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HB1471
Alexandria Port Commission. Repeals the Act of Assembly (as amended) that created the Alexandria Port Commission. The Commission does not exist and this Act of Assembly is obsolete. This legislation is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
Patron - Landes
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HB1472
Bristol Parking Authority. Repeals the 1968 act that allows creation of such an authority. The authority is not in existence. This is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
Patron - Landes
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HB1473
Martinsville Parking Authority. Repeals the 1968 act that allows creation of such an authority. The authority is not in existence. This is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
Patron - Landes
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HB1474
Peninsula Civic Recreation Center Authority. Repeals the 1960 act that allows creation of such an authority. The authority is not in existence. This is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
Patron - Landes
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HB1479
Pulaski and Wytheville Parking Authority; repeal. Repeals the 1968 act that allows creation of such an authority. The authority is not in existence. This is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
Patron - Landes
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HB1556
Charter; Town of Orange. Updates the town boundary description.
Patron - Broman
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HB1665
Charter; City of Newport News. Corrects a problem with current charter provisions that prevents the payment of pension funds, deemed marital property, to the surviving spouse.
Patron - Oder
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HB1719
Charter; City of Bristol. Changes the composition of the utilities board and the youth services board. This bill is identical to SB 796.
Patron - Johnson
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HB1731
Charter; Town of Damascus. Changes references to the town sergeant to the chief of police and deletes references to a maximum salary for council members.
Patron - Johnson
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HB1736
Charter; Town of Dumfries. Provides that candidates for town offices shall not be identified on the ballot by political affiliation. Other changes (i) clarify the method of filling council vacancies; (ii) provide that the seat of a council member who voluntarily misses three consecutive council meetings shall be deemed vacant; (iii) simplify the procedure for passing a town ordinance; (iv) delete definitions for "publish" and "posting"; (v) provide that the town manager shall have those powers and duties granted by the council; (vi) amend the listing of town departments; and (vii) correct outdated references.
Patron - Rollison
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HB2044
Charter; Town of Vinton. Provides that the mayor or a councilman shall not be eligible during his term of office, or for one year thereafter, for any compensated town employment.
Patron - Woodrum
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HB2068
Charter; Town of Floyd. Moves the election date for the mayor and town council from May to November. The current mayor and town council members will have their terms reduced by six months. This bill is identical to SB 736.
Patron - Dudley
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HB2069
Charter; Town of Gretna. Provides for staggered terms for the town council. This bill is identical to SB 1235.
Patron - Dudley
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HB2077
Charter; City of Poquoson. Expands the duties of the city clerk to include the administering of the oath of office to certain local officials and to include the hiring of a deputy clerk and assistants. This bill is identical to SB 1256.
Patron - Gear
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HB2177
Charter; Town of Wise. Provides that candidates for election to town council shall not be identified by political affiliation on the ballot. This bill is identical to SB 715.
Patron - Kilgore
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HB2228
Charter; City of Lexington. Amends Lexington's charter to prohibit candidates for city offices from being identified on the ballot by political affiliation. This bill is identical to SB 1055.
Patron - Cline
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HB2279
Charter; Town of Chatham. Provides for staggered terms for council members beginning with the 2004 election. This bill is identical to SB 1236.
Patron - Hurt
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HB2322
Charter; City of Norfolk. Provides that no candidate may seek election for more than one seat in an election. A sitting member of council who files for election to a council seat other than reelection to the member's own seat and so appears on the ballot shall be deemed to have resigned his seat effective July 1 of the year in which the election is held whether or not he is elected to the new seat sought.
Patron - Drake
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HB2356
Charter; Town of Blacksburg. Provides that candidates for town council shall not be identified on the ballot by political affiliation. This is consistent with the town's current practice of nonpartisan council elections. This bill is identical to SB 934.
Patron - Shuler
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HB2619
Charter; Town of Boykins. Provides a new charter for the Town of Boykins and repeals the existing charter, enacted in 1884. The new charter contains powers typically granted to towns.
Patron - Councill
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SB715
Charter; Town of Wise. Provides that candidates for election to town council shall not be identified by political affiliation on the ballot. This bill is identical to HB 2177.
Patron - Wampler
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SB718
Charter; City of Norton. Provides that no candidate for election to city council shall be identified on the ballot by political affiliation.
Patron - Wampler
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SB723
Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority. Replaces the present "charter" of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority with a new one.
Patron - Deeds
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SB736
Charter; Town of Floyd. Moves the election date for the mayor and town council from May to November. The current mayor and town council members will have their terms reduced by six months. This bill is identical to HB 2068.
Patron - Reynolds
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SB762
Charter; Town of La Crosse. Provides a new charter for the Town of La Crosse, in Mecklenburg County, and repeals the current charter, passed in 1901. The new charter contains provisions typically found in town charters and does not grant unusual powers.
Patron - Ruff
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SB775
Charter; City of Chesapeake. Renames the department of personnel as the department of human resources and provides that the director of audit services shall be recommended for appointment by the city manager subject to ratification by a majority vote of the council. The director of audit services shall be subject to removal from office by a majority vote of the council.
Patron - Blevins
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SB796
Charter; City of Bristol. Makes changes to the composition of the utilities board and the youth services board. This bill is identical to HB 1719.
Patron - Wampler
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SB813
Charter; City of Virginia Beach. Updates the charter by replacing outdated Code of Virginia references, replacing "borough" with "district" and deleting provisions that are no longer applicable.
Patron - Stolle
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SB931
Charter; Roanoke County. Renames the social services board as the social services advisory board and expands the number of members of the board from three to at least seven. The bill also clarifies that the county administrator or his designee shall act as the local board of social services.
Patron - Edwards
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SB934
Charter; Town of Blacksburg. Provides that candidates for town council shall not be identified on the ballot by political affiliation. This is consistent with the town's current practice of nonpartisan council elections. This bill is identical to HB 2356.
Patron - Edwards
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SB1055
Charter; City of Lexington. Amends Lexington's charter to prohibit candidates for city offices from being identified on the ballot by political affiliation. This bill is identical to HB 2228.
Patron - Hanger
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SB1172
Charter; Town of Bluefield. Provides that the town treasurer shall be appointed by the town manager rather than elected by the voters of the town, and shall serve as the town's director of finance. The bill also adds certain duties to the treasurer regarding land and personal property books and taxation.
Patron - Puckett
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SB1235
Charter; Town of Gretna. Provides for staggered terms for the town council. This bill is identical to HB 2069.
Patron - Hawkins
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SB1236
Charter; Town of Chatham. Provides for staggered terms for council members beginning with the 2004 election. This bill is identical to HB 2279.
Patron - Hawkins
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SB1256
Charter; City of Poquoson. Expands the duties of the city clerk to include the administering of the oath of office to certain local officials and to include the hiring of a deputy clerk and assistants. This bill is identical to HB 2077.
Patron - Williams
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HB1631
Charter; City of Chesapeake. Deletes the requirement that a member of council who decides to run for mayor must first resign from council. Any vacancy created when a council member is elected mayor shall be filled by the candidate in such election receiving the next-highest vote to those candidates declared elected to the office of council member.
Patron - Cosgrove
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HB1634
Charter; City of Chesapeake. Renames the department of personnel as the department of human resources and provides that the director of audit services shall be recommended for appointment by the city manager subject to ratification by a majority vote of the council. The director of audit services shall be subject to removal from office by a majority vote of the council.
Patron - Cosgrove
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HB2625
Charter; City of Chesapeake. Provides for the division of the City into six districts with council members elected from each district. The mayor and two additional members shall be elected at large. These amendments have not gone through the typical charter amendment process as specified in Chapter 2 (§ 15.2-200 et seq.) of Title 15.2.
Patron - Spruill
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SB795
Charter; City of Bristol. Makes changes to the composition of the youth services board.
Patron - Wampler
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SB844
Charter; City of Chesapeake. Renames the department of personnel as the department of human resources and provides that the director of audit services shall be recommended for appointment by the city manager subject to ratification by a majority vote of the council. The director of audit services shall be subject to removal from office by a majority vote of the council.
Patron - Quayle
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SB929
Charter; County of Roanoke. Provides that the County shall have authority to levy upon the sale or use of cigarettes a tax at a rate not to exceed 0.75 cents per cigarette sold or used, such tax to be collected pursuant to Article 7 (58.1-3830 et seq.) of Chapter 38 of Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia. Further amendments change the name of the social services board to the social services advisory board and increase the membership of the board from three to at least seven members.
Patron - Edwards
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