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Charters and Authorities

P Passed

P HB17

Charter; City of Franklin. Authorizes city council members to serve as commissioners of the Franklin Redevelopment and Housing Authority; however, the number of council members serving on the Authority shall not comprise a majority. City council is given authority to terminate the terms of existing commissioners. City council members shall receive no compensation for serving as commissioners. This bill is identical to SB 6.

Patron - Councill

P HB96

Charter; City of Bristol. Adds a sixth member to the Bristol Virginia Utilities Board to be appointed from the membership of the Washington County Board of Supervisors. Also, the requirement that public property is to be sold by auction or an equivalent competitive procedure is replaced with authority to sell property by whatever means will most benefit the citizens of the city. The publication requirement for such sale is changed from four to two weeks. This bill is identical to SB 49.

Patron - Johnson

P HB118

Charter; City of Petersburg. Provides for the transition from appointed to elected school boards. The bill also reiterates a state law that exempts employees of the police and fire cadet programs and employees participating in the homesteading program from provisions that would otherwise prohibit the city from instituting a residency requirement.

Patron - DeBoer

P HB129

Charter; Town of Blacksburg. Updates the town's boundary description.

Patron - Shuler

P HB142

Charter; City of Norfolk. Grants council sole power to authorize an advisory referendum to be held at the general election in November 2000 on the question of whether the mayor shall be popularly elected; conforms penalties for misdemeanors to those permitted by general law; specifies additional duties of the director of finance; streamlines the description of the city auditor's duties; clarifies the procedure for dealing with unencumbered balances; shifts responsibility for issuing warrants for payment of claims from the city auditor to the assistant director of finance or the city controller when the city manager acts as director of finance; deletes various provisions related to acquisition of property by the airport authority; and makes various technical and clarifying amendments. This bill is identical to SB 67.

Patron - Williams

P HB144

Charter; City of Lexington. Updates references to the Code of Virginia, allows council members who are presiding at meetings to vote, provides for the advertisement of all new ordinances, and makes numerous technical and clarifying amendments.

Patron - Deeds

P HB206

Charter; Town of New Castle. Allows the town council to appoint a planning commission and a board of zoning appeals consisting of at least three members. Under general law, such commissions and boards shall have at least five members.

Patron - Cranwell

P HB209

Charter; Town of Pulaski. Reduces the number of council members from eight to six, not including the mayor.

Patron - Keister

P HB211

Charter; Town of Rocky Mount. Provides a new charter for the Town of Rocky Mount and repeals the town's current charter, which was enacted in 1962. The charter contains powers typically granted to towns.

Patron - Dudley

P HB234

Charter; Town of Orange. Updates the town's boundaries.

Patron - Broman

P HB238

Charter; Town of Louisa. Provides for staggered elections for the town council.

Patron - Dickinson

P HB259

Charter; Town of Purcellville. Replaces the mayor pro tempore with a vice mayor to be selected by council to serve a one-year term.

Patron - May

P HB308

Charter; Town of Smithfield. Provides that council vacancies shall be filled in accordance with general law.

Patron - Barlow

P HB530

Peninsula Port Authority of Virginia. Reduces the size of the commission of the Peninsula Port Authority of Virginia from nine to seven members; provides that they will be appointed by the Newport News city council and shall have been appointed to the executive committee of the Peninsula Alliance for Economic Development; and provides that they must be residents of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, Gloucester County, James City County, or York County. The bill does not apply to appointments made prior to March 1, 2000. This bill is identical to SB 406.

Patron - Diamonstein

P HB680

Dinwiddie Airport and Industrial Authority. Changes the name "Petersburg Airport" to "Dinwiddie County Airport."

Patron - DeBoer

P HB877

Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia. Provides that the Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia shall have perpetual existence until its dissolution pursuant to the provisions of the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act. Existing members of the Authority are allowed to withdraw at any time provided that all obligations to the Authority incurred by a locality remain in full force and effect following the withdrawal. Currently, the applicable statutes provide that an authority created under the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act may exist for a period of 50 years and that a member locality may only withdraw from an authority upon the unanimous consent of the other members and, if the authority has outstanding bonds, the unanimous consent of the holders of the bonds. This bill is identical to SB 563.

Patron - Jones, S.C.

P HB1114

Tourist Train Development Authority. Creates the Authority and its board, which will consist of three representatives of the governing bodies of Tazewell County and the Town of Bluefield, four citizen members from Tazewell County, and one legislator. The Authority's powers are similar to those that other authorities possess. The authority may also cooperate with any private or governmental entity in the state of West Virginia in the development of a tourist train.

Patron - Tate

P SB6

Charter; City of Franklin. Authorizes city council members to serve as commissioners of the Franklin Redevelopment and Housing Authority; however, the number of council members serving on the Authority shall not comprise a majority. City council is given authority to terminate the terms of existing commissioners. City council members shall receive no compensation for serving as commissioners. Identical to HB 17.

Patron - Holland

P SB49

Charter; City of Bristol. Adds a sixth member to the Bristol Virginia Utilities Board to be appointed from the membership of the Washington County Board of Supervisors. Also, the requirement that public property is to be sold by auction or an equivalent competitive procedure is replaced with authority to sell property by whatever means will most benefit the citizens of the city. The publication requirement for such sale is changed from four to two weeks. This bill is identical to HB 96.

Patron - Wampler

P SB58

Charter; City of Covington. Provides that any vacancies in the offices of treasurer and commissioner of the revenue shall be filled in accordance with general law and deletes obsolete language.

Patron - Trumbo

P SB67

Charter; City of Norfolk. Grants council sole power to authorize an advisory referendum to be held at the general election in November 2000 on the question of whether the mayor shall be popularly elected; conforms penalties for misdemeanors to those permitted by general law; specifies additional duties of the director of finance; streamlines the description of the city auditor's duties; clarifies the procedure for dealing with unencumbered balances; shifts responsibility for issuing warrants for payment of claims from the city auditor to the assistant director of finance or the city controller when the city manager acts as director of finance; deletes various provisions related to acquisition of property by the airport authority; and makes various technical and clarifying amendments. This bill is identical to HB 142.

Patron - Rerras

P SB406

Peninsula Port Authority of Virginia. Reduces the size of the commission of the Peninsula Port Authority of Virginia from nine to seven members; provides that they will be appointed by the Newport News city council and shall have been appointed to the executive committee of the Peninsula Alliance for Economic Development; and provides that they must be residents of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, Gloucester County, James City County, or York County. The bill does not apply to appointments made prior to March 1, 2000. Identical to HB 530.

Patron - Williams

P SB563

Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia. Provides that the Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia shall have perpetual existence until its dissolution pursuant to the provisions of the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act. Existing members of the Authority are allowed to withdraw at any time provided that all written obligations to the Authority incurred by a locality remain in full force and effect following the withdrawal. Currently, the applicable statutes provide that an authority created under the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act may exist for a period of 50 years and that a member locality may only withdraw from an authority upon the unanimous consent of the other members and, if the authority has outstanding bonds, the unanimous consent of the holders of the bonds. This bill is identical to HB 877.

Patron - Quayle

F Failed

F HB313

Charter; City of Portsmouth. Allows the city to assess up to an additional two dollars in certain criminal or traffic cases in its district or circuit court. Any such sum collected shall be used only for the construction, renovation or maintenance of the courthouse and related facilities.

Patron - Melvin

F HB1410

Peninsula Port Authority of Virginia. Reduces the size of the commission of the Peninsula Port Authority of Virginia from nine to seven members; provides that they will be appointed jointly by the Hampton and Newport News city councils; and provides that they must be residents of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, Gloucester County, James City County, or York County. The bill does not apply to appointments made prior to March 1, 2000.

Patron - Crittenden

F SB119

Charter; City of Portsmouth. Allows the city to assess up to an additional two dollars in certain civil, criminal or traffic cases in its district or circuit court. Any such sum collected shall be used only for the construction, renovation or maintenance of the courthouse and related facilities. Other amendments (i) grant the city manager authority to appoint secretaries who shall serve at the pleasure of the city manager, (ii) give the city attorney authority to appoint and dismiss employees of the Department of Law, and (iii) provide that every deputy city attorney, assistant city attorney and secretary to the city attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the city attorney.

Patron - Quayle

C Carried Over

C HB24

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; Freedom of Information Act. Provides that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

Patron - Marshall

C HB25

Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority; procurement. Limits the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority's exemption from the Public Procurement Act to contracts with a total value of up to one million dollars.

Patron - Marshall

C HB1543

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; membership. Increases the membership of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority from 13 to 18. The additional members are to be appointed as follows: three members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and two members to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. The bill increases the quorum requirements from seven to 10 members.

Patron - Marshall