new employees all defined benefit retirement plans.
- HB 1244 Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; authority of Governor to award grants.
- HB 1298 Retail Sales and Use Tax; lowers job threshold to receive exemption for certain computer equipment.
- HB 1301 Short-term rental property; local government may tax or may impose tax.
- HB 1329 Motor fuels sales tax; defines gross sales and sales price for purposes of tax in Northern Virginia.
- HB 1349 Virginia Free File program; Tax Commissioner to establish and model after IRS Free File program.
- HB 1356 License fees and taxes, local; exempts campgrounds and bed and breakfast establishments.
- HB 1378 Medical Assistance Services, Department of; establishing pilot program for use of biometric data.
- HB 1381 Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund; established.
- SB 1 Relief for purchaser of property sold at treasurers' sales; Charles L. Kingrea.
- SB 15 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2010; created.
- SB 29 Budget Bill.
- SB 30 Budget Bill.
- SB 57 RS&UT; dealers selling and installing countertops shall be deemed retailers for purposes thereof.
- SB 81 Agricultural, forestal, or agricultural and forestal districts; use value assessment.
- SB 90 BPOL tax; gross receipts of security brokers and dealers.
- SB 92 Law Officers' Retirement System; allowance would be paid until social security retirement age.
- SB 95 Line of Duty Act; short-term disability benefits for state police officers.
- SB 97 Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund; funding from additional surcharge.
- SB 102 Budget process; biennial appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years.
- SB 109 Green Public Buildings Act; created.
- SB 113 Constitutional amendment; tax exemptions for buildings, etc., constructed to conserve energy.
- SB 115 Surcharge on fuels sales; locality to impose a one percent surcharge.
- SB 121 Real property tax; notice of public hearing when locality's assessment results in increase.
- SB 124 Electronic summons system; cities, etc., to assess fee as part of costs in criminal or traffic case.
- SB 129 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.
- SB 130 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain computer equipment and enabling software.
- SB 140 Virginia ports; Governor may enter into agreement that transfers to a nongovernmental entity.
- SB 143 Green Jobs Grant Program; established.
- SB 144 Absentee voting; Board of Elections shall implement a system to accept ballot electronically.
- SB 154 Inflationary effects; increasing various costs, fees, etc., penalties.
- SB 158 Mental health courts; definition, district and circuit courts may establish in any jurisdiction.
- SB 166 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- SB 174 Retail Sales & Use Tax; exempts solar thermal systems, etc., purchased for installation on property.
- SB 178 Pass-through entities; penalties.
- SB 181 Public-Private Acts of 1995 and 2002; certain grant agreements.
- SB 182 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; eligibility.
- SB 206 Judges; increases mandatory retirement age.
- SB 213 Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel.
- SB 217 Motorboat; a locality may, by ordinance, impose annual registration fee.
- SB 218 Transient occupancy tax; governing body may increase in Fairfax County after July 1, 2010.
- SB 220 Circuit courts; electronic filing of cases.
- SB 232 Retirement System; purchasing service at normal cost rate when person deemed member on July 1, 2010.
- SB 233 Income tax, corporate and individual; credit for land conservation.
- SB 234 Hazardous waste permit fees; Waste Management Board authorized to collect fees.
- SB 235 Nonhazardous solid waste permit fees; Waste Management Board shall periodically review anual fees.
- SB 236 Information Technology; Governor to appoint Chief Information Officer of VITA, etc.
- SB 237 Alcoholic beverages; portion of wine liter tax collected to be deposited in Wine Promotion Fund.
- SB 257 Motion picture film production; provides income tax credits to any company with qualifying expenses.
- SB 261 Weights and measures; moneys collected from imposition of fees shall be deposited into Fund.
- SB 264 Income tax, state; remainder of revenues transferred to Land Conservation Fund for distribution.
- SB 266 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; changes eligibility.
- SB 272 Biodiesel or green diesel fuel; minimum content in state contracts for vehicle fuel.
- SB 273 Affordable housing units; assessments.
- SB 279 Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund; established.
- SB 280 Food and beverage tax; locality to set amount.
- SB 315 Fort Monroe Authority; created.
- SB 316 Telecommunications relay service; defines end-user equipment, sunset provision.
- SB 329 District and circuit courts; increases court fees.
- SB 333 School for Deaf and Blind; allows children from birth through age 21 to be eligible for services.
- SB 335 Group life insurance; permits state retiree to make irrevocable beneficiary designation for funeral.
- SB 341 Land preservation tax credit; DCR to provide estimate of land used for production agriculture, etc.
- SB 342 Transient occupancy tax; any county may levy tax on single-family residences.
- SB 343 Fuels taxes; annually adjusted.
- SB 355 Short-term rental property; shall classify as a separate classification of merchants' capital.
- SB 357 Tax returns; electronic filing by certain tax preparers, employers, and dealers.
- SB 360 Involuntary admission; court to enter an order for mandatory outpatient treatment.
- SB 362 Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
- SB 381 Communications sales and use tax; Tazewell County shall receive its share of tax revenues.
- SB 413 Triennial census; eliminates three-year requirement, distribution of sales and use tax.
- SB 422 Drug treatment court; established in City of Bristol.
- SB 428 Income tax, state; exemption for any income taxed as long-term capital gain for federal income tax.
- SB 431 Auditor of Public Accounts; post certain information on its Internet website, a searchable database.
- SB 438 Vital records; Board of Health shall prescribe fee for certified copy thereof.
- SB 452 Retail Sales and Use Tax; taxes on room rentals.
- SB 455 One-stop small business permitting program; exemption of handling fee for veterans.
- SB 458 Income tax credits; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.
- SB 472 Major business facility job tax credit; reduces number of qualified full-time jobs required.
- SB 476 Cigarette tax; penalties for unstamped cigarettes.
- SB 478 Tobacco products tax; moist snuff tax shall be computed based on net weight listed by manufacturer.
- SB 513 Racing Commission; distribution of allocations from live and simulcast horse racing.
- SB 531 State attorneys; increase of fees in criminal cases.
- SB 538 Physicians, license; DBHDS to require presence thereof in any state training center.
- SB 545 Income tax laws; conformity to Internal Revenue Code.
- SB 547 Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
- SB 549 Geospatial Health Research; Secretaries of Health and Human Resources and Technology to evaluate.
- SB 578 Cigarette tax, local; authorizes Counties of James City and Spotsylvania to impose.
- SB 585 Juvenile correctional facilities; counsel appointed for persons confined in correctional centers.
- SB 588 Public transportation service; obstructing operation of transit vehicle is Class 1 misdemeanor.
- SB 601 Offshore drilling; royalties to be deposited in Transportation Trust Fund, etc.
- SB 616 Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.
- SB 619 Income tax, state; excludes from taxation benefits paid into Virginia Military Family Relief Fund.
- SB 620 Internet Crimes Against Children task forces; created.
- SB 623 Income tax, corporate and individual; green job tax credit.
- SB 633 Neighborhood assistance tax credits; changes definition of impoverished people.
- SB 644 Specialized Biotechnology Research Performance Grant Program; established.
- SB 656 Property tax, local; separate classification for renewable energy manufacturing tangible property.
- SB 657 Income tax, corporate; renewable energy products tax credit.
- SB 660 Retail Sales and Use Tax; requires dealer to register if sufficient business activity within State.
- SB 661 Land preservation tax credit; verification of conservation value of certain donations.
- SB 669 Virginia Capitol Preservation Foundation; may receive contributions of taxpayer refunds.
- SB 678 Income tax; credit for electric energy facility producing electricity from livestock waste nutrient.
- SB 686 Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; established.
- SB 692 Probate tax; establishes tax on recordation of list of heirs, etc.
- SB 722 Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.
- SB 725 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include pet carriers to list of hurricane preparedness items.
- SB 730 Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund; established.
- SB 733 License tax, state; credit for investment in small business investment companies.
- SB 739 Economic development incentives; aggregate amount of awarded grants for eligible projects.
- SJ 81 Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
- SJ 97 Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.