Replaces the $100 annual cap on gifts to (i) members of and candidates for the General Assembly and their immediate family members from a lobbyist or lobbyist's principal and (ii) state and local officers and employees required to file a statement of economic interests and their immediate family members from a lobbyist or lobbyist's principal or a person, organization, or business who is or is seeking to become a party to a contract with the officer or employee's agency with an absolute ban on gifts from such individuals. The only exceptions to this gift ban are (a) gifts from foreign dignitaries received on behalf of the Commonwealth or a locality and (b) travel approved by the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.
Reduces from 205 feet to 105 feet the minimum low-water shore front that makes the landowner eligible to apply for riparian planting grounds assignment by the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission.
Requires the Department of Social Services to develop a pilot program for screening and assessing participants in the Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare (VIEW) program for use of illegal substances. The bill requires the Department to provide an interim report on implementation of the pilot program to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2017, and a final report on the results of the pilot program to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2018.
Reduces the total lifetime limit on TANF financial assistance to 24 months, reduces the number of consecutive months a person may receive TANF before a period of ineligibility from 24 to 12 consecutive months, and reduces the time period of ineligibility from 24 months to 12 consecutive months.