Repeals the prohibition against the sale of lottery tickets over the Internet.
Requires the operator of a motor vehicle, autocycle, road roller, road machinery, or tractor equipped with an interior light or lights used on a highway to ensure that such lights are in good working order and removes duplicative language. The bill further requires an operator of such vehicle equipped with interior lights to illuminate such lights upon stopping after having received a visible or audible signal from any law-enforcement officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop between sunset and sunrise. The bill requires the Department of State Police to amend its regulations such that a motor vehicle safety inspection shall include an inspection of interior lights to ensure that such lights are in good working order.
Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA trade secrets, as defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (§ 59.1-336 et seq.), submitted to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy that identify the amount or concentration of chemicals or ingredients used to stimulate a well pursuant to § 45.1-361.29 or Department regulations concerning such ground-disturbing activities. The bill requires that for such records to be protected, the submitting party must (i) invoke this FOIA exclusion upon submission of the data or materials for which protection from disclosure is sought, (ii) identify the data or materials for which protection is sought, and (iii) state the reasons why protection is necessary. The bill requires the Department to determine whether the information claimed to be a trade secret is entitled to such protection.
