Commending the Garden Club of Virginia.
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Celebrating the life of Helen Reddy Blackwell.
Killing or injuring police animals; penalty. Provides that the punishment for any person who maliciously kills or injures an animal owned, used, or trained by a law-enforcement agency, regional jail, or the Department of Corrections, while such animal is performing its lawful duties or is being kept in a kennel, pen, or stable while off duty, shall be separate and apart from, and shall be made to run consecutively with, any other sentence.
Commending the Washington Nationals.
Local regulation of unmanned aerial systems. Authorizes a political subdivision to adopt time, place, or manner regulations regarding the takeoff or landing of unmanned aerial systems on property owned by the political subdivision, provided such regulations are narrowly tailored to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. Takeoff and landing regulations adopted by a political subdivision shall not apply to persons authorized by federal regulations to operate an unmanned aircraft system provided such system is operated in an otherwise lawful manner and consistent with federal regulations. A political subdivision shall annually report to the Department of Aviation any regulations adopted pursuant to this section. This bill was incorporated into HB 742.
Traffic incident management vehicles. Addstraffic incident management vehicles, defined in the bill, operatedby persons who meet certain training requirements to a list of vehiclesexempt from certain traffic regulations at or en route to the sceneof a traffic accident or similar incident. The bill also allows suchvehicles to be equipped with sirens and flashing red or red and whitesecondary warning lights. This bill was incorporated into HB 983.
Use of transportation funds. States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth that revenues dedicated to transportation purposes shall not be used or redirected for any non-transportation purpose. Any attempt to repurpose funds dedicated to transportation as of July 1, 2019, shall be deemed invalid and shall not be effectuated.
Commending the Washington Nationals.
Commending The American Legion Auxiliary.
Refunds of local taxes; authority of treasurer. Increases from $2,500 to $5,000 the maximum amount at which the governing body of a locality may authorize its treasurer to approve and issue a refund of taxes paid as a result of an erroneous tax assessment. The bill was incorporated into HB 316.