Del. Lee Ware

Electric utilities; temporary power purchaseagreements. Provides that if the State Corporation Commissiondetermines that, due to transmission constraints, a public utilityis not able to furnish electric service sufficient to meet the currentand reasonably anticipated requirements of a customer located insuch public utility's service territory, such customer shall be permittedto enter into a temporary power purchase agreement with a third partythat shall be authorized to own and operate a facility generatingzero-carbon electricity located on such customer's site to servepart or all of such customer's electric service requirements. Underthe bill, such authorization shall extend for at least six years.

Tangible personal property tax; indoor agriculture equipment and machinery. Specifies that farm machinery, farmequipment, and farm implements used by an indoor, closed, controlled-environmentcommercial agricultural facility are a class of farm machinery andfarm implements that a locality may exempt from personal property taxation.

State Air Pollution Control Board; motor vehicleemissions standards. Repeals the requirement that the State AirPollution Control Board implement a low-emissions and zero-emissionsvehicle program for motor vehicles with a model year of 2025 andlater. The bill prohibits the Board from adopting or enforcing anymodel year standards related to control of emissions from new motorvehicles or new motor vehicle engines, including low-emission vehicleand zero-emission vehicle standards pursuant to the federal CleanAir Act and prohibits the Commonwealth from requiring any new motorvehicle or new motor vehicle engine to be certified as compliantwith model year standards related to the control of emissions adoptedby California for which a waiver has been granted pursuant to thefederal Clean Air Act. The bill has a delayed effective date thatis contingent upon the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association certifyingto the Virginia Code Commission that total annual sales of zero-emissionvehicles have not met the annual standards adopted by regulation by the California Air Resources Board.

Contributing to the delinquency of a minor;sex offenders; penalty. Creates a Class 6 felony for any person18 years of age or older who engages in consensual sexual intercourseor anal intercourse with or performs cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingusupon or by a child 15 or older not his spouse, child, or grandchildwhile such person is required to register with the Sex Offender andCrimes Against Minors Registry.

Actions against real estate appraisers or appraisal management companies; statute of limitations. Provides that no action for damages or other relief alleging that a certified general real estate appraiser, a certified residential real estate appraiser, a licensed residential real estate appraiser, or an appraisal management company committed malpractice or negligence or an error, mistake, omission, or breach in an appraisal or appraisal report, whether based on contract or tort, shall be brought unless it is filed in a court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue within five years from the date of the alleged malpractice, negligence, error, mistake, omission, or breach. The bill provides exceptions for actions alleging fraud and proceedings initiated by the Real Estate Appraiser Board. The bill provides that any action for damages or other relief alleging that a certified general real estate appraiser, a certified residential real estate appraiser, a licensed residential real estate appraiser, or an appraisal management company committed malpractice or negligence or an error, mistake, omission, or breach in an appraisal or appraisal report before July 1, 2024, shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue within two years of the occurrence of such malpractice, negligence, error, mistake, omission, or breach, regardless of the date of discovery of such occurrence.

Short-term rentals; registration; civil penalty. Directs the Department of Taxation to establish a registry of short-term rental properties and require accommodations providers and intermediaries to register. Under the bill, an accommodations provider shall provide to the Department its name and the address of each property it offers for short-term rental. The bill states that the Department shall issue each such accommodations provider a unique numerical identifier for each such property. Furthermore, an accommodations intermediary shall provide the Department with its name and the contact information for the individual responsible for liaising with state and local officials regarding noncompliant short-term rental listings. The bill states that as a condition of listing a short-term rental on its platform, an accommodations intermediary shall require each accommodations provider to provide such provider's name and the unique numerical identifier and specific address for each short term-rental offered. Under the bill, such information, as well as information regarding receipts and taxes paid, shall be provided to the Department by the accommodations intermediary on a quarterly basis.The bill states that the Department shall provide the commissioner of the revenue for each locality with access to the registry and information contained therein. The commissioner of the revenue shall notify an accommodations intermediary of any short-term rental on its platform that is not lawfully authorized to be offered on its platform, and the accommodations intermediary shall remove any such listing from its platform. Under the bill, any accommodations intermediary who does not remove such a listing from its platform shall be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000, to be paid into the Virginia Housing Trust Fund.

Commending John S. Nicholls.

Commending the Orange County Chamber of Commerce.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable EdwardDeJarnette Berry.

Commending Major General Timothy P. Williams,VNG.