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Constitutional Amendment Resolutions

Passed

P HB36

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); property tax exemptions. Provides for a referendum at the November 5, 2002, election to approve or reject an amendment allowing local governing bodies to grant tax exemptions for property used for charitable and certain other purposes by local ordinance subject to restrictions and conditions provided by general law enacted by the General Assembly. The present Constitution allows the General Assembly to exempt such property by classification or by designation by a three-fourths vote in each house. See also HJR 13, companion resolution.
Patron - Howell

P HJ13

Constitutional amendment (second resolution); property tax exemptions. Allows local governing bodies to grant tax exemptions for property used for charitable and certain other purposes by local ordinance subject to restrictions and conditions as provided by general law enacted by the General Assembly. The present Constitution allows the General Assembly to exempt such property by classification or by designation by a three-fourths vote in each house. See also HB 36, companion referendum bill.
Patron - Howell

P SB131

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); claims of actual innocence. Provides for a referendum at the November 5, 2002, election to approve or reject an amendment to permit the Supreme Court to consider, as part of its original jurisdiction, claims of actual innocence presented by convicted felons in the cases and manner provided by the General Assembly. See, also, SJR 42, companion resolution.
Patron - Stolle

P SJ42

Constitutional amendment (second resolution); claims of actual innocence. Provides that the Supreme Court may consider, as part of its original jurisdiction, claims of actual innocence presented by convicted felons in the cases and manner provided by the General Assembly. Senate Bill 131 is the companion referendum bill.
Patron - Stolle

Failed

F HJ11

United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress.
Patron - Darner

F HJ92

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); county, city, and town governing bodies and school boards. Provides that the General Assembly may spell out by statute how local redistricting changes will be determined when redistricting affects both the governing body and an elected school board. The present Constitution requires the local governing body to redistrict each 10 years. The proposed amendment gives the General Assembly latitude to have the local governing body, elected school board, a combination of both, or an alternative entity redraw local district lines after each census.
Patron - Ingram

F SJ49

Carried Over

C HJ1

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits the Governor to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits election to a third term. The amendment allows Governors elected in 2005 and thereafter to serve two successive terms.
Patron - Purkey

C HJ16

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights for felons. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law, or establish a process by law, for the restoration of civil rights for felons who meet the conditions prescribed by law.
Patron - Jones, J.C.

C HJ17

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights by operation of law for certain felons. Provides that the General Assembly shall provide for the restoration of civil rights by operation of law to any person who has been convicted of a non-violent felony, as defined by law, and who has completed service of sentence and any modification of sentence, including probation, parole, and suspension of sentence.
Patron - Jones, J.C.

C HJ96

Constitutional Amendment (first resolution); postponement of elections. Allows the General Assembly to provide by law for the postponement of elections due to an emergency. Because the Constitution requires that elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and General Assembly members be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, these elections cannot be postponed by law. Times for primaries, special elections, general elections for local or constitutional office and referenda and elections for federal office to fill vacancies in the United States Senate or the United States House of Representatives are currently set by law and can be postponed without a constitutional amendment. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Virginia's Election Process and Voting Technologies (HJR681/SJR 363 -- 2001).
Patron - O'Brien

C HJ117

Constitutional amendment[HKB1]; taxation of certain motor vehicles. Exempts motor vehicles used for nonbusiness purposes from the property tax and provides that general law shall provide for at least 15 percent of the state individual income tax to be distributed to local governments.
Patron - Byron

C HJ126

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property exempt from taxation. Exempts privately owned motor vehicles used for nonbusiness purposes from state and local taxation.
Patron - Watts

C HJ131

Constitutional amendment (1st resolution); authorization to grant certain taxing powers to school boards. Authorizes the General Assembly, by general law or special act, to grant one or more elected school boards the power to impose real estate taxes and appropriate the funds derived from the taxes for the educational program of the district. The present Constitution in Article VII, Section 7, states that taxes are imposed by an ordinance or resolution adopted by the local governing body and has been construed to prevent the granting of taxing powers to local school boards.
Patron - Stump

C HJ144

Constitutional amendment; limits growth of state budget. Limits general fund growth in any fiscal year to the preceding year's general fund appropriation plus the percentage increase in gross state product for the most recently available year plus a factor for population increases. The General Assembly may exceed this limitation with a two-thirds vote of each house. Also provides that 50 percent of the increased revenues is to be returned to the citizens of Virginia and 50 percent goes into the Revenue Stabilization Fund.
Patron - Ware

C HJ146

Constitution; property segregated for local taxation. Provides that any law proposing to reimburse or otherwise substitute state funds for a local tax so segregated shall provide for the full reimbursement of the local revenues, including administrative and other ancillary governmental costs.
Patron - Almand

C SJ10

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights for felons. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law, or establish a process by law, for the restoration of civil rights for felons who have completed service of sentence, probation, and parole and met such other conditions or limitations as may be prescribed by law.
Patron - Miller, Y.B.

C SJ40

C SJ51

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taxation; exemptions. Exempts from taxation motor vehicles and boats, as provided by general law.
Patron - Colgan

C SJ70

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taxation; assessments. Provides that the General Assembly may prescribe a measure other than fair market value to be used in determining assessments of personal residences.
Patron - Miller, K.G.

C SJ92

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property segregated for local taxation. Provides that any law proposing to reimburse or otherwise substitute state funds for a local tax so segregated shall provide for the full reimbursement of the local revenues, including administrative and other ancillary governmental costs.
Patron - Whipple

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