Provides that within 10 days after an unmanned aircraft system is used during the execution of a search warrant, a copy of the executed search warrant shall be served on the person who was the subject of the search warrant and the person whose property was the subject of the search warrant. The bill provides that upon request, and for good cause shown, the circuit court may grant one or more extensions for such service for a period not to exceed 30 days each.
Provides that the city manager for the City of Petersburg may serve as the collector of city taxes.
Provides that a substitute judge has the power to enter a final order in any case heard by the substitute judge for a period of 14 days after the date of a hearing of such case.
Creates the Gaming Study Commission to analyze the Commonwealth's existing gaming industry and proposals to expand gaming in Virginia, which include the following: (i) commercial casino gaming, (ii) in-person and online sports wagering, (iii) online and internet gaming, (iv) tribal gaming, (v) historical horse racing, and (vi) electronic devices approved by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to be placed in establishments licensed by the Authority. The Commission must submit final recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2019. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2020.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Provides that a purchaser of a unit subject to the Condominium Act or a lot subject to the Property Owners' Association Act who receives a condominium resale certificate or association disclosure packet that is not in conformity with law may cancel the contract for such unit or lot (i) within three days after the date of the contract if the resale certificate or disclosure packet is received on or before the date that the purchaser signs the contract; (ii) within three days of receiving the resale certificate or disclosure packet if the resale certificate or disclosure packet is hand delivered, delivered by electronic means, or delivered by a commercial overnight delivery service or the United States Postal Service, and a receipt obtained; or (iii) within six days after the postmark date if the resale certificate or disclosure packet is sent to the purchaser by United States mail.
Requires the Board of Education to develop a model policy for the provision of counseling services in public schools that includes provisions for parental consent, written parental notification, parental involvement, as appropriate, confidentiality, procedures by which a parent may limit or prohibit his child's participation, appropriate exceptions such as imminent need, health, or safety or maintaining order in the school, and other necessary provisions as determined by the Board. The bill requires the Board of Education, in developing such model policy, to seek to balance the needs of students with the rights of parents.
Requires the Board of Education to develop guidelines that establish a process to permit a school board or any organization sponsored by a school board to petition the Board for approval of an alternate route to licensure that may be used to meet the requirements for a provisional or renewable license or any endorsement.
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Requires the director of each state agency to ensure that new state agency contracts for the performance by a contractor of state business-related call center and customer service work provide that such work shall be performed by the contractor or its agents or subcontractors entirely within the Commonwealth for the contractor's primary call center and customer service workplace.
Advances conformity of the Commonwealth's tax code with the federal tax code to December 31, 2018, including conformity to the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The bill also makes technical amendments.
Requires the Department of Corrections to report to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before October 1 of each year certain population statistics of persons incarcerated in state correctional institutions, including certain statistics regarding offenders placed in and released from restrictive housing and Shared Allied Management Units. This bill incorporates
