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2013 SESSION
Chairman: Frank W. Wagner
Clerk: Maryann Horch, Eric Bingham
Staff: Sarah Stanton
Date of Meeting: January 11, 2013
Time and Place: 8:30 a.m. Senate Room B
REVISED - added SB 941
Patron: Blevins
Court adoption of jails. Clarifies that when a county or city is without an adequate jail the court can adopt a regional jail until it can obtain an adequate jail. Currently the statute provides for the adoption of the jail of another county or city in such circumstances without specifying regional jails.
Patron: Blevins
Temporary jail facilities; Chesapeake. Allows the City of Chesapeake to receive a waiver from the construction requirements of the "Standards for Planning, Design, Construction and Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities" (6VAC15-80) and the "Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups" (6VAC15-40) for a jail enlargement project using a temporary structure for housing community custody inmates. The bill contains an emergency clause.
EMERGENCY
Patron: Edwards
Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Provides that the ABC Board may grant a mixed beverage license, notwithstanding the requirement for a referendum, to properties (i) located as of December 1, 2012, within the Montgomery County Route 177 Urban Development Area, which area is adjacent to Exit 109 on Interstate 81, and (ii) on property fronting Route 603 with portions fronting on Interstate 81, located approximately 1,100 feet from the intersection of Route 603 and Interstate 81 at Exit 128 in Montgomery County.
Patron: Reeves
Alleged child abuse or neglect; authority to talk to child or sibling. Limits the authority of a person required to make a report or conduct an investigation or family assessment in cases of alleged child abuse or neglect to talk to a child or his sibling without the consent or presence of the child's or sibling's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in loco parentis to cases in which the child has been taken into emergency custody. The bill establishes a procedure whereby a person required to conduct an investigation or family assessment may seek a court order for the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or person standing in loco parentis to produce the child suspected of being abused or neglected or his sibling for the purpose of an interview in cases in which the child has not been taken into emergency custody.
Patron: Ruff
Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Expands the duties of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services related to services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and their caregivers.