Percy Lee House, III Memorial Bridge. Designates the bridge on Otterdam Road over Interstate 95 in Greensville County the "Percy Lee House, III Memorial Bridge." This bill is identical to SB 323.
Local fiscal distress; determination by Auditor of Public Accounts; state intervention. Sets out a procedure for determining when localities are in fiscal distress, as defined in the bill, and when state intervention may be necessary. The bill requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to develop criteria for a preliminary determination that a locality may be in fiscal distress. The bill also requires the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget to identify any amounts remaining unexpended from general fund appropriations in the state budget as of June 30 of each year, which constitute state aid to local governments. From such unexpended balances, the Governor may reappropriate up to $750,000 from amounts that would otherwise revert to the balance of the general fund and transfer such amounts as necessary to establish a component of fund balance that may be used for the purpose of providing technical assistance and intervention actions for localities deemed to be fiscally distressed and in need of intervention to address such distress. The bill provides that if a report to the Governor concludes that a locality is either unwilling or unable to comply with the conditions necessary to address its fiscal distress, the Governor shall use all powers available to him to intervene for the purpose of addressing such fiscal distress. The bill further grants authority to the Governor to appoint an emergency fiscal manager and grant the manager with all powers available and necessary to implement a plan to restore sustainable fiscal health to the locality. The emergency fiscal officer shall give timely notice of any proposed actions to be taken and an opportunity for public input prior to such action and shall establish benchmarks that will allow a locality to exit the state intervention plan upon meeting such benchmarks.
Pet shops offering consumer credit; federallaw. Requires a pet shop to comply with the provisions of thefederal Truth in Lending Act and Consumer Financial Protection BureauRegulation Z when it offers or extends consumer credit.
Elections administration; change to location of polling place, additional notice requirement. Requires notice of a change in the location of a polling place to be posted, to the extent practicable, at the location last used for such polling place on the day of the first primary election and first general election conducted in the new location. This notice is required to include information on how voters may find their polling place.
Conveyance of easement; Department of StatePolice and Department of Transportation. Authorizes the conveyanceof an easement in Campbell County by the Department of State Policein conjunction with the Department of Transportation.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children;applications. Prohibits the Board of Social Services from requiringpersons applying to participate or renewing their participation inthe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to appear in person.The bill also codifies the Department of Health's authority to implementa Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, andChildren (WIC Program), which is currently authorized by regulation,and prohibits the Department of Health from requiring persons applyingto participate or renewing their participation in the WIC Programto appear in person.
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting. Requires state public bodies, covered institutions, and local public bodies to provide documentation of the processes used for the final selection of a construction contract to all the unsuccessful applicants upon request. The bill adds certain requirements for covered institutions, including posting all documents that are open to public inspection exchanged between the Department of General Services and the covered institution on the central electronic procurement website eVA. The bill requires approval by a majority vote of the covered institution's board of visitors or governing board if the covered institution chooses to proceed with construction management or design-build against the recommendation of the Department for (i) projects funded by funds other than those provided from the state general fund or (ii) projects of $65 million or more funded in whole or in part from state general funds. For projects under $65 million funded in whole or in part by state general funds, the bill provides that the covered institution shall obtain approval from the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, or their designees, and a representative of the Department.The bill requires a local public body to adopt a resolution or motion to use construction management or design-build, if required by its local governing body, prior to issuing a Request for Qualifications and to publish notice of such resolution or motion on its website or eVA. The bill provides that the Department shall report annually, for any construction management or design-build project, on the qualifications that made such project complex. Finally, the bill requires the Department, with the assistance of staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to assess the implementation and administration of construction management and design-build projects and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2029. This bill incorporates SB 249 and is identical to HB 1108.
School boards; employment verification; timing. Requires each school board to respond within 10 working days of receiving a request for employment verification of a former employee of the school board when such verification is sought by another school board. The bill defines working day as every day except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal state and federal holidays. This bill is identical to SB 441.
Department of Motor Vehicles; fees. Reducesthe fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, reissue, or renewalspecial identification card without a photograph; authorizes theDepartment of Motor Vehicles to negotiate with the Department ofHealth to retain a portion of the $12 fee for each copy of a vitalrecord that the Department of Motor Vehicles issues in lieu of collectingthe $2 processing fee required by current law; and removes feesspecific to transportation network companies for certificates issuedby the Department of Motor Vehicles and provides that such companiesare subject to the same fees that apply to all applicants for originallicenses, permits, or certificates and transfer of a license or certificate.
Department of Law; Address Confidentiality Program;victims of child abduction. Expands to victims of child abductioneligibility for the Address Confidentiality Program established bythe Statewide Facilitator for Victims of Domestic Violence.
Fixing period of suspension of sentence; sexualbattery; sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age. Allowsthe court to fix the period of suspension of sentence for a reasonabletime, having due regard to the gravity of the offense, without regardto the statutory maximum period for the offenses of sexual batteryand sexual abuse of a child 13 years of age or older but under 15years of age. Current law allows a court to fix the period of suspensionfor up to the maximum period for which the defendant might originallyhave been sentenced to be imprisoned.
Enforcement of certain judgments; restrictedlicense. Authorizes the court to order a restricted license tooperate a motor vehicle to a judgment debtor who has had his driver'slicense suspended for failure to satisfy certain judgments.
