RICHMOND (June 21, 2024)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) is pleased to announce the appointment of Katie Boyle as Deputy Director. Boyle joined VACo on July 1, 2016, and has been an integral part of
RICHMOND (June 21, 2024)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) is pleased to announce the appointment of Katie Boyle as Deputy Director. Boyle joined VACo on July 1, 2016, and has been an integral part of
HB 214 (LeMunyon) requires dissolving the existing Joint Subcommittee to Evaluate Tax Preferences and creates a new joint subcommittee to evaluate all state and local
HB 1037 (Rasoul) prohibits the use of direct recording electronic machines (DREs) in elections on and after July 1, 2017. The governing bodies of counties
HB 1305 (Miller) provides a Retail Sales and Use Tax exemption for machinery, tools, and equipment used by a public service corporation to generate energy
Many bills targeting the equalization of city/town and county taxes through specific excise taxes adopted locally have been proposed but most measures have been or
HB 1389 (Robinson) and SB 706 (Chafin) are companion bills that amend the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by excluding as trade secrets the types
Proposed limited residency bills raise safety, zoning and tax concerns HB 812 (Peace) is on second reading in the House of Delegates tomorrow and your
HB 800 (Morris), which requires all closed sessions be recorded, was amended by the patron to mandate both recordings and that minutes be taken in
Several bills that allow property owners to rent out their homes or rooms are raising concerns over the safety of people renting the rooms, the
HB 217 (LeMunyon) prohibits localities from increasing their business machinery and tools tax, merchants’ capital tax, and local license (BPOL) fees and taxes above the
On January 27, the House Finance Committee’s Subcommittee #2 heard and subsequently failed to pass HB 92 (Cole) and HB 85 (Campbell), bills supported by
HB 192 (Minchew) provides an exception to the current moratorium on creating new cities to permit any town with a population in excess of 40,000
Several bills – HB 129 (Richard Bell), HB 286 (Head), HB 956 (Keam) and HB 1078 (Boysko) – were introduced to provide local governments alternative
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