License plates; collector motor vehicles; penalty.Creates license plates for collector motor vehicles, defined in thebill, which the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehiclesshall issue to any applicant who owns or has regular use of anotherpassenger car, autocycle, or motorcycle and who owns at least a totalof three collector motor vehicles. The bill designates the fee forsuch plates and registration as $50, specifies that the collectormotor vehicles shall not be used for general transportation purposesand may only be used (i) for participation in shows, parades, charitable functions, and historical exhibitions for display, maintenance, and preservation; (ii) on the highways of the Commonwealth for the purposeof testing their operation or selling the vehicle, obtaining repairsor maintenance, transportation to and from events, and for occasionalpleasure driving not exceeding 250 miles from the residence of theowner; and (iii) to carry or transport passengers and personal effects.The bill also prohibits such vehicles from being registered as antiquevehicles or military surplus motor vehicles. Finally, the bill makesit a Class 4 misdemeanor to violate any provision relating to theregistration of collector motor vehicles.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;units occupied by elderly tenants; rent stabilization allowance.Allows any locality to adopt rent stabilization provisions to prohibitany landlord, defined in the bill, from increasing the rent on anyunit in which an elderly tenant, defined in the bill, resides byan amount that exceeds such locality's rent stabilization allowance.The bill defines "rent stabilization allowance" as the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index, for the region in which thelocality sits, from March in the preceding year to March in the currentyear, plus two percent. Finally, the bill requires any rent stabilizationordinance to include a procedure by which a landlord may apply foran exemption if the net operating income generated by the rentaldwelling unit has not been maintained due to escalating operatingexpenses or for other appropriate reasons as established by the locality.
Parental access to minor's medical records;consent by certain minors to treatment of mental or emotional disorder.Adds an exception to the right of parental access to a minor child'shealth records if the furnishing to or review by the requesting parentof such health records would be reasonably likely to deter the minorfrom seeking care. Under the bill, a minor 16 years of age or olderwho is determined by a health care provider to be mature and capableof giving informed consent shall be deemed an adult for the purposeof giving consent to treatment of a mental or emotional disorder.The bill provides that the capacity of a minor to consent to treatmentof a mental or emotional disorder does not include the capacity to refuse treatment for a mental or emotional disorder for which aparent, guardian, or custodian of the minor has given consent andthat a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a minor shall be notifiedby a health care provider of the minor's drug abuse, substance abuse,or potential of self-harm.
Corporate income tax; distribution of revenues;state parks. Requires five percent beginning July 1, 2024, ofall corporate income tax revenues to be distributed to the StatePark Conservation Resources Fund to provide (i) free entry to Virginia state parks and (ii) the conservation, development, maintenance,and operations of state parks acquired or held by the Departmentof Conservation and Recreation as provided in the appropriation act.The bill provides that such distribution shall not reduce the totalamount of annual appropriations for the Department and the Fund belowthe total amounts appropriated for the most recent fiscal year endingbefore July 1, 2024, except as provided by a subsequent appropriationact.
Income tax subtraction; military retirementbenefits; uniformed services. Expands the definition of "militarybenefits" to include an income tax subtraction of retirement incomereceived for service in the uniformed services of the United States,which includes the United States Armed Forces, the commissioned corpsof the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service. Undercurrent law, the subtraction is only allowed for military retirementincome received for service in the United States Armed Forces.
Voter registration; cancellation of registrationby voter convicted of a felony; notice prior to cancellation. Requires the general registrar to mail a notice to all persons knownby him to have been convicted of a felony prior to canceling anysuch person's voter registration. The bill specifies that such noticeshall inform the person of the report from the Department of Electionsbased on information received from the Central Criminal Records Exchangeindicating his felony conviction and allow such person to submit evidence that his right to vote has been restored within 14 daysof the date the notice was mailed. The bill requires the general registrar to cancel the registration of such person who does notrespond within 14 days.
New College Institute; duties. Requiresthe New College Institute to design and implement, in collaborationwith the Department of Education, the Virginia Community CollegeSystem, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the VirginiaBoard of Workforce Development, and other relevant agencies and organizations,any workforce development programs necessary to support the initiativesof the Office of the Governor, including adult education and workforcetraining programs.
Unaccompanied homeless youth; consent to surgicalor medical care. Provides that except for the purposes of sexualsterilization or abortion, a minor who is 14 years of age or olderand who is an unaccompanied homeless youth shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of consenting to surgical or medical examinationor treatment, including dental examination and treatment, for himselfor his minor child. The bill describes evidence sufficient to determinethat a minor is an unaccompanied homeless youth and provides thatno health care provider shall be liable for any civil or criminalaction for providing surgical or medical treatment to an unaccompaniedhomeless youth or his minor child without first obtaining the consentof his parent or guardian provided in accordance with the law, withthe exception of liability for negligence in the diagnosis or treatmentof such unaccompanied homeless youth.
Casino gaming; limits on required local referendums.Provides that the governing body of any eligible host city that holdsa local referendum on the question of whether casino gaming should be permitted in such city that subsequently fails shall be prohibitedfrom holding another referendum on the same question for a periodof three years from the date of the last referendum.
Department of Environmental Quality; nuclearenergy electrical generation facilities; permitting. Adds an electricalgeneration facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 300 megawattsthat generates electricity only from nuclear energy located in PlanningDistrict 1 (LENOWISCO), 2 (Cumberland Plateau), 3 (Mount Rogers),or 4 (New River Valley Region) to the definition of small renewableenergy project for purposes of the regulation of such projects bythe Department of Environmental Quality. The bill requires the Departmentto limit the permitting of such facilities pursuant to the definitionand directs the Department to develop the applicable permit by rule regulations for such nuclear energy projects to be effective assoon as practicable.
Certificate of public need; hospitals licensedby the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services;psychiatric beds. Excludes from the list of medical care facilitiesfor which a certificate of public need is required hospitals licensedas a provider by the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices. The bill excludes the following from the list of projectsfor which a certificate of public need is required for certain medicalcare facilities: (i) an increase or relocation of psychiatric beds licensed by the Department, (ii) the introduction of any psychiatricservice when such medical care facility has not provided such servicein the previous 12 months, and (iii) the conversion of beds to psychiatricbeds. The bill also modifies the list of projects for which a certificateof public need is required for certain medical care facilities byrequiring a certificate for the conversion of any psychiatric inpatientbeds to nonpsychiatric inpatient beds. Under current law, a certificateis required for the conversion of a psychiatric bed to a nonpsychiatricbed only when the psychiatric bed was approved pursuant to a Requestfor Applications (RFA).
Photo speed monitoring devices; location. Authorizesthe governing body of any county, city, or town to provide by ordinancefor the placement and operation of photo speed monitoring devicesin any location deemed necessary by the locality for the purposesof recording violations resulting from the operation of a vehiclein excess of the speed limit. The bill provides the same requirementsfor such devices, information collected from such devices, and anyenforcement actions resulting from information collected from suchdevices as current law applies to the use of such devices in schoolcrossing zones and highway work zones. The bill requires that twosigns, rather than one, be placed warning of such device if the deviceis placed somewhere other than a school crossing zone or highwaywork zone.
