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Charters and Authorities

Passed

P HB 1989

Charter; Town of Colonial Beach. Updates the charter to reflect the appointment, rather than election, of the treasurer.
Patron - Wittman

P HB 2028

Charter; City of Winchester. Provides that the school board shall be a nine-member board with four members appointed from districts and five members appointed at-large.
Patron - Sherwood

P HB 2189

Charter; City of Newport News. Changes the timing of the council's inaugural meeting and the date by which the city manager shall submit certain financial reports.
Patron - Oder

P HB 2195

Charter; City of Hampton. Moves authority to appoint the city attorney from the city manager to the city council. This bill is identical to SB 1182.
Patron - Ward

P HB 2239

Charter; Town of Troutville. Changes local elections from May to November.
Patron - Putney

P HB 2241

Charter; City of Norfolk. Amends provisions related to the Norfolk Airport Authority related to the police powers of the Authority and the Authority's ability to enter into agreements for concurrent jurisdiction with the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Also, numerous technical changes are made.
Patron - Howell, A.T.

P HB 2400

Charter; Town of Stephens City. Provides that the Frederick County District Courts shall hear and determine charges of violations of town ordinances and that fines collected for violations of town ordinances shall be paid promptly into the treasury of the town. The bill eliminates the requirement that the town treasurer, clerk of the town council, town sergeant, and town manager be residents of the town or of Frederick County. Furthermore, this bill prescribes the power of and the procedure for the council to contract loans, incur debt, and issue bonds.
Patron - Athey

P HB 2427

Charter; Town of Brookneal. Eliminates the requirement that the town manager reside within the corporate limits of the town during his term of office.
Patron - Byron

P HB 2460

Charter; Town of Boykins. Deletes the requirement that the town sergeant reside in the town.
Patron - Tyler

P HB 2645

Charter; City of Suffolk. Provides for the direct election of the mayor and shifts local elections to November. This bill is identical to SB 961.
Patron - Jones, S.C.

P HB 2716

Charter; James City County. Allows the county to establish the Department of General Services and provide for the Chief of Police to be appointed by the county administrator.
Patron - Barlow

P HB 2720

Charter; Town of Cheriton. Grants a new charter for the Town of Cheriton. The town was originally established without benefit of charter by the Circuit Court of Northampton County in 1951. The new charter contains powers typically found in town charters. This bill is identical to SB 1137.
Patron - Lewis

P HB 2800

Virginia's Region 2000 Airport Authority Act. Authorizes the City of Lynchburg and the Counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell to create an authority to be known as "Virginia's Region 2000 Airport Authority" for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining an airport and air navigation facilities and a business/industrial park and related facilities for such city and counties.
Patron - Byron

P HB 2989

Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission. Authorizes the Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission to provide financing for facilities for an organization, other than a religious organization, that is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to § 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. This bill is identical to SB 957.
Patron - Melvin

P HB 3019

Charter; City of Bristol. Provides that the city shall have the power, within and without the city and within or without the Commonwealth of Virginia, to provide consulting and management services for the operation of telecommunication services. In addition, the bill provides that the comptroller, as budget director, shall be skilled in public administration and the accepted practices and municipal budgetary procedure and shall compile, in cooperation with the various department heads, the departmental estimates and other data necessary or useful to the city manager in the preparation of the annual budget. Furthermore, the building code division, which is to be part of the Planning Department and supervised by the Planning Director, shall include the environs control official amongst its staff. The duties of such environs control official shall be to enforce state law and local ordinances pertaining to garbage, trash, weeds, junk, and litter and the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code within the City of Bristol, Virginia. Finally, the bill provides that the school board shall submit its line-item budget estimates to the city manager no later than May 1 of each year. This bill is identical to SB 1072.
Patron - Johnson

P SB 799

Charter; City of Newport News. Raises the threshold from $25,000 to $50,000 for purposes of seeking bids for construction contracts. This change is in accordance with the Virginia Public Procurement Act.
Patron - Locke

P SB 907

Charter; Town of Timberville. Moves the regular municipal election date for the mayor and town council from May to November. The current mayor and town councilmen will have their terms extended by six months.
Patron - Obenshain

P SB 961

Charter; City of Suffolk. Provides for the direct election of the mayor and shifts local elections to November. This bill is identical to HB 2645.
Patron - Quayle

P SB 1018

Charter; City of Hampton. Eliminates the requirement that members of the city real estate board of review be property owners in the city.
Patron - Locke

P SB 1072

Charter; City of Bristol. Provides that the city shall have the power, within and without the city and within or without the Commonwealth of Virginia, to provide consulting and management services for the operation of telecommunication services. In addition, the bill provides that the comptroller, as budget director, shall be skilled in public administration and the accepted practices and municipal budgetary procedure and shall compile, in cooperation with the various department heads, the departmental estimates and other data necessary or useful to the city manager in the preparation of the annual budget. Furthermore, the building code division, which is to be part of the Planning Department and supervised by the Planning Director, shall include the environs control official amongst its staff. The duties of such environs control official shall be to enforce state law and local ordinances pertaining to garbage, trash, weeds, junk, and litter and the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code within the City of Bristol, Virginia. Finally, the bill provides that the school board shall submit its line-item budget estimates to the city manager no later than May 1 of each year. This bill is identical to HB 3019.
Patron - Wampler

P SB 1137

Charter; Town of Cheriton. Grants a new charter for the Town of Cheriton. The town was originally established without benefit of charter by the Circuit Court of Northampton County in 1951. The new charter contains powers typically found in town charters. This bill is identical to HB 2720.
Patron - Rerras

P SB 1141

Charter; City of Virginia Beach. Makes several changes to reflect the city's recent decision to hold local elections in November rather than May.
Patron - Wagner

P SB 1182

Charter; City of Hampton. Moves authority to appoint the city attorney from the city manager to the city council. This bill is identical to HB 2195.
Patron - Williams

P SB 1246

Charter; Town of Leesburg. Provides that the town may develop an affordable housing program with Loudoun County; grants the town authority to adopt certain codes of technical regulations; and, allows the town to create architectural control districts and develop design standards for such districts.
Patron - Herring

P SB 1316

Charter; City of Manassas Park. Changes the time of council elections from May to November.
Patron - Colgan

Failed

F HB 2131

Charter; Town of Clifton. Provides that the town council shall have the power to set and enforce speed limits that it deems appropriate within the corporate limits of the town.
Patron - Hugo

F HB 2668

Charter; City of Fairfax. Allows the City of Fairfax to establish a photo-monitoring system to enforce traffic light signals, subject to specific requirements and procedures set forth in the bill.
Patron - Bulova

F HB 2905

Charter; City of Suffolk. Provides for advisory referenda elections.
Patron - Spruill

F SB 899

Charter; City of Norfolk. Caps the city's increase in the real property levy to 105% of the previous year's total. The proposed charter amendments have not been through the procedural requirements set forth in the Code for amendment of charters.
Patron - Rerras

F SB 936

Charter; City of Alexandria. Requires that in historic districts the fair market value of a building proposed for demolition is based on the assumption that the building will not be moved or demolished. Further amendments clarify the meaning and implications of a good faith offer to buy such property.
Patron - Ticer

F SB 960

Charter; City of Suffolk. Provides for advisory referenda elections.
Patron - Quayle
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