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2024 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Local Government

Chair: Jeremy S. McPike

Clerk: Gillian Conway,A. Chapman
Staff: Jeff Sharp
Date of Meeting: January 15, 2024
Time and Place: Senate Room B, 10:00 a.m.
Updated to reflect time change and to include SB478

S.B. 48

Patron: Locke

Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any county, city, or town to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and (i) that meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law, (ii) that meets the definition of "criminal blight" in relevant law, or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is living without the authority of the owner to register such building annually. Under current law, any city and certain towns are permitted to require the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law to register such building annually. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-1127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vacant building registration.

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S.B. 49

Patron: Locke

Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities.Expands the current provisions of law allowing for the establishment of a community revitalization fund for the purpose of preventing neighborhood deterioration to apply to all localities. Currently, only the City of Richmond is authorized to establish such a fund. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.>

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-958.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities.

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S.B. 89

Patron: Locke

Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties. Renames the executive director of the Fort Monroe Authority as the chief executive officer of the Authority.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2339, 2.2-2340, and 2.2-2345 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties.

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S.B. 90

Patron: Locke

Fort Monroe Authority; land and utility ownership. Removes the number of acres and the instrument number of the quitclaim deed recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Hampton on June 14, 2013, in reference to the area that is known as Fort Monroe in anticipation of a new acreage number to be determined by a consolidated survey and a new deed of consolidation.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2348.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Fort Monroe Authority; land and utility ownership.

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S.B. 106

Patron: Lucas

Charter; City of Portsmouth; emergency. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by aligning dates for nomination of candidates and the filling of city council vacancies with state law. The bill also updates a Code of Virginia reference and contains an emergency clause.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.02 and 3.04, as severally amended, of Chapter 640 of the Acts of Assembly of 2011, which provided a charter for the City of Portsmouth, relating to city council; nomination of candidates; vacancies; emergency.

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EMERGENCY

S.B. 112

Patron: Sturtevant

Charter; City of Colonial Heights. Amends the charter of the City of Colonial Heights by updating language related to the duties of the City Manager and City Attorney, including elimination of the City Attorney's duties to the school board and school superintendent. The bill also includes the update or repeal of various outdated provisions related to appropriations, purchasing, and capital improvements.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 5.5, 6.19, as amended, 8.12, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, as amended, and 12.7 of Chapter 213 of the Acts of Assembly of 1960, which provided a charter for the City of Colonial Heights, and to repeal §§ 10.4, 10.5, as amended, 10.6, as amended, and 12.8 of Chapter 213 of the Acts of Assembly of 1960, relating to city manager; city attorney; purchasing; capital improvements.

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S.B. 135

Patron: Head

Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant; minimum acreage requirement. Reduces from 100 acres to 50 acres the minimum number of contiguous acres required for a site that is not a brownfield to satisfy the acreage requirement to be considered eligible to receive a site development grant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill also exempts from the minimum acreage requirement any site that exists in a locality that has three or fewer eligible sites that are at least 100 acres.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2240.2:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.

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S.B. 189

Patron: Rouse

Charter; City of Virginia Beach. Amends the charter for the City of Virginia Beach to reflect the City's transition to a city council consisting solely of single-member districts and the mayor.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.01, as amended, § 3.01:1, and §§ 3.02:1 and 3.02:2, as amended, of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, which provided a charter for the City of Virginia Beach, and to repeal § 3.02:3 of Chapters 127 and 762 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, relating to city council; voting districts.

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S.B. 200

Patron: Diggs

Advertisement of legal notices; website. Allows a locality to advertise legal notices on the locality's website instead of, or in addition to, publishing such notices in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-107.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to advertisement of legal notices; website.

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S.B. 262

Patron: Craig

Charter; City of Virginia Beach; board of equalization. Amends the charter for the City of Virginia Beach by expanding the board of equalization from four members to five members and an alternate.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.07, as amended, of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, which provided a charter for the City of Virginia Beach, relating to board of equalization; membership.

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S.B. 309

Patron: Jordan

Charter; Town of Smithfield. Amends the charter for the Town of Smithfield in Isle of Wight County to reflect the town's shift from May to November municipal elections. The bill also updates or repeals outdated provisions of the town's charter.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 27, as amended, § 28, and §§ 29, 30, and 37, as severally amended, of Chapter 548 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, which provided a charter for the Town of Smithfield in Isle of Wight County, and to repeal § 43 of Chapter 548 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, relating to town council elections; town officers.

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S.B. 316

Patron: Salim

Conservation of trees; Town of Vienna. Allows the Town of Vienna, by ordinance, to require that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopy 10 years after development is projected to meet specified coverage criteria. Under current law, the criteria apply to tree canopy coverage 20 years after development.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-961.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to conservation of trees; Town of Vienna.

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S.B. 375

Patron: French

Charter; Town of New Market.

A BILL to provide a new charter for the Town of New Market in Shenandoah County and to repeal Chapter 264 of the Acts of Assembly of 1972, as amended, which provided a charter for the Town of New Market.

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S.B. 478

Patron: Aird

Vacant building registration; Town of Waverly; civil penalty. Adds the Town of Waverly to the list of localities with the authority to require the owner of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more and that meet the definition of "derelict building" to register such buildings on an annual basis and to impose an annual registration fee not to exceed $100 to defray the cost of processing such registration. Failure to register is punishable by a $200 civil penalty and in some cases a $400 civil penalty.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-1127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vacant building registration; Town of Waverly; civil penalty.

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