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HOUSE BILL NO. 1553 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns on January 23, 2015) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Marshall, D.W.) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-925.1, relating to local notifications.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-925.1 as follows:

§ 15.2-925.1. Local notifications.

Any locality may by ordinance establish a system to deliver notifications to residents by email, phone, text message or other similar means of communication. Such ordinance shall be adopted only after a public hearing and shall contain an opt-in provision for non-emergency notifications.

2. That a notification system adopted by a locality prior to the effective date of this act shall be deemed to have met the requirements of § 15.2-925.1.