Miscellaneous (Including Budget and Bonds)

Passed

P HB77

Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2006. Authorizes the Treasury Board to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $395,428,570 pursuant to Article X, Section 9(c) of the Constitution of Virginia, for paying costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher education of the Commonwealth and repeals certain prior authorizations for the issuance of bonds to the extent that the maximum amount of such bonds has not been issued. The bill has an emergency clause and is in effect upon passage.
Patron - Callahan

P HB83

Virginia Public Building Authority; financing for the State Agency Radio System. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $201,900,000 to pay the costs of the State Agency Radio System (Phase II) for the Department of State Police.
Patron - Sherwood

P HB214

Claims; relief for purchasers of property sold at treasurers' sales. Provides a legal right to certain persons who purchased real property prior to June 1, 1973, at delinquent tax sales conducted by local treasurers. Prior to 1973, the law in effect provided that real property for which real estate taxes were delinquent was to be sold by the treasurer in December of each year at a tax sale. The purchaser at the tax sale then would have been eligible after a number of years to make application to obtain clear title. However, a statute that would have kept the process in place for the purchaser to obtain clear title was repealed in 1984 pursuant to the recodification of Title 58 of the Code of Virginia because it was deemed "obsolete." The bill would allow certain enumerated individuals who purchased property prior to June 1, 1973, at a treasurer's tax sale, who has not received a deed for the property purchased, to institute a court proceeding under the provisions of former law to obtain a deed to the property. This bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2010, and also contains an emergency clause.
Patron - Tata

P HB336

Special use permit; certain temporary structures. Authorizes, without requiring a special use permit, the erection of certain tents intended to serve as temporary structures for a period of three days or less and that will be used primarily for private or family-related events.
Patron - Orrock

P HB1379

Claims; Willie Neville Davidson. Provides relief for Willie Neville Davidson in the amount of $168,775 to be paid by August 1, 2006. Mr. Davidson was convicted of rape, burglary and two counts of forcible sodomy in 1981 and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. He was released on parole in 1992 after serving approximately 11 and one-half years of his sentence. Subsequent to his release, DNA tests conducted on the biological evidence contained in his case file excluded him as a suspect in the crimes for which he was convicted. On December 22, 2005, the Governor granted Mr. Davidson an absolute pardon.
Patron - Melvin

P HB1380

Claims; Phillip Thurman. Provides relief for Phillip Thurman who was convicted of rape, assault and battery, and abduction in 1985 and sentenced to 31 years' imprisonment. He was released on parole on November 17, 2004, after serving approximately 20 years of his sentence. Subsequent to his release, DNA tests conducted on the biological evidence contained in his case file excluded him as a suspect in the crimes for which he was convicted. On December 22, 2005, the Governor granted Mr. Thurman an absolute pardon. Under the bill, the Commonwealth will provide a lump-sum payment to Mr. Thurman of $100,000 to be paid by August 1, 2006, and pay $338,598 to purchase a non-assignable annuity for the benefit of Mr. Thurman providing for equal monthly payments to him for 15 years.
Patron - Moran

P SB28

P SB609

Claims; Troy D. Hopkins. Provides relief for Troy D. Hopkins in the amount of $229,419 to be paid by August 1, 2006. Mr. Hopkins was convicted of murder in 1990 and sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment. Subsequently, another individual admitted to committing the murder. In 1992, Adrian Epps signed and affidavit confessing to the crime for which Mr. Hopkins had been convicted. Mr. Hopkins was paroled in 2001 and granted an absolute pardon on August 5, 2005.
Patron - Lambert

Failed

F HB29

Budget Bill. Relating to the appropriation of funds for the 2004-06 biennium.
Patron - Callahan

F HB30

Budget Bill. Appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia providing a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 2007, and the thirtieth day of June, 2008.
Patron - Callahan

F HB55

Biennial budget; failure to enact. Provides for the continuation of the budget in effect through June 30 of an even-numbered year for the next fiscal year in the event that the General Assembly fails to enact a biennial budget by May 1 of that even-numbered year.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB76

Virginia Public Building Authority; bonds to finance capital projects. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $209,462,000 to finance certain capital projects for the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.
Patron - Hamilton

F HB404

Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to convey approximately 10.4 acres of land to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and also grants to the Foundation in perpetuity the three current entrances on Jamestown Road held by the Foundation.
Patron - Callahan

F HB630

Claims; Rodney Robinette and Susan Cowden. Provides relief for Rodney Robinette and Susan Cowden in the amount of $175.00 to be paid by August 1, 2006. Mr. Robinette and Ms. Cowden paid $175.00 to purchase property at an escheat sale. It was subsequently discovered that the property had improperly escheated to the Commonwealth.
Patron - Phillips

F HB1475

Commonwealth Transportation Board; bonds for Route 58 Corridor. Authorizes the Commonwealth Transportation Board to issue bonds in an additional amount not to exceed $299 million to fund certain specified transportation projects in the Route 58 Corridor.
Patron - Carrico

F SB29

Budget Bill. Relating to the appropriation of funds for the 2004-06 biennium.
Patron - Chichester

F SB30

F SB59

F SB159

F SB596

Relief of the Rainbow Forest Recreation Association. Requests $186,000 for the Rainbow Forest Recreation Association to make Department of Dam Safety-required corrections to a dam owned by the Association.
Patron - Bell

F SB608

Claims; Rufus Thomas, Jr. Provides relief to Rufus Thomas, Jr., in the amount of $10,000. Mr. Thomas alleges that an employee of the Sheriff's Department of the City of Richmond utilized either the Virginia Criminal Information Network or the National Crime Information Center systems to run a background check on him for no legitimate purpose, and then for personal reasons disseminated and discussed the information with others.
Patron - Lambert

F SB625

Conveyance of certain real property to a nonmunicipal entity; City of Hampton. Provides that the conveyance of a portion of the Carousel Site to a nonmunicipal entity does not constitute a violation of the restrictions established by the Virginia Outdoors Fund Grant Program so long as the purpose of such conveyance is to enhance the public recreational facilities currently on the Carousel Site.
Patron - Locke

Carried Over

C HB663

Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission; bonds. Provides that the Commission shall not issue any bonds after June 30, 2006, that are not redeemable before maturity by escrow or otherwise.
Patron - Wardrup

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