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2012 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Local Government
Subcommittee Charter

Blevins (Chairman), Stanley, Lucas

Clerk: Angi Murphy, Cheryl Law
Staff: Jeffrey Sharp, Scott Meacham
Date of Meeting: January 23, 2012
Time and Place: 4:30 p.m., Fourth Floor East Conference Room, GAB

S.B. 447

Patron: Vogel

Charter; Town of Middleburg.  Empowers the town council to designate architectural control districts, specifying the issues of importance that the council must address through the design standards it adopts for each district. The amendments would require the town attorney to be licensed to practice in Virginia and omit the requirement that the attorney be in active practice in Loudoun County.

S.B. 453

Patron: Vogel

Charter; City of Winchester.  Provides for the appointment by the Common Council of a city manager, city attorney, and city clerk; eliminates the outdated offices of treasurer, civil and police justice, and judge of the corporation court; and makes clarifying amendments.

S.B. 478

Patron: Lucas

Charter; City of Portsmouth. Provides that the city council shall adopt a balanced budget. The bill also creates the position of city auditor to be appointed by the city council.

S.B. 545

Patron: Edwards

Charter; Town of Glen Lyn. Shifts the town's elections from May to November and provides for four-year terms. The bill also removes the requirement of voter approval prior to borrowing money and contains an emergency clause.

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