Virginia Employment Commission; provision ofcertain confidential information to the Virginia Port Authority.Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to provide certain employmentinformation to the Virginia Port Authority as may be necessary tofacilitate the administration and enforcement by the Authority ofperformance agreements with businesses that have received incentiveawards. The bill provides that any information provided to the Authorityis confidential, requires that the information only be disclosedto members of the Authority who are public officials or employeesof the Authority for the performance of their official duties, andprohibits redisclosure of any such confidential information to nonlegislativecitizen members of the Authority or to the public.
Del. Chad Green
Sponsored bills
Department of Motor Vehicles; release of privileged information. Permits the Department of Motor Vehicles to release to a party that is subject to an administrative proceeding conducted by the Department nonmedical privileged information necessary to participate in such administrative proceeding. The bill limits such information to matters of fact and law asserted or questioned by the Department and prohibits the dissemination of such information to any third party that is not a party to the administrative proceeding.
Active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty. Provides that the Adjutant General may maintain state active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty during the course of a state active-duty mission who is unable to return to civilian employment for a period of up to 90 days after the date of the service member's injury.
Center for Rural Virginia; name change. Renames the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia. This bill is identical to SB 704.
Mineral mining and processing; use of cyanideor a cyanide compound prohibited. Prohibits any miner or otherperson from using cyanide or a cyanide compound in any mineral miningor processing operation.
Food inspections; private homes; pickles and acidified vegetables; gross sales. Increases from $3,000 to $9,000 the gross sales annual revenue cap for sales of pickles and other acidified vegetables that have an equilibrium pH value of 4.6 or lower and are processed and prepared in a private home without an inspection as otherwise required to operate a food establishment. The bill expands the exemption for private homes where the resident processes and prepares certain food products to allow for such person to sell the food at a temporary event that operates for a period of no more than 14 consecutive days. The bill also clarifies that such person may advertise such food products over the Internet provided that the sale takes place in person and complies with certain restrictions.
Exemptions from jury service upon request; age. Increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from jury service upon request. This bill is identical to SB 638.
Investment of public funds. Allows any qualified public entity of the Commonwealth to invest in asset-backed securities that are guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof. This bill is identical to SB 510.
Commending the Honorable Kathy J. Byron.
Commending the Honorable L. Kaye Kory.