Tax credit for purchase of conservation tillageand precision agricultural application equipment; sunset date. Extends the sunset date of the individual and corporate tax creditfor purchase of conservation tillage and precision agricultural applicationequipment from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2030.
Elections; candidates for office; conduct of primaries; declaration of candidacy. Provides that the declaration of candidacy include a statement that if the signer's name appears on the primary ballot and he is not nominated then his name is not to be printed on the ballots for that office in the succeeding general election. This bill is identical to HB 90.
Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed CommonwealthSavers Plan. Renames the Virginia College Savings Plan as the Commonwealth Savers Plan.
Virginia Commission for the Arts; membership. Reduces the membership of the Virginia Commission for the Arts from 13 to nine members and requires at least one member to be appointed from each of the eight superintendent's regions. Current law requires at least one but no more than two members to be appointed from each congressional district in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 832.
Institutions of higher education; campus safety; governing boards of certain educational institutions; employment of security services and personnel authorized. Authorizes the governing board of certain educational institutions, including the A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, the New College Institute, the Roanoke Higher Education Authority, the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, and the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, to establish and maintain a campus security department and to employ security personnel. Under current law, the governing board of any such educational institution is only authorized to contract for security services. This bill is identical to SB 613.
License tax; retired police or military dogs; exemption. Allows a locality by ordinance to exempt any dog that served as a police or law-enforcement dog or military working dog from the license tax on the ownership of dogs. Such ordinance must include a verification process for the vaccination records of such a dog.
Cumberlands Airport Commission. Establishes a new charter for the Cumberlands Airport Commission and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1958. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the Commission and contains powers and duties typically granted for authorities. The bill also removes the Town of Lebanon and the Counties of Lee and Russell from the Commission. This bill is identical to HB 460.
Cumberlands Airport Commission. Establishes a new charter for the Cumberlands Airport Commission and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1958. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the Commission and contains powers and duties typically granted for authorities. The bill also removes the Town of Lebanon and the Counties of Lee and Russell from the Commission. This bill is identical to SB 728.
Practice of athletic training; definition. Amendsthe definition of "practice of athletic training" to allow the practice of athletic training to be conducted in an inpatient or outpatientsetting.
Virginia Waste Management Board; open burningof solid wastes; transportation of vegetative waste. Requiresthe Virginia Waste Management Board to amend regulations to allowfor vegetative waste to be transported to another location for destructionif it is impractical or unsafe to destroy such waste on the premisesof private property.
Motor vehicles; overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits for an electric utility's operation of vehicles used for the construction, operation, or maintenance of electrical facilities and infrastructure.
Department of Environmental Quality; data; groundwaterand surface water withdrawal permits. Authorizes the Departmentof Environmental Quality to utilize and incorporate comprehensivegroundwater, surface water, and aquifer data in its decision-makingprocesses related to the issuance and renewal of groundwater withdrawalpermits and surface water withdrawal permits. Such data may includeinformation relating to water levels, flow rates, and water quality.
