Transit funding. Raises the existing regional transportation fee, a grantor's tax, from $0.15 per $100 to $0.20 per $100 for localities in the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority that are also members of the Northern Virginia Transportation District. The bill requires half of the revenues to be deposited in the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Fund and half to be deposited in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Capital Fund. The rate of tax in the other localities will remain at $0.15 per $100, with one-third of the revenues to be retained by the locality to be used for transportation purposes and the other two-thirds to be deposited in the Northern Virginia Transportation District Fund. The bill also raises the existing transient occupancy tax in the localities located in the Northern Virginia Transportation District from $2 to $3, with all of the revenues from the tax being used to support WMATA. This bill incorporates HB 977.
Del. David Bulova
Sponsored bills
Commending James Smith.
Urban county executive form of government; boardof social services. Requires a county operating under the urbancounty executive form of government (Fairfax County) to designatean additional seat on the board of social services for a qualified citizen of each city to which the county is contractually obligatedto provide social services.
Celebrating the life of Sergeant George PhillipMoskowitz.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable GeraldL. Baliles.
Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services for children 18 years of age or younger when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includes one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2021.
Commending Boy Scout Troop 1865.
Commending the Chesapeake Bay Commission.
Holding handheld personal communications deviceswhile driving a motor vehicle. Prohibits any person from holdinga handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle.Current law prohibits (i) the reading of any email or text messageand manually entering letters or text in such a device as a meansof communicating and (ii) holding a personal communications devicewhile driving in a work zone. The bill expands the exemptions to includehandheld personal communications devices that are being held and used(a) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (b) for officialDepartment of Transportation or traffic incident management services.This bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. This billwas incorporated into HB 874.
Commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. RobertRussa Moton.