Creates the Kinship Guardianship Assistance program (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives and ensure permanency for children for whom adoption or being returned home are not appropriate permanency options. The bill sets forth eligibility criteria for the program, payment allowances to kinship guardians, and requirements for kinship guardianship assistance agreements. The bill also requires the Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations for the program.
Provides that a student may have up to three discretionary diversions for truancy so long as the immediately previous diversion occurred at least three calendar years prior to the current diversion.
Provides that the owner of a motorcycle that is issued a safety inspection approval sticker shall have the discretion to place the sticker on a plate securely fastened to the motorcycle for the purpose of displaying the sticker or affix the sticker directly to the motorcycle.
Provides for the relief of Danial J Williams, Joseph Jesse Dick, Jr., Eric Cameron Wilson, and Derek Elliot Tice, also known as the Norfolk Four, who were wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of Michelle Moore Bosko.
Directs the State Corporation Commission to exclude any debt associated with an electric utility's securitized bonds that are the obligation of non-Virginia jurisdictional customers from the capital structure and cost of capital of the utility when regulating its rates, terms, and conditions of service. The measure also authorizes a utility to request an adjustment to a tariff that is revenue neutral to the utility during a biennial filing that does not result in an overall rate change.
Authorizes any locality to enact an ordinance that requires corrective action to address criminal blight conditions on certain real property. The bill defines criminal blight to include conditions on real property that endanger residents of the community by the regular presence of persons using the property for controlled substance use or sale and other criminal activities, specifically commercial sex trafficking or prostitution or repeated acts of the malicious discharge of a firearm within a building or dwelling. Current law allows local governments to enact an ordinance for taking action against a property owner with regard to illegal drug activity on such real property within the locality. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to
Increases the maximum hookup and towing fee for passenger vehicles from $135 to $150. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to
Designates the portion of U.S. Route 220 in Botetourt County the "William Preston Memorial Highway."
Requires the Board of Education, in its regulations providing for teacher licensure by reciprocity, to permit applicants to submit third-party employment verification forms.
Exempts Planning District 16 (George Washington) from any requirement by a towing advisory board for written authorization, in addition to a written contract, in the event that a vehicle is being removed from private property. The bill requires that localities in Planning District 16 establish by ordinance (i) a hookup and initial towing fee of $135; (ii) an additional fee of $25 for towing at night, on weekends, or on a holiday; and (iii) that no fee pursuant to clause (ii) shall be charged more than twice for a tow. This bill is identical to
Provides that funds received by Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc., as a result of its special revenue-sharing license plate fees may be used to support the group's operation and programs in Virginia. Current law requires that such funds be used only to clear the scenic overlooks along the Blue Ridge Parkway in order to promote tourism along the Parkway in Virginia.
Exempts from real property taxation leasehold interests in property acquired or used by a land bank entity.
