Celebrating the life of the Honorable KevinG. Miller, Sr.
Sponsored bills
Commending Germanna Community College.
Commending Edwin L. Allen, Jr.
Celebrating the life of Sidney Buford Scott.
Commending Robert W. Duncan.
Microloans for Veterans Program and Fund; creationand administration. Creates the Microloans for Veterans Programand Fund to be administered by the Virginia Small Business FinancingAuthority (the Authority). The bill directs the Authority to work with the Department of Veterans Services, the Department of SmallBusiness and Supplier Diversity, and the Virginia Community CollegeSystem to develop a curriculum of education and mentorship relatedto finance and business planning. The Authority is authorized toissue loans of up to $10,000 to veterans who agree to participatein such curriculum and meet other requirements (tier 1 loans). TheAuthority is authorized to issue loans of up to $50,000 to veteranswho have completed the requirements associated with a tier 1 loanand agree to meet advanced education and mentorship requirements(tier 2 loans).
Celebrating the life of William Robert Burnette.
Commending Domenick D'Adamo, Jr.
Environmental proceedings; findings of fact.Directs the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to give deferenceto findings of fact by a presiding officer explicitly based on theevidence presented in any formal proceeding. The bill directs DEQto include in its case decision the factual and legal basis for anydecision that rejects a recommendation from the hearing officer orpresiding officer. The bill requires a court hearing any decisionon review in which a hearing officer has made a recommendation toDEQ on a factual issue to defer to such recommendation. A violationon account of gross negligence is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also directs a court, hearing anydecision on review for a formal proceeding initiated prior to July 1, 2020, in which DEQ rejected a recommendation from a hearing officeror presiding officer and for which a final adjudication has not beenrendered, to remand the proceeding to establish the findings of factby a presiding officer explicitly based on the evidence presentedat the hearing and to establish the factual and legal basis for thedecision prior to rendering such final adjudication.
Commemorating the life and legacy of Secretariat.