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2012 SESSION

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HB 975 Governmental utility corporation; acting as public service corporation or public service company.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Public service corporations and companies; governmental utility corporation.  Clarifies that (i) property may be taken by eminent domain by a public corporation for sanitary sewer, water and stormwater facilities, or transportation facilities and (ii) a government utility corporation (a county or municipality, or entity or agency thereof, that provides or operates specified authorized utility services) shall be considered to be acting as a public service corporation or public service company with regard to the provision of such authorized utility services for the purposes of any taking of private property by eminent domain in accordance with the Constitution of Virginia.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103428D  pdf
• 02/10/12  House: Committee substitute printed 12105040D-H1  pdf
• 03/02/12  Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105798D-S1  pdf
• 03/10/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB975ER)  pdf
• 04/05/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/11/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103428D
• 01/11/12  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/19/12  House: Referred from Commerce and Labor by voice vote
• 01/19/12  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/23/12  House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
• 02/01/12  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N)
• 02/10/12  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/12  House: Committee substitute printed 12105040D-H1
• 02/12/12  House: Read first time
• 02/13/12  House: Read second time
• 02/13/12  House: Committee substitute agreed to 12105040D-H1
• 02/13/12  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB975H1
• 02/14/12  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/12  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/15/12  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 03/02/12  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/12  Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105798D-S1
• 03/05/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/12  Senate: Read third time
• 03/06/12  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/06/12  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12105798D-S1
• 03/06/12  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB975S1
• 03/06/12  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/12  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/08/12  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 12105798D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/12  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/10/12  House: Enrolled
• 03/10/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB975ER)
• 03/10/12  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/10/12  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/05/12  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 626 (effective 7/1/12)
• 04/05/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)