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2012 SESSION

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Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology

Chairman: Frank M. Ruff, Jr.

Clerk: Michael Adams, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: Amigo Wade
Date of Meeting: March 5, 2012
Time and Place: Monday, 45 minutes after Senate adjourns, Senate Rm A, GAB

H.B. 1111 Statewide Fire Prevention Code & Uniform Statewide Building Code; fees for enforcement and appeals.

Patron: Greason

Fees for enforcement and appeals under Statewide Fire Prevention Code and Uniform Statewide Building Code.  Defines the term "defray the cost" for purposes of fees authorized to be collected by a locality for costs for enforcement and appeals of the application of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code and the Uniform Statewide Building Code. Under the bill, the cost may include the fair and reasonable costs incurred for such enforcement during normal business hours, but shall not include overtime cotsts, unless conducted outside of the normal working hours established by the locality. The bill provides that it does not prohibit a private entity from conducting the inspections provided the private entity has been approved in accordance with the written policy of the fire official for the locality.

H.B. 1234 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; appointment of executive director.

Patron: Kilgore

Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; appointment of executive director.  Provides that the Governor and not the Authority board of directors shall appoint the executive director of the Authority. The bill further provides that the executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.