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2013 SESSION

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Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology
Subcommittee #1

Locke (Chairman), Martin, Barker, Black, Garrett

Clerk: Michael Adams, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: Amigo Wade
Date of Meeting: January 23, 2013
Time and Place: 8:30am, 3rd Floor East Conf. Room - GAB

S.B. 687 Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; created, penalties, report.

Patron: Lucas

Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the licensing scheme for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Under bill, casino gambling shall be limited to localities that in which at least fifty percent of the land area is exempt from local real property taxation pursuant to federal law or Article X, Section 6 A 1 through A 5 and A 7 of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill also contains technical amendments.

S.B. 689 Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; created, penalties, report.

Patron: Lucas

Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming in the state. Under the bill, the conduct of casino gaming is limited to localities in which at least 40 percent of the assessed value of all real estate situated in the locality is exempt from local property taxation pursuant to federal law or Article X, Section 6 or 6-A of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill also contains technical amendments.

S.B. 695 Va. Toll Relief Act and Va. Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming, penalties.

Patron: Lucas

Virginia Toll Relief Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. The bill also contains technical amendments.

S.B. 696 Va. Toll Abatement Act and Va. Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming, penalties.

Patron: Lucas

Virginia Toll Abatement Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Under the bill conduct of casino gaming shall be limited to counties, cities, and towns that are located in Planning District 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 20, 21, 22, or 23. The bill also contains technical amendments.

S.B. 697 Va. Transportation Enhancement and Toll Abatement Act and Va. Casino Gaming Commission; regulation.

Patron: Lucas

Virginia Transportation Enhancement and Toll Abatement Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Under the bill conduct of casino gaming shall be limited to counties, cities, and towns that are located in Planning District 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, or 23. The bill also contains technical amendments.

S.B. 889 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings; school boards.

Patron: Black

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings; school boards. Allows local school boards to hold electronic communication meetings to the same extent allowed currently for state public bodies. The bill contains technical amendments.

S.B. 1263 VA FOIA; meeting by electronic communication means by certain committees, etc. of State bodies.

Patron: Stuart

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meeting by electronic communication means by certain committees, subcommittees, etc., of state public bodies; personal matters. Authorizes an advisory public body, defined as any state public body classified as advisory pursuant to § 2.2-2100 or any committee, subcommittee, or other entity, however designated, of a state public body created to advise the state public body, to meet by electronic communication means without a quorum of the advisory public body being physically assembled at one location, provided, among other requirements, the meeting is conducted utilizing a combined audio and visual communication method.  The bill requires any advisory public body holding this kind of electronic communication meeting to make an audiovisual recording of the meeting, which recording shall be preserved by the advisory public body for a period of three years from the date of the meeting.  The bill also enhances the annual reporting requirements for any public body authorized to conduct electronic communication meetings and requires the FOIA Council to develop a form that an authorized public body must make available to the public at any such meeting for public comment.  The above described provisions of the bill by its terms will expire on July 1, 2014. Finally, the bill allows a member of any public body to participate in a meeting by electronic communication means due to personal matters under certain circumstances. Currently, such remote participation is allowed only for emergency, medical condition, or distance from the meeting location of more than 60 miles. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

 

S.B. 1264 VA. FOIA; access to criminal and other records.

Patron: Stuart

Freedom of Information Act; access to criminal and other records held by public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities. Reorganizes § 2.2-3706 of the Freedom of Information Act relating to access to criminal records and other records held by law-enforcement agencies. The only substantive changes in the bill are to (i) expand to the state law-enforcement agencies the ability to withhold portions of noncriminal incident information and (ii) allow law-enforcement agencies to make a verbal response for requests for criminal incident information. The bill also clarifies that personnel records of persons employed by a law-enforcement agency are not noncriminal records, but subject to the personnel records and background investigation records exemptions. The bill contains technical amendments and is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

S.B. 1334 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; records exemption for the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services.

Patron: Norment

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; records exemption for the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council. Provides an exemption from the mandatory disclosure requirements of FOIA for records of a proprietary nature produced or collected by or for faculty or staff of the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council, other than the Council's financial or administrative records, in the conduct or as a result of instructional programs, study, or research on scientific, technical, or scholarly issues, whether sponsored by the Council alone or in conjunction with another governmental body or a private concern, where such records have not been publicly released, published, copyrighted, or patented.