Adds general government facilities to those types of facilities that may be constructed pursuant to the power granted to service districts.
Imposes a mandatory fine of $250 for using a handheld personal communications device for reading emails or texting while operating a motor vehicle in a highway work zone, defined in the bill, when workers are present.
Extends from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2021, the sunset date for the additional one-fourth of one percent transient occupancy tax authorized in Arlington County.
Provides for the Speaker of the House of Delegates to make appointments of members of the House of Delegates to serve on intergovernmental boards, committees, and commissions. Currently, appointments to intergovernmental boards, committees, and commissions of (i) state and local government officials, excluding General Assembly members, are made by the Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation; (ii) members of the Senate are made by the Commission on Interstate Cooperation of the Senate, subject to the approval of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules; and (iii) members of the House of Delegates are made by the Commission on Interstate Cooperation of the House of Delegates, subject to the approval of the Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Provides that the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules shall each appoint one director of a local alcohol safety action program to the Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program upon the consideration of the recommendations of the legislative members of the Commission. Currently, the two directors of local alcohol safety action programs appointed to the Commission are appointed by the legislative members serving on the Commission.
Authorizes the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) to issue grants from the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund for water quality improvements, including cost effective technologies to reduce loads of total phosphorus, total nitrogen, or nitrogen-containing ammonia, in order to meet certain requirements of ammonia-related regulations that are more stringent than those adopted by the State Water Control Board (the Board). The bill also requires the Department to prepare a preliminary estimate of the amount and timing of Water Quality Improvement Grants required to fund projects to reduce loads of nitrogen-containing ammonia at certain levels based on an estimate of the anticipated range of costs for all publicly owned treatment works if the Board were to adopt the 2013 Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This bill is identical to
Provides that certain provisions regarding removal of a county courthouse shall not apply to the removal or relocation of any county courthouse, whether located on county or city property, that is entirely surrounded by a city, and any such courthouse shall be removed or relocated only in accordance with the existing procedures.
Creates the Special Workforce Grant Fund to award grants to certain e-commerce companies that make a capital investment at a facility in Fairfax County of at least $84 million and create at least 1,500 new full-time jobs at such facility. The grants would be paid out over a period of three years on the basis of investment and job-creation progress. The total aggregate amount of grants that may be paid is $10.5 million.
Prohibits local school boards from requiring a student or his parent to disclose information related to the student's race or ethnicity unless (i) the student or his parent is given an option to designate "other" for the student's race or ethnicity or (ii) such disclosure is required by federal law.
Extends eligibility to participate in programs of preparation and instruction to take a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education to individuals who are at least 16 years of age. Under current law, such programs are available only to adults who did not complete high school, students who have been granted permission by their division superintendent, and those who have been ordered by a court to participate in the program.
Clarifies that each parent of a school-age child in the Commonwealth is required to cause his child to attend school. Current law requires each such parent to send his child to school.
Allows a practitioner employed by the Department of Health to prescribe antibiotic therapy to the sexual partner of a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without the physical examination normally required. The bill also requires the Commissioner of Health to convene a workgroup consisting of Department of Health staff and private practitioners to evaluate services provided by the Department of Health pursuant to the bill and to make appropriate recommendations for the use of expedited partner therapy in Virginia. The Commissioner shall report to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources concerning his findings and recommendations by July 1, 2019. The bill contains organizational and technical amendments. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2020.
