Hampton Roads area refuse collection authority; financial planning. Changes various requirements of the SoutheasternPublic Service Authority (the Authority) when budgeting or incurringdebt, including (i) changing the required five-year overall strategicplan to a financial plan, (ii) specifying that detailed financialplans be made only when incurring long-term debt or issuing new debt,(iii) authorizing other qualified financial consultants instead ofa certified public accountant to assist in the creation of the detailedfinancial plan, (iv) changing from the Authority's Board of Directorsto the Authority the body that performs a due diligence investigation of the appropriateness of issuing new debt, and (v) and raisingthe permissible threshold for the executive director of the authorityto execute or commit the authority to a contract, memorandum of agreement,or memorandum of understanding without acquiring Board approval.
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Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems. Creates a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Body-WornCamera System Fund to assist state or local law-enforcement agencieswith the costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining body-worn camera systems.
Eminent domain; notice of intent to file certificate. Provides that the notice required to be sent to a landowner priorto an authorized condemnor recording a certificate of take or certificateof deposit shall state that (i) the certificate of take or certificateof deposit will be recorded between 30 and 45 days from the dateof the notice and (ii) that the property will transfer to the condemnorupon recordation and that the owner has the right to petition thecourt for distribution of the funds represented in the certificate.
Extension of certain wetlands permits through2021. Retroactively extends until January 1, 2022, certain wetlandspermits set to expire between March 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021.
Aircraft registration; unmanned aircraft.Exempts an owner of an unmanned aircraft from the requirement toregister aircrafts.
Persons who may celebrate rites of marriage; members of the General Assembly; statewide elected officials. Authorizes any current member of the General Assembly and the current Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General to celebrate the rites of marriage anywhere in the Commonwealth without the necessity of bond or order of authorization.
Parole Board; notice to victim. Requires the Parole Board, within seven days of making any decision regarding the parole of a prisoner, to provide written or electronic notice of such decision to the victim of the crime for which the prisoner was incarcerated, unless the victim has submitted a written request to forgo such notice.
Parole; notice and certification; monthly reports. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall release a prisoner no sooner than 21 business days after the date of notification by the Virginia Parole Board (the Board) to the appropriate attorney for the Commonwealth of the decision to grant parole. The bill authorizes the Board to make such notification electronically and by certified mail; under current law only certified mail may be used. The bill requires that the monthly reports issued by the Board regarding actions taken on the parole of prisoners (i) be published on the last day of the month and (ii) include the offenses of which prisoners considered for parole were convicted, the jurisdictions in which such offenses were committed, and the amount of time served by such prisoners. However, a prisoner's name shall be included on report only if the attorney for the Commonwealth and any victims have been notified; otherwise, inclusion on the report is delayed to the following month. The bill requires that when notice is sent to a victim of the victim's right to present evidence to the Board of the impact that the release of a prisoner will have on the victim, such notice shall also be sent to the attorney for the Commonwealth and the director of the victim/witness program of the jurisdiction in which the prisoner's offense occurred. This bill incorporates SB 1293.
Facilitate the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine; emergency. Facilitates the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill requires the Department of Health (the Department) to establish a program to enable eligible health care providers to volunteer to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to residents of the Commonwealth during a state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic declared by the Governor. The bill defines "eligible health care provider" and provides that the program shall include (i) a process by which an eligible health care provider may register to participate in the program and (ii) the training requirements for participating eligible health care providers related to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, including training on the intramuscular injection of the COVID-19 vaccine and contraindications and side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill specifies requirements that the Department shall ensure that each site at which COVID-19 vaccinations are administered by eligible health care providers satisfies. The bill also requires the Department to establish a process by which entities, including medical care facilities, hospitals, hospital systems, corporations, businesses, pharmacies, public and private institutions of higher education, localities, and any other professional or community entity operating in the Commonwealth, may volunteer their facilities as sites at which the COVID-19 vaccine may be administered to residents of the Commonwealth. The bill permits a public institution of higher education or a private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to volunteer to provide assistance to the Department and local health departments for data processing, analytics, and program development related to the COVID-19 vaccine through the use of its employees, students, technology, and facilities. The bill also permits localities with fire departments, emergency medical services departments, and volunteer rescue squads to establish and staff vaccine administration clinics. The bill provides civil and criminal immunity to individuals and professional entities acting pursuant to the bill and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 2333.
Commending John R. Broderick.