Del. David Reid

Commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. RobertRussa Moton.

Virginia Lottery Board; regulation of the manufacturing, distributing, operating, servicing, hosting, and playing of videogame terminals; penalties. Authorizes the manufacturing, distributing, operating, servicing, hosting, and playing of video game terminalsin the Commonwealth, to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board.The bill specifies the licensing requirements for the manufacture,distribution, operating, servicing, and hosting of video game terminals,requires employees of such licensees to be registered with the LotteryDepartment, and imposes criminal and civil penalties for violationsof the law and regulations related to video game terminals. The billprohibits any host location licensee from offering more than fiveelectronic gaming devices to the public for play at such host location'sestablishment. The bill imposes a 33 percent tax on all gross profitsfrom the play of video game terminals and provides for how the taxproceeds are disbursed. The bill also establishes the Problem GamblingTreatment and Support Fund, administered by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to provide counseling and othersupport services for compulsive and problem gamblers, develop problemgambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants tosupport organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers.

Commending the Loudoun Hunt.

School resource officers; custodial interrogation;parental consent. Prohibits each school resource officer fromconducting a custodial interrogation, which the bill defines as anyinterview of a public elementary or secondary school student conductedby a school resource officer in such circumstances that would leada reasonable person to consider himself to be in custody associatedwith arrest and during which the school resource officer takes actionsor asks questions that are reasonably likely to elicit responsesfrom the student that could incriminate him, without the writtenconsent of the student's parent.

Greenhouse gas inventory. Directs the StateAir Pollution Control Board to conduct a statewide inventory of greenhousegas (GHG) emissions from all sectors using methods developed by theDepartment of Environmental Quality consistent with recommendationsof the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.N. IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change. The bill requires the Board to include theinventory in a currently required annual report by October 1, 2021,and to publish the inventory on the Department's website, showingchanges in GHG emissions relative to an estimated 2010 baseline.

Public school buses; seat belts. Requiresthe Board of Education to make regulations to require each new publicschool bus purchased for the transportation of students to be equippedwith a seat belt consisting of a lap belt and shoulder strap or harnessin every seat. The bill requires each school board to ensure thatno later than July 1, 2038, each school bus that it uses for thetransportation of students is equipped with a seat belt in every seat.

Constitutional amendment (second resolution);reapportionment; technical adjustments permitted. Gives the GeneralAssembly the authority to make technical adjustments to legislative electoral district boundaries following the enactment of any decennial reapportionment law. Such adjustments may be made solely for thepurpose of causing legislative electoral district boundaries to coincidewith the boundaries of voting precincts established in the countiesand cities and shall be permitted only to the extent necessary toaccomplish this purpose. Any change made shall be consistent withany criteria for legislative electoral districts adopted for thepreceding decennial redistricting.

Virginia National Guard; state active duty for emergency response; pay and allowances for members. Establishes rates of pay and allowances for members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.

Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirementbenefits for 911 dispatchers. Adds 911 dispatchers to the listof local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefitsfor hazardous duty service. Under current law, localities may providesuch benefits to first responders, including firefighters and emergencymedical technicians, and certain other hazardous duty positions.The bill provides that such benefits would be available only to dispatchershired starting in 2021.

Dulles Greenway. Amends the powers and responsibilitiesof the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to regulate toll road operators underthe Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988. The bill adds requirements thattoll rates not materially discourage the public's use of the toll road, thatthe cost of operating the toll road be reasonably apportioned across all tollroad users based on the relative distance each class of user travels on thetoll road, such that the toll rates are established in a reasonable andnondiscriminatory manner in relation to the benefit obtained, and that tollrates shall provide the operator with no more than a reasonable return. Inaddition, the bill (i) requires the SCC, by October 1, 2020, to initiate aninvestigation into the tolls charged by all operators subject to the Act and toissue a ruling by April 1, 2021, on its investigation as to whether the currenttolls charged by the operator comply with such new requirements; (ii) prohibitsthe SCC from using the fact that any incremental return resulting fromincreased traffic related to a relative change in potential toll users that isgreater than zero on a cumulative basis as the sole basis for finding that theoperator's return exceeds a reasonable level as specified in such newrequirements, during any future complaint proceeding; (iii) requires the SCC,in its initial investigation, to develop a baseline from which it can measurethe relative change in potential toll users and directs how the incrementalreturn shall be computed; (iv) prohibits an operator from seeking a tollincrease that attempts to raise its return above the reasonable level; (v)requires the full disclosure, in public financial reports to the SCC, of thedetails of any related party transactions; and (vi) establishes a presumptionthat any related party transactions shall be presumed to be imprudent andexcluded from costs used for any purpose, including but not limited to costs oflobbyists, excessive compensation, and entertainment expenses, unless theoperator provides information showing that at least three separate competitivebids demonstrate that the operator could not have achieved better contractterms from a third party.