Sports or entertainment project; City of Va. Beach granted certain powers relating to construction.
Summary
Grants the City of Virginia Beach certain powers relating to construction of a sports or entertainment project and any related facilities. Among those powers is the authority to (i) issue bonds to construct a sports or entertainment project, (ii) receive state sales and use tax revenue that is attributable to such project, and (iii) use such revenue to repay such bonds. The bill provides that the City of Virginia Beach's entitlement to state sales and use tax revenue shall expire on July 1, 2039. The powers granted by the bill to the City of Virginia Beach are similar to those granted to the Hampton Roads Sports Facility Authority.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Feb 18, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House of Delegates. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (72-Y 26-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2368E
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104205D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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