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1998 SESSION

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SB 25 Owners of mineral rights; partition of land.

Introduced by: Jackson E. Reasor, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Remedies; partition of land. Provides that owners of mineral rights in land located anywhere in Virginia may compel partition. Currently, only owners of mineral rights in land located east and south of the Clinch River may compel partition. In a recent circuit court case in Buchanan County, this section was declared unconstitutional due to the unequal application of the section caused by this language.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/12/98 980737727  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/12/98 980737727
• 01/14/98  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/20/98  Senate: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Civil & Property Law
• 01/28/98  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/98  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/98  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/98  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/02/98  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/03/98  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/98  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/98  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/04/98  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/05/98  House: Read first time
• 02/05/98  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/23/98  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 2
• 03/09/98  House: Continued to 1999 in Courts of Justice (24-Y 0-N)