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2014 SESSION
HB 706 General Assembly member; legislative standing to defend laws of the Commonwealth.
Introduced by: C. Todd Gilbert | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Legislative standing to defend laws of the Commonwealth. Provides that the General Assembly, the House of Delegates, the Senate of Virginia, or a member of the General Assembly has standing to represent the interests of the Commonwealth in a proceeding in which a provision of the Constitution of Virginia is contested or the constitutionality, legality, or application of a law established under legislative authority is at issue and the Governor and Attorney General choose not to defend the law.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Legislative standing to defend laws of the Commonwealth. Provides that a member of the General Assembly has standing to represent the interests of the Commonwealth in a proceeding in which the constitutionality, legality, or application of a law established under legislative authority is at issue and the Governor and Attorney General choose not to defend the law. The bill contains an emergency clause.