State subsidy of property tax exemptions fordisabled veterans and surviving spouses. Requires the Commonwealthto subsidize local real estate tax relief for disabled veterans andsurviving spouses of members of the armed forces killed in actionwhen more than one percent of a locality's real estate tax base islost due to such state-mandated tax relief programs. The Commonwealthwould subsidize only that portion of tax exempt real estate thatexceeds the one percent threshold. Thebill requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to establish an applicationprocess whereby a locality would demonstrate that more than one percentof its real estate tax base was lost. The Auditor would certify tothe Governor and the General Assembly those localities that wouldbe eligible for a subsidy, and the Governor would include in theBudget Bill a proposed appropriation of the amount of the state subsidyto be provided to localities certified as eligible localities.
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Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.
Commending the Washington Nationals.
Commending The American Legion Auxiliary.
Commending the Reverend Dr. Douglas Warren Kittredge.
Commending the Norfolk Police Department.
Speed limits for certain large vehicles; U.S.Route 17. Sets the maximum speed limit on U.S. Route 17 betweenthe Town of Warrenton and the census-designated place of Marshallin Fauquier County at 55 miles per hour if the vehicle is a passenger motor vehicle, bus, pickup or panel truck, or a motorcycle and 45miles per hour if the vehicle is a truck, tractor truck, or combinationof vehicles designed to transport property, or is a motor vehiclebeing used to tow a vehicle designed for self-propulsion, or a housetrailer.
Absentee voting; early voting in person without an excuse. Allows any registered voter to vote early beginning on the thirtieth day prior to any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill retains the current provisions for voting with an absentee ballot by mail during the entire absentee voting period or in person prior to the thirtieth day prior to the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting. This bill was incorporated into SB 111.
Calling auxiliary police officers into service.Clarifies that a locality may call into service or provide forcalling into service auxiliary police officers at any time for thepurpose of assisting in or providing school security services toVirginia public elementary and secondary schools.