General Provisions of Virginia Code

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P HB2640

Recodification of Titles 1 and 7.1; General Provisions and Boundaries, Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth. In accordance with § 30-152 of the Code of Virginia, the Virginia Code Commission, in May 2003, commenced its revision of Title 1. Title 1 contains the original provisions related to the enactment of the 1950 Code of Virginia and the statutory rules of construction that apply to the Code of Virginia and the uncodified acts of the General Assembly. At the May meeting, the Commission decided to expand the scope of the revision to include the incorporation of Title 7.1 (Boundaries, Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth) into Title 1. Titles 1 and 7.1 were last revised in 1966. The revision provided an opportunity to combine two titles of a general nature that contained many provisions of fundamental and historical significance. The revision of Title 1 presented unique challenges compared to other title revisions. Because the provisions of Chapter 1 were part and parcel to the creation of the Code of 1950, they needed to be retained without any change in substance or form. This limitation necessitated that the revisions be done at the chapter level. The new Title 1 contains four revised chapters in which obsolete and duplicative provisions have been removed, nomenclature updated, and the structure and clarity of the laws improved.
Patron - Hurt

P SJ388

Virginia Code Commission. Advises the citizens of Virginia of the intention of the Virginia Code Commission to publish a 2007 Code of Virginia to replace the Code of 1950.
Patron - Mims

Failed

F HB2097

Associational standing; definition of person aggrieved. Confers associational standing in Virginia as articulated in Hunt v. Washington Apple Advertising Commission, 432 U.S. 333 (1977). Virginia currently follows the common law rule that the person seeking standing must have an immediate, pecuniary, and substantial interest in the litigation, and not a remote or indirect interest. Unlike federal law, the injury to an individual of an association does not vest in the association.
Patron - Hugo

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