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HOUSE BILL NO. 914 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 13, 2010 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-919.1, relating to barking dog ordinances. ---------- Patron-- Bell, Robert B. ---------- Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-919.1 as follows:

§ 15.2-919.1. Barking dog ordinances; mediation.

In any ordinance that regulates barking dogs, a locality may include provisions that require parties to use mediation or arbitration as an initial step in resolving a dispute.