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2019 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Finance

Co-Chair: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. - Co-Chair: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.

Clerk: John Garrett
Staff: Lisa Wallmeyer
Date of Meeting: February 5, 2019
Time and Place: 8:30 AM Shared Committee Room B
Updated to reflect time change

H.B. 1655

Patron: Miyares

Real property tax exemption for disabled veterans; surviving spouses; ability to move to a different residence. Enacts as statutory law an amendment to subdivision (a) of Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which applies the real property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to such spouse's principal place of residence regardless of whether such spouse moves to a different residence.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-3219.5, 58.1-3219.9, and 58.1-3219.14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to real property tax exemption for disabled veterans; surviving spouses; ability to move to a different residence.

19103726D

H.B. 1679

Patron: Orrock

Taxation of all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles. Clarifies the taxation of all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles and provides that vehicles that qualify as farm equipment that is exempt from sales and use tax shall be exempt from the motor vehicle sales and use tax. The bill contains technical amendments.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-2402, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, 58.1-2403, and 58.1-2425, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to taxation of all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles.

19104855D

H.B. 1681

Patron: Jones, J.C.

Income tax credits; housing choice vouchers; eligible housing areas. Expands the definition of "eligible housing area" for purposes of the housing choice voucher tax credit, to include census tracts in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Area in which less than 10 percent of the population lives below the poverty level. Landlords who rent qualified housing units within such areas are eligible for an income tax credit. Current law only applies to such areas within the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-439.12:04 of the Code of Virginia, relating to income tax credits; housing choice vouchers; eligible housing areas.

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H.B. 1950

Patron: Webert

Retail sales and use tax exemption; nonprofits; limited liability companies. Provides that, for purposes of the retail sales and use tax exemption for nonprofit organizations, the exemption is available to a single member limited liability company whose sole member is a nonprofit organization.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-609.11 of the Code of Virginia, relating to retail sales and use tax exemption; nonprofits; limited liability companies.

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H.B. 1974

Patron: Bell, Robert B.

Motor vehicle rental tax; filing returns. Removes the requirement that the rentor of a motor vehicle file a monthly motor vehicle rental tax return with the Tax Commissioner even though the dealer is not liable to remit any tax for the period covered by the return.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-1738 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle rental tax.

19100008D

H.B. 2021

Patron: James

Virginia Investment Partnership Act; Virginia Investment Performance Grants; Virginia Economic Development Incentive Grants; reauthorization. Reauthorizes the Virginia Investment Performance Grant Program and the Virginia Economic Development Incentive Grant Program by providing each an additional portion of funds that may be paid out on or after July 1, 2019.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-5101 and 2.2-5102.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Investment Partnership Act; Virginia Investment Performance Grants; Virginia Economic Development Incentive Grants; reauthorization.

19102074D

H.B. 2180

Patron: Rush

Semiconductor Manufacturing Grant Fund; creation. Creates the Semiconductor Manufacturing Grant Fund for the award of grants to a qualified semiconductor manufacturing company that makes a capital investment of at least $2.98 billion in a qualified locality and creates and maintains at least 1,106 new jobs with an average annual wage of at least $92,000. Such a qualified company would be eligible to receive a grant of $50 million in fiscal year 2020 and a grant of $20 million in fiscal year 2021, subject to total or partial recapture if the qualified company does not meet the performance metrics agreed to in a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 59.1 a chapter numbered 22.12, consisting of a section numbered 59.1-284.31, relating to Semiconductor Manufacturing Grant Fund; creation.

19102237D

H.B. 2181

Patron: Rush

Radford University; authority to establish Roanoke Division. Authorizes the Radford University Board of Visitors (the board) to establish the Radford University-Roanoke Division (the Division) through the acquisition of Jefferson College of Health Sciences, a nonprofit private institution wholly owned and operated by Carilion Clinic. The bill authorizes the board, upon establishment of the Division, to (i) exercise the same powers with respect to the operation of the Division as are vested in the board regarding the University and (ii) offer at the Division all programs of instruction offered by Jefferson College of Health Sciences at the time of acquisition, including associate-degree programs. The bill permits Radford University to award merit-based and need-based institutional aid to students enrolled at the Division in a manner that is consistent with practices at the former Jefferson College of Health Sciences.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 21 of Title 23.1 a section numbered 23.1-2104, relating to Radford University; authority to establish Radford University-Roanoke Division.

19105078D

H.B. 2347

Patron: Herring

Small Business Investment Grant Fund; recapture of awards. Provides that if an eligible investor is awarded a grant from the Small Business Investment Grant Fund and the small business in which the investment was made (i) relocates outside of the Commonwealth within two years of the award of the grant or (ii) closes within two years of the award of the grant as a result of a criminal conviction on the part of any officer, director, manager, or general partner of such business relating to his involvement with the business, such investor shall forfeit the grant and refund such moneys to the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-1616 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Small Business Investment Grant Fund; recapture of awards.

19102988D

H.B. 2358

Patron: Jones, S.C.

Potomac Aquifer recharge monitoring; advisory board; laboratory established; SWIFT Project. Creates an advisory board and a laboratory to monitor the effects of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Project being undertaken by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD).

The bill establishes a 10-member advisory board called the Potomac Aquifer Recharge Oversight Committee (the Committee), directing it to ensure that the SWIFT Project is monitored independently. The bill provides that the Committee shall consist of the State Health Commissioner, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, the Executive Director of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, the two Co-Directors of the Laboratory, the Director of the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory, two Virginia citizens appointed by the Governor, and two nonvoting members. The Committee is required by the bill to meet at least quarterly during the initial three years of its existence. The bill also authorizes the Committee to appoint a science and technical advisory council and directs the Committee to request funding from HRSD for the first three years of monitoring of the recharge of the aquifer.

The bill also creates the Potomac Aquifer Recharge Monitoring Laboratory (the Laboratory) at a location to be selected in the Hampton Roads region, placing it under the co-direction of one Old Dominion University faculty member and one Virginia Tech faculty member. The bill provides that the Laboratory shall monitor the impact of the SWIFT Project on the Potomac Aquifer, manage testing data, and conduct water sampling and analysis.

The bill authorizes both the Commissioner of the Department of Health and the State Water Control Board to issue emergency orders to halt injection or make any change to any facility of the SWIFT Project.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 62.1 a chapter numbered 26, consisting of sections numbered 62.1-271 through 62.1-275, relating to Potomac Aquifer recharge monitoring; laboratory established; SWIFT Project.

19102899D

H.B. 2362

Patron: Jones, S.C.

Advanced Shipbuilding Production Facility Grants; grant availability dates. Advances the period during which grants shall be available under the Advanced Shipbuilding Production Facility Grant Program to fiscal years 2021 to 2025. Under current law, such grants shall be available during fiscal years 2023 to 2027. The grants provided may not exceed $40 million in the aggregate and are subject to appropriation by the General Assembly.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-284.29 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Advanced Shipbuilding Production Facility Grants; grant availability dates.

19101700D

H.B. 2365

Patron: Knight

Special assessment for land preservation; optional limit on annual increase in assessed value. Authorizes localities that require use value assessment and taxation to provide by ordinance that the annual increase in the assessed value of eligible property shall not exceed a specified dollar amount.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-3231 of the Code of Virginia, relating to special assessment for land preservation; optional limit on annual increase in assessed value.

19100985D

H.B. 2526

Patron: Hugo

Income tax; definition of resident estate or trust. For income tax purposes, changes the definition of "resident estate or trust" to no longer include an estate or trust which is being administered in the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-302 of the Code of Virginia, relating to income tax; definition of resident estate or trust.

19101451D

H.B. 2555

Patron: Pillion

Local gas severance tax; sunset date. Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2022, for the local gas severance tax that is dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems and lines.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-3713 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local gas severance tax; sunset date.

19102440D

H.B. 2705

Patron: Bloxom

Historic rehabilitation tax credit. Provides that the $5 million per year limit on the amount of historic rehabilitation tax credit that may be claimed by each taxpayer, which currently expires on January 1, 2019, shall apply to all future taxable years.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-339.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to historic rehabilitation tax credit.

19104391D