Del. Danny Marshall

Destroying or tampering with firefightingor emergency medical services equipment or law-enforcement equipmentand vehicles; penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor toa Class 6 felony the penalty for injuring, destroying, removing,or tampering with any firefighting equipment or apparatus, emergency medical services vehicle, or law-enforcement vehicle or equipment.The bill also adds to this prohibition such interference with anyother equipment or apparatus used by emergency medical services personnelor law-enforcement officers.

Local electoral boards and general registrar;disclosure of certain gifts and funding. Requires the disclosureof any gift, including money or services, given by a private individual,corporation, partnership, trust, or other third party to a localelectoral board or an office of the general registrar. Such disclosureis required to be made to the clerk of the governing body withinfive days of receipt and shall include the amount or value of thegift, the date of receipt, and the name and address of the donor.The disclosed information shall be posted on the official website of the county or city. The bill provides that the disclosure requirementsdo not apply to money or services paid out of the budget of the localityor provided through the general appropriation act established bythe General Assembly.

Local control of firearms; concealed handgunpermit. Provides that any local ordinance that prohibits thepossession, carrying, or transportation of any firearms, ammunition,or components or combination thereof on specified public propertyshall not apply to a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit.

Special license plates; certain military declarations; fees. Removes the fee for one special license plate for one motorvehicle owned and used by an applicant who has been awarded the BronzeStar, Bronze Star with a "V" for valor, or the Silver Star. The billprovides that the applicant will be charged the typical fee for statelicense plates for any such additional special license plates.

Individual income tax; late paymentpenalty. Provides that the Department of Taxation shall not assessa late payment penalty to the entire tax or to any unpaid balanceof the income tax owed by an individual unless and until the taxpayerfails to file his return by the time fixed by law for filing a returnor by the time prescribed pursuant to a filing extension, as applicable. Under current law, the late payment penalty is assessed at the timea return is received by the Department if payment is not made infull when due.

Special hunting and fishing license for disabledveterans; 50 percent disabled. Authorizes any resident veteranwho has a service-connected disability of 50 percent or more to receiveat no cost from the Department of Wildlife Resources a lifetime licenseto hunt and freshwater fish. Current law authorizes the provisionof such license at no cost to a veteran who is totally and permanentlydisabled and at half-cost to a veteran who is 70 percent disabled.

Collective bargaining; prohibited considerationsduring negotiations. Prohibits any local ordinance or resolutiongranting or permitting collective bargaining from permitting considerationduring collective bargaining negotiations of any action or discussionregarding the hiring, firing, or disciplining of a local employee.All such actions and discussions shall be exempt from all collectivebargaining negotiations.

Motor vehicle sales and use tax; definitionof sale price. Excludes from the sale price for determining motorvehicle sales and use tax the amount of any credit given by the sellerfor any motor vehicle taken as a trade-in.

Absentee ballots; witness requirement; printedname and residence address. Requires that a witness to a voter's absentee ballot provide, in addition to his signature, his printedname and residence address.

Minimum wage; effective dates of scheduled increases;emergency. Postpones the effective date of scheduled increasesto the Virginia minimum wage. The initial increase to $9.50, currentlyset to take effect on May 1, 2021, will take effect on January 1,2022, under the bill. The bill postpones the effective dates of allother scheduled increases by one year. The bill also postpones byone year (i) a joint review of the feasibility and potential impactof instituting a regional minimum wage in the Commonwealth by theVirginia Department of Housing and Community Development, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, and the Virginia Employment Commission and (ii) the deadline by which the General Assembly isrequired to reenact the provisions increasing the minimum wage to$13.50 and $15.00 in order for those increases to take effect. Thebill contains an emergency clause.