Several bills related to local taxation were heard this week in the House Finance Committee. Admissions taxes HB 550 (Anderson) and its companion bill, SB 400 (Diggs), would allow James City County and York County
Several bills related to local taxation were heard this week in the House Finance Committee. Admissions taxes HB 550 (Anderson) and its companion bill, SB 400 (Diggs), would allow James City County and York County
HB 2755 (Fariss), which seeks to make it easier to preserve open-space lands, has advanced out of the House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Senator Emmett Hanger’s rural stormwater bill, SB 1328 (Hanger), unanimously passed the Senate late last week and will now be heard in the House of
VACo opposes HB 2364 (Knight), which adds “weddings” to the definition of “Agritourism Activity” under Code of Virginia § 3.2-6400. This is the section of
VACo President Tim Reeves kicked off the 2019 County Government Day by encouraging more than 200 County Officials to “make our presence known by boldly
On January 28, House Appropriations Committee Vice-Chairman Steve Landes announced that the House of Delegates budget to be released on Sunday will include a 5
A problematic school security bill, HB 2734 (Bourne) that would have resulted in heavy costs to localities, was defeated Monday night. HB 2734 was intended
VACo spoke in opposition to HB 2416 (Davis) at a January 25 meeting of the House Education Committee’s Subcommittee #2. The bill would allow certain
Several bills have been introduced to direct the development of standards for the provision of care in jails, a topic of considerable interest during recently
Procurement legislation introduced by Senator Tommy Norment seeking to change the statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts has advanced out of the Senate
VACo registered their continued opposition to HB 2387 (Bulova) at a January 25 meeting of the House Appropriations Committee’s Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee. The
SB 1779 (Ebbin), Senator Adam Ebbin’s municipal net metering bill, successfully reported out of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee on January 28 by a
VACo supports HB 2280 (Head), which preserves the current status, with respect to state regulation, of child day programs that are operated by local parks
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