The House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees met on “Budget Sunday,” February 22, to report their respective spending and revenue proposals for the upcoming biennium. Both committees provided preliminary information outlining key elements
The House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees met on “Budget Sunday,” February 22, to report their respective spending and revenue proposals for the upcoming biennium. Both committees provided preliminary information outlining key elements
By Joe Rulison | Jan 11, 2022 It is our pleasure to share with you all of the topics we covered in 2021 with
HB 1010 (Durant) and SB 620 (Cosgrove) would impose new restrictions on the local budget process by requiring a referendum if growth in real estate
On January 19, by a vote of 14-2, the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted to report SB 472 (McClellan). VACo spoke in strong support
VACo supports HB 167 (Ransone), which provides that in any instance in which a locality has submitted a correct and timely notice of public hearing
HB 380 (Freitas) would prohibit any county, city, or town from imposing any license tax or fee in any taxable year beginning on or after
SB 81 (Stanley) fixes a quirk in state law (dating back to 1966) that effectively gives the Air Pollution Control Board the power to override
Governmental Immunity HB 609 (Bourne) – This bill, which is very detrimental for localities, creates a civil cause of action for the deprivation of any
Both the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee and the House Finance Committee took up legislation on Wednesday, January 19. Of interest to local governments were
SB 472 (McClellan) would permit any county or city to impose an additional local sales and use tax of up to 1 percent, if initiated
HB 75 (Ware) would place restrictions on the additional taxing authority granted to counties in 2020. VACo opposes this legislation. The bill would generally place
SB 276 (Stanley), as originally written, would permit any school board to finance school capital projects with any funds appropriated to it by the local
HB 989 (Runion) and SB 165 (Peake) would improve state support for state-responsible inmates being housed in local and regional jails. Currently, in addition to
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