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2013 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Local Government

Chairman: Ralph K. Smith

Clerk: Nick Galvin, Tyler Trumbo
Staff: Jeffrey Sharp, Scott Meacham
Date of Meeting: January 15, 2013
Time and Place: 1/2 Hr. After Adjournment, Senate Room B, General Assembly Bldg.
Revised at 10:18AM, 1/15/13. No Charter bills.

S.B. 798 Service district boundaries; allows localities to amend after notice and public hearing.

Patron: Garrett

Amendment of service district boundaries. Allows localities to amend service district boundaries after notice and a public hearing.

S.B. 804 Voluntary boundary agreement between localities; attachment of GIS map to petitions.

Patron: Garrett

Voluntary boundary agreement between localities; attachment of GIS map to petitions. Allows localities affected by a voluntary boundary agreement to attach to their petitions to the circuit court a Geographic Information System (GIS) map depicting the boundary change. The section formerly restricted the type of attachment to either a plat or a metes and bounds description.

S.B. 833 Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements; Port of Va. Economic and Infrastructure Develop Zone.

Patron: Lucas

Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements; Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone. Allows localities located within the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone to enter into a voluntary economic growth-sharing agreement without the review of the Virginia Commission on Local Government.

S.B. 839 Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes.

Patron: Carrico

Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response, determining territorial jurisdiction in criminal cases, and clarifying issues related to coverage under workers' compensation and risk management laws.

S.B. 882 City reversion; library aid.

Patron: Deeds

City reversion; library aid. Removes the 15-year time limit during which the Commonwealth shall continue library aid to a library system that existed prior to a city reversion the same as if no city reversion had occurred.

S.B. 885 Inoperable motor vehicles; adds Albemarle County to those localities that may prohibit from keeping.

Patron: Deeds

Inoperable motor vehicles. Adds Albemarle County to those localities that may prohibit any person from keeping, except within a fully enclosed building or structure or otherwise shielded or screened from view, on any property zoned or used for residential purposes, or on any property zoned for commercial or agricultural purposes, certain inoperable motor vehicles.

S.B. 890 Local endowment for certain libraries; Town of Leesburg.

Patron: Black

Local endowment for certain libraries; Town of Leesburg. Provides that the Town of Leesburg by ordinance may establish an endowment fund for the purpose of supporting a library that is not part of the town's public library system. The endowment may receive all gifts, grants, or contributions designated for inclusion in the endowment. No part of the endowment shall revert to the general fund of the town. The endowment shall be established and administered by the governing body of the town or by a nonprofit entity created or approved by the governing body for such purpose.

S.B. 1029 Planning and zoning; local commissions.

Patron: Reeves

Planning and zoning; effects of development on military installations. Requires local planning commissions to consider the effects of development on military installations. The bill requires a local planning commission to cooperate with the commander of any military installation that will be affected by development and permits a governing body to appoint an additional nonvoting member to its planning commission to represent a local installation.