Commending the Virginia Department of MotorVehicles.
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Celebrating the life of Everett Earl Walle,Jr.
Celebrating the life of Mia Ethridge.
Commending Claudia Flores.
Celebrating the life of Commander Edward S.Stolle, Jr., USN, Ret.
Commending Blake Corum.
Commending the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Celebrating the life of Forrest A. Parker, Sr.
Local sales tax entitlement; blighted retaildistrict. Entitles a blighted retail district in Stafford Countythat undergoes a major reconstruction or renovation involving a capitalinvestment of at least $15 million to the one percent local salestax revenue generated on the premises of the project to be used towardsdebt service to bridge the gap between available debt and equityand the expected costs of the project. The bill states that in orderto qualify for the entitlement, the project must have at least 70percent of the funding for the project in place. The bill specifiesthat the blighted retail project must provide a match for the onepercent local sales tax revenue.
Cash proffers; development rights. Providesthat cash payments proffered pursuant to § 15.2-2298, 15.2-2303,or 15.2-2303.1 may be used for the purpose of extinguishing developmentrights elsewhere in the locality if the development rights to beextinguished are greater than the development rights being grantedand the extinguishing of those development rights results in a perpetualconservation easement. The bill also provides that cash payments proffered may be used to seek matching funds from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and the Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund.