Real property tax; homestead tax relief.Permits a taxpayer to defer up to 95 percent of taxes on his homestead,defined in the bill, if the amount of real property tax on his homesteadhas increased by at least 25 percent since the date of purchase.The amount deferred must be paid upon transfer of the property orthe owner's death.
Public school buses; seat belts. Requiresthe Board of Education to make regulations to require each new publicschool bus purchased for the transportation of students to be equippedwith a seat belt consisting of a lap belt and shoulder strap or harnessin every seat. The bill requires each school board to ensure thatno later than July 1, 2038, each school bus that it uses for thetransportation of students is equipped with a seat belt in every seat.
General Assembly meetings; streaming and recording. Requires the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of theSenate to ensure that every (i) subcommittee or committee meetingof a standing committee of the General Assembly, regardless of meetingdate, and (ii) floor session of the House of Delegates or the Senate,including any joint session of the houses, is streamed with closedcaptioning, recorded and archived. The bill defines "stream" and specifiesthat a qualifying meeting is one the date and time of which havebeen scheduled on a public website of any agency of the General Assemblyfor at least one hour prior to the meeting and that takes place inthe State Capitol, the Pocahontas Building, or the General AssemblyBuilding in Richmond. The bill has a delayed effective date of October1, 2020.
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ratificationof the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.Commemorates the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the FifteenthAmendment to the Constitution of the United States. This resolutionis a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission.
Commending the Richmond Academy of Medicine.
Landlord and tenant; certain owners of residentialrental property; agent and registration requirements; civil penalty.Creates the Virginia Residential Rental Property Registry, tobe developed and maintained by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Every owner of residential property on which threeor more dwelling units are offered for rent is required to submit certain information to be placed on the Registry. Failure to properlyregister or maintain updated registry information is subject to acivil penalty of $50 per unit for the first day and $50 for eachadditional day of noncompliance, to be levied by the Department.The bill also requires such property owners to appoint and continuouslymaintain an agent who (i) is available to be contacted 24 hours aday and (ii) works or resides not more than 25 miles from any such property. The contact phone number of such agent is required to beposted in any residential building on any such property in a conspicuousmanner for use by the tenants.
Commending the Lake Taylor High School footballteam.
Commending the Maury High School football team.
Expungement of police and court records; misdemeanorand nonviolent felony convictions. Allows a person convictedof a misdemeanor or nonviolent felony to file a petition requestingexpungement of the police and court records relating to the convictionif such person (i) has been free from any term of incarceration, probation, and postrelease supervision imposed as a result of such convictionfor at least ten years; (ii) has no prior or subsequent convictionsother than traffic infractions; and (iii) has no pending criminalproceeding.
Project labor agreements; public procurement. Authorizes any state or local government, when engaged in procuring products or services or letting contracts for construction, manufacture, maintenance, or operation of public works, to require bidders to enter into or adhere to project labor agreements on the public works projects. This bill was incorporated into HB 358.
