| Bills |
Committee |
Last action |
Date |
| HB
1455 - Ware
- Real property tax; partial exemption for certain
commercial and industrial structures. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024) |
02/17/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Real property tax;
partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial
structures. Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the
minimum age of a structure in a technology zone that is
rehabilitated for commercial use that qualifies the
rehabilitated structure for a partial exemption from
real property taxes. Under current law, a 15-year age
minimum applies only to structures located in an
enterprise zone designated by the Commonwealth, and a
20-year age minimum applies in all other situations. The
bill contains technical amendments.
Summary as
introduced:
Real property tax; partial exemption
for certain commercial and industrial structures.
Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the minimum age of a
structure in a technology zone that is rehabilitated for
commercial use that qualifies the rehabilitated
structure for a partial exemption from real property
taxes. Under current law a 15-year age minimum applies
only to structures located in an enterprise zone
designated by the Commonwealth, and a 20-year age
minimum applies in all other situations. The bill
contains technical amendments.
Association
Position: Watch |
| HB
1476 - Orrock
- Real property tax; special assessment for land
preservation. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025) |
02/17/17 |
notes:
Summary as introduced:
Real property tax;
special assessment for land preservation. Prohibits any
locality from requiring any taxpayer who is the lessor
of real property to produce the lease for the purpose of
determining whether the property is eligible for special
assessment for land preservation.
Association
Position: Watch |
| HB
1515 - Leftwich
- Circuit court clerks; electronic transfer of certain
documents. |
(H) Committee
for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee
for Courts of Justice |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042) |
02/17/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Circuit court clerks;
electronic transfer of certain documents. Permits
circuit court clerks to transfer electronically, or
provide electronic access to, documents related to
certain real property information to certain public
officials.
Association Position: Watch |
| HB
1565 - Webert
- Local tax and regulatory incentives; green development
zones. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027) |
02/17/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Local tax and
regulatory incentives; green development zones.
Authorizes localities to create green development zones
that provide certain tax incentives and regulatory
flexibility for up to 10 years to a business operating
in an energy-efficient building or to a business that
produces products used to reduce negative impact on the
environment.
Association Position: Watch |
| HB
1626 - Robinson
- License tax on peddlers and itinerant merchants;
adhesive license display. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0028) |
02/17/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
License tax on peddlers
and itinerant merchants; adhesive license display.
Provides that any locality requiring an itinerant
merchant to display its license at its temporary place
of business shall provide to the itinerant merchant an
adhesive label that satisfies such requirement.
Association Position: Watch
|
| HB
1884 - Hugo
- Real property tax; exemption for certain surviving
spouses. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248) |
02/24/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Real property tax
exemption; certain surviving spouses. Authorizes
localities to exempt the primary residence of the
surviving spouse of a law-enforcement officer,
firefighter, search and rescue personnel, and emergency
medical services personnel who is killed in the line of
duty. The exemption does not apply to that portion of
the value of the residence in excess of the average
assessed value of dwellings in the locality. The bill is
pursuant to Article X, Section 6-B of the Constitution
of Virginia, which was adopted by the voters in 2016.
Association Position: Watch |
| HB
1889 - Hugo
- License taxes, local; exemption for certain defense
production businesses. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0111) |
02/21/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Local license taxes;
exemption for certain defense production businesses.
Clarifies that the exemption for wholesale manufacturers
from local license taxes includes a manufacturer that is
also a defense production business selling
manufacturing, rebuilding, repair, and maintenance
services at the place of manufacture to the United
States or for which consent of the United States is
required.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local
license taxes; exemption for certain defense production
businesses. Clarifies that the exemption for wholesale
manufacturers from local license taxes includes a
defense production business selling manufacturing,
rebuilding, repair, and maintenance services to the
United States or for which consent of the United States
is required
SAME AS SB1274
Association
Position: Watch
|
| HB
1950 - Peace
- Cigarette tax, local; refund of returned tax
stamps. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113) |
02/21/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local cigarette tax.
Requires localities that impose a local cigarette tax
and require stamps as evidence of payment to provide a
refund for any stamps that are returned to the locality.
Association Position: Watch |
| HB
1961 - Hugo
- License tax, local; methodology for deducting certain
gross receipts. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050) |
02/20/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local license tax;
methodology for deducting certain gross receipts.
Requires the Department of Taxation to promulgate
regulations that clarify the appropriate methodology for
determining deductible gross receipts attributable to
business conducted in another state or a foreign
country. The bill requires the regulations to be based
on previous Rulings of the Tax Commissioner and the
decision of the Supreme Court of Virginia in The Nielsen
Company, LLC v. County Board of Arlington County, 289
Va. 79 (2015). In that decision, the Court endorsed the
Tax Commissioner's ruling to require manual accounting
but to allow payroll apportionment in the event that
manual accounting is impossible to use in order to
calculate the deduction.
Association Position:
Watch |
| HB
2019 - Villanueva
- Transportation network company partner; vehicle
registration repeal. |
(H) Committee
on Transportation
(S) Committee
on Transportation |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694) |
03/24/17 |
| HB
2169 - Pillion
- Gas severance tax. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052) |
02/20/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Gas severance tax.
Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2018, to January
1, 2020, for the local gas severance tax that is
dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement
Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development
Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems
and lines.
Association Position: Watch |
| HB
2193 - Rush
- Personal property tax; business property. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0116) |
02/21/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Personal property tax;
business property. Requires localities to permit
taxpayers to provide an aggregate estimate of the total
cost of all personal property used in a business that
has an original cost of less than $500, in lieu of a
specific, itemized list. Under current law, localities
are permitted to allow taxpayers to provide such
estimate of aggregate cost for property whose original
cost is less than $250.
Association
Position: Watch |
| HB
2269 - Villanueva
- Motor vehicle safety inspection; Superintendent shall
provide information upon written request. |
(H) Committee
on Transportation
(S) Committee
on Transportation |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322) |
03/13/17 |
| HB
2364 - Heretick
- Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction
of felony. |
(H) Committee
on Privileges and Elections
(S) Committee
on Privileges and Elections |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354) |
03/13/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Public officers;
automatic suspension upon conviction of felony. Provides
that any officer who is convicted of a felony under the
laws of any state or the United States shall be
automatically suspended upon such conviction, regardless
of any appeals, pleadings, delays, or motions. The bill
contains an emergency clause.
SUMMARY AS
INTRODUCED:
Constitutional officers; automatic
suspension upon conviction of felony. Provides that any
constitutional officer who is convicted of a felony
under the laws of any state or the United States shall
be automatically suspended upon such conviction,
regardless of any appeals, pleadings, delays, or
motions.
SAME AS SB1487
Association
Position: Watch |
| HJ
562 - Miyares
- Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption
for spouse of disabled veteran. |
(H) Committee
on Privileges and Elections
(S) Committee
on Privileges and Elections |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770) |
03/27/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Constitutional
amendment (first resolution); real property tax;
exemption for surviving spouse of a disabled veteran.
Provides that the real property tax exemption for the
principal residence of the surviving spouse of a
disabled military veteran applies without any
restriction on the spouse's moving to a different
principal place of residence.
Association
Position: Watch
Same as HJ 697 |
| SB
886 - Chafin
- Gas severance tax. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443) |
03/13/17 |
notes:
Summary as introduced:
Gas severance tax.
Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2018, to January
1, 2020, for the local gas severance tax that is
dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement
Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development
Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems
and lines.
Association Position: Watch |
| SB
936 - Favola
- Constitutional officers; local leave benefits. |
(H) Committee
on Appropriations
(S) Committee
on Local Government |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632) |
03/20/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Employees of
constitutional officers; local leave benefits.
Authorizes constitutional officers who have contracted
with a county or city to grant vacation and sick leave
to their employees under the locality's benefits leave
policy instead of the state required leave policy as
long as the leave amounts are not less than the state
required policy.
SUMMARY AS
INTRODUCED:
Constitutional officers; local leave
benefits. Authorizes constitutional officers who have
contracted with a county or city to be granted vacation
and sick leave under the locality's benefits leave
policy instead of the state required leave policy as
long as the leave amounts are not less than the state
required policy.
Association Position:
Support |
| SB
1205 - Lewis
- Commercial fishing vessels; classifies vessels as a
separate class of property. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447) |
03/13/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Tangible personal
property; commercial fishing vessels. Classifies
commercial fishing vessels as a separate class of
property for the purpose of local personal property
tax.
Association Position: Watch |
| SB
1250 - Carrico
- Motor vehicle safety inspection; Superintendent shall
provide information upon written request. |
(H) Committee
on Transportation
(S) Committee
on Transportation |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0332) |
03/13/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
State Police motor
vehicle safety inspection data. Authorizes the
Superintendent of State Police to provide, upon request,
verification of the inspection status of a vehicle and
to charge a reasonable fee for providing such
information. Fees shall not be charged to government or
other public entities.
Association Position:
Watch
This bill may help in determining the
viability of permenant tags issued by DMV and are still
associated with vehicles where the tax liability is
questionable. |
| SB
1274 - McDougle
- License taxes, local; exemption for certain defense
production businesses. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0430) |
03/13/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Local license taxes;
exemption for certain defense production businesses.
Clarifies that the exemption for wholesale manufacturers
from local license taxes includes a manufacturer that is
also a defense production business selling
manufacturing, rebuilding, repair, and maintenance
services at the place of manufacture to the United
States or for which consent of the United States is
required.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local
license taxes; exemption for certain defense production
businesses. Clarifies that the exemption for wholesale
manufacturers from local license taxes includes a
defense production business selling manufacturing,
rebuilding, repair, and maintenance services to the
United States or for which consent of the United States
is required.
SAME AS HB1889
Association
Position: Watch |
| SB
1296 - Vogel
- County food and beverage tax; referendum. |
(H) Committee
on Finance
(S) Committee
on Finance |
(S) Communicated to Governor |
04/05/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
County food and beverage
tax; referendum. Prohibits a county from holding a new
referendum on the levy of a food and beverage tax in the
three calendar years subsequent to the electoral defeat
of such a referendum. The bill also requires the ballot
for any such referendum to state the total tax, as a
percentage, that would be imposed on food and beverage
if the referendum were to pass, based upon a four
percent food and beverage tax and any other ad valorem
taxes applicable to the purchase of prepared food and
beverage in the county.
Association Position:
Watch |
| SB
1309 - Norment
- Transacting business under assumed name; filing of
certificate with clerk of SCC. |
(H) Committee
on Commerce and Labor
(S) Committee
on Commerce and Labor |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0594) |
03/16/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Transacting business
under assumed name; filing certificate; penalty.
Prohibits a person from conducting or transacting
business under any assumed or fictitious name unless
such person files in the office of the clerk of the
State Corporation Commission a certificate of assumed or
fictitious name. The measure specifies the requirements
for a certificate of assumed or fictitious name. A
person who signs a certificate the person knows is false
in any material respect with intent that the certificate
be delivered to the Commission for filing is guilty of a
Class 1 misdemeanor. The measure eliminates the existing
requirement that a person conducting business under an
assumed or fictitious name file a certificate with the
clerk of the circuit court where the business is to be
conducted. The measure has an effective date of May 1,
2019.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Transacting
business under assumed name; filing certificate.
Eliminates the requirement that an individual or entity
conducting business under an assumed or fictitious name
file a certificate with the clerk of the circuit court
where the business is to be conducted. The measure
requires that such certificates be filed with the clerk
of the State Corporation Commission. The measure has an
effective date of October 1, 2017.
Association
Position: Watch |
| SB
1366 - Newman
- Transportation network company partner; vehicle
registration repeal. |
(H) Committee
on Transportation
(S) Committee
on Transportation |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708) |
03/24/17 |
| SB
1487 - Lewis
- Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction
of felony. |
(H) Committee
on Privileges and Elections
(S) Committee
on Privileges and Elections |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369) |
03/13/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Public officers; automatic
suspension upon conviction of felony. Provides that any
officer who is convicted of a felony under the laws of
any state or the United States shall be automatically
suspended upon such conviction, regardless of any
appeals, pleadings, delays, or motions. The bill
contains an emergency clause.
SUMMARY AS
INTRODUCED:
Constitutional officers; automatic
suspension upon conviction of felony. Provides that any
constitutional officer who is convicted of a felony
under the laws of any state or the United States shall
be automatically suspended upon such conviction,
regardless of any appeals, pleadings, delays, or
motions.
SAME AS HB2364
Association
Position: Watch |
| SB
1497 - Carrico
- Manufactured home; excludes a park model recreation
vehicle from definition. |
(H) Committee
on Transportation
(S) Committee
on Transportation |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0370) |
03/13/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Manufactured home;
definition. Excludes a park model recreation vehicle
from the definition of "manufactured home" and defines a
park model recreational vehicle as a vehicle that is (i)
designed and marketed as temporary living quarters for
recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use; (ii) not
permanently affixed to real property for use as a
permanent dwelling; (iii) built on a single chassis
mounted on wheels; and (iv) certified by the
manufacturer as complying with the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.5 Park Model
Recreational Vehicle Standard.
SUMMARY AS
INTRODUCED:
Manufactured home; definition.
Excludes a park model recreation vehicle from the
definition of "manufactured home" and defines a park
model recreational vehicle as a vehicle that is (i)
designed and marketed as temporary living quarters for
recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use; (ii) not
permanently affixed to real property for use as a
permanent dwelling; (iii) built on a single chassis
mounted on wheels with a gross trailer area not
exceeding 400 square feet in the setup mode; and (iv)
certified by the manufacturer as complying with the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.5 Park
Model Recreational Vehicle Standard.
Association
Position: Watch |
| SB
1532 - Lewis
- Motor vehicle license fees; exemption of antique
vehicles. |
(H) Committee
on Transportation
(S) Committee
on Transportation |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0372) |
03/13/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Motor vehicle license
fees; exemption of antique vehicles. Exempts a motor
vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is licensed as an
antique vehicle from the imposition of local license
fees.
Association Position: Watch |
| SB
1578 - Norment
- Short-term rental of property; registration of persons
offering property for rental. |
(H) Committee
on Appropriations
(S) Committee
on Local Government |
(G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741) |
03/24/17 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Short-term rental of
property. Authorizes a locality to adopt an ordinance
requiring the registration of persons offering property
for short-term rental. The bill defines "short-term
rental" as the provision of a room or space suitable for
sleeping or lodging for less than 30 consecutive days.
Persons and entities already licensed related to the
rental or management of property by the Board of Health,
the Real Estate Board, or a locality would not be
required to register. The bill authorizes localities to
impose fees and penalties on persons who violate the
registry ordinance or who offer short-term rentals that
have multiple violations of state or federal laws or
ordinances, including those related to alcoholic
beverage control. The bill amends the Alcoholic Beverage
Control (ABC) Act to clarify that certain property
rented on a short-term basis is considered a bed and
breakfast establishment for purposes of ABC licensing
and that the exception from ABC licensing for serving
alcoholic beverages to guests in a residence does not
apply if the guest is a short-term lessee of the
residence.
Association Position
:Watch |