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2023 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Local Government

Chair: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.

Clerk: Gillian Conway, Basit Khan
Staff: Jeff Sharp, Anissa Cottrell
Date of Meeting: January 16, 2023
Time and Place: 9:00 a.m. Senate Room 3, Capitol Ext.
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S.B. 807

Patron: Favola

Local parks; walking trails; liability; property owners. Authorizes a locality or park authority to establish, conduct, and regulate a system of walking trails and releases from certain civil liability the owner of any property leased, licensed, or provided by easement for such use in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 15.2-1806 and 15.2-1809.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local parks; walking trails; liability; property owners.

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S.B. 956

Patron: Ruff

Localities; business improvement and recruitment districts. Authorizes any locality to create a local business improvement and recruitment district plan, consisting of fees charged to businesses and used to fund business improvements, business promotions, and business recruitment activities.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 24 of Title 15.2 an article numbered 4, consisting of sections numbered 15.2-2413.12 through 15.2-2413.21, relating to localities; business improvement and recruitment districts.

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S.B. 1014

Patron: Bell

Restrictive covenants; prohibited; use of Loudoun County recreational property. Invalidates any restrictive covenant that prohibits the public from using property acquired by Loudoun County for recreational purposes.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-1800.4, relating to restrictive covenants; prohibited; use of Loudoun County recreational property.

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S.B. 1061

Patron: Stuart

Private activity bonds; public hearings. Updates notice requirements for public hearings on private activity bonds throughout the Code. The bill also removes the requirement that an applicant provide the approving authority with a form specified in relevant law when requesting private activity bond financing.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2292, 15.2-4906, 15.2-4907, and 36-29 of the Code of Virginia, relating to private activity bonds; public hearings.

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S.B. 1111

Patron: Hashmi

Powers of cities and certain towns; vacant building registration fees; civil penalty. Increases the maximum annual registration fee that cities and certain towns can impose on an owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and meets the definition of "derelict building" from $100 to $500. The bill increases the civil penalty for failing to pay such fee from $200 to $500 for the first violation and $2000 for any subsequent violations and increases the civil penalty for failure to register such real property in conservation and rehabilitation districts designated by the governing body or in other areas designated as blighted from $400 to $1,000 for the first violation and $4,000 for any subsequent violations.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-1127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of cities and certain towns; vacant building registration fees; civil penalty.

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S.B. 1158

Patron: Marsden

Regulation of garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services; exclusive service areas; Planning District 8. Grants localities in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) authority to establish exclusive service areas and award such service areas to businesses that as of July 1, 2024, are legally engaged in the pickup and disposal of garbage, trash, or refuse, wherein service will be provided to the residents of the locality. For each such business, the locality may establish a separate service area with a customer base that approximates the number of residential customers served by the business in the locality on July 1, 2023. The ordinance shall establish procedures for removing or adding businesses and adjusting the boundaries of such service areas as needed. Property owners' associations may continue to contract with properly licensed businesses of their choice notwithstanding the establishment of exclusive service areas. The bill contains a reenactment clause.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-930 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation of garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services; exclusive service areas; Planning District 8.

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S.B. 1187

Patron: Lewis

Comprehensive plan; strategies to address resilience. Requires localities to consider strategies to address resilience in their comprehensive plans.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-2223 of the Code of Virginia, relating to comprehensive plan; strategies to address resilience.

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S.B. 1236

Patron: Obenshain

Control of firearms by localities. Removes a locality's authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (ii) any recreation or community center facility operated by the locality; or (iii) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-915 of the Code of Virginia, relating to control of firearms by localities.

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S.B. 1246

Patron: Obenshain

Emergency medical services agencies; ordinances or resolutions; designation as emergency response agencies. Requires that ordinances or resolutions establishing an emergency medical services agency shall specify the geographic boundaries of the agency's primary service area within the locality. This bill also directs that emergency medical services agencies that respond to medical emergencies be a designated emergency response agency and be recognized as an integral part of the official public safety program of the locality with responsibility for providing emergency medical response.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-955 of the Code of Virginia, relating to emergency medical services agencies; ordinances or resolutions; designation as emergency response agencies.

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