Del. Lee Ware

Commending Major Wayne R. Lee, Jr., USA, Ret.

Special license plates; NOT FORGOTTEN. Authorizesthe issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supportersof Americans listed as prisoners of war or missing in action bearingthe legend NOT FORGOTTEN. The bill requires that the design of suchplate incorporate the POW/MIA Flag as designated by the federal NationalPOW/MIA Flag Act. The bill exempts these special license plates fromthe requirement to obtain 450 prepaid applications for such plate.The bill provides that some of the license plate fees will be depositedin the POW/MIA Fund, established within the Department of Accounts,and paid annually to the National League of Families of American Prisonersand Missing in Southeast Asia and used to support its operation andprograms in Virginia.

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. DesignatesMay, in 2021 and in each succeeding year, as Cystic Fibrosis AwarenessMonth in Virginia.

Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of farmwinery licensees and limited brewery licensees. Expands the privilegesof farm winery licensees by allowing them to sell at retail beermanufactured by limited brewery licensees for on-premises consumption.The bill also expands the privileges of limited brewery licenseesby allowing them to sell at retail wine manufactured by farm winerylicensees for on-premises consumption.

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 one year from the date that the alleged malpractice, negligence, error, mistake, omission, or breach is discovered or should have been discovered, and in no case more than five years from the date of the 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 on or before July 1, 2021, shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue on or before July 1, 2022, regardless of the date of discovery of the alleged malpractice, negligence, error, mistake, omission, or breach.

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.

Virginia Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges; energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries. Defines EITEindustries as companies that are constrained in their ability to pass through carbon costs due to international competition, companiesthat engage in importation of products that cause emission leakage,and critical infrastructure facilities identified by certain federalagencies. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to establishan EITE customer exemption program for non-bypassable charges incertain provisions of the Virginia Clean Economy Act related to generationof electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources and developmentof offshore wind capacity.

Constitutional amendment (first reference);executive power; state of emergency; special session. Limitsthe authority of the Governor to issue an executive order declaringa state of emergency that restricts, limits, or prohibits otherwiselawful action by a private business, nonprofit entity, or individualfor a period more than 45 days in duration without approval by theGeneral Assembly. The Governor is required to convene a special sessionfor the purpose of the General Assembly approving the extension ofsuch executive order beyond the forty-fifth day after its originalissuance and if the General Assembly does not approve such extension,the Governor is prohibited from issuing a subsequent executive orderin the same form for the same declared emergency. The General Assemblyis permitted to extend the executive order to a date requested bythe Governor or to a date of the General Assembly's choosing, butit shall not approve the extension to a date beyond the first fullweek of the next regular session of the General Assembly, unlesssuch date is requested by the Governor.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable BernardS. Cohen.

Commending Homework Helpers Organization.