The following list has links to the Virginia Legislative Information System that provide additional information to bills filed during the 2008 General Assembly session such as the bill's patron, committee actions, and Adobe Acrobat files of each bill. Generally, the bills listed are related to issues that the Commission is directly involved in such as economic development, community development, and transportation.
Budget bill history, full text search, and amendments are available on-line at he the Legislative Information System Budget page.
Taxation
HB
41 Motor fuels tax; modifies rates of taxation thereof.
SB
117 Income tax, state, and sales and use tax; credit, etc.
for certain telecom. service providers.
Economic
Development / Tourism
HB
260
Abandoned railroad corridors; allows Department of Conservation and
Recreation to acquire for recreational or transportation use.
HB
373 Highway welcome and exit signs; localities may put up
within highway rights-of-way.
HB
463 Farm wineries; list of usual and customary activities
that will be permitted.
HB
1017 Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance, Office of;
established, report.
HB
1018 Telecommuting; definition.
HB
1021 Telecommuting; establishes goal for state agencies.
HB
1522 Business Assistance, Department of; abolish &
transfer duties to Economic Development Partnership.
HJ
75 Businesses, private; joint subcommittee to study local
incentives provided for economic development.
SB
150 Wilderness Road: Virginia's Heritage Migration Route;
designating certain highway segments thereas.
SB
591 Tourism zones, local; increases number of years which tax
incentives may be provided therein.
Environment
HB
18 Environmental Quality, Department of; consolidation of
various boards, increase of authority.
HB
19 Department of Environmental Quality, repeal the 2007
consolidation of various boards.
HB
171 Resources Authority Authorizes the Virginia Resources
Authority to finance local government energy efficiency projects.
HB
193 Prohibition on construction of private wells on property
that is less than 3 acres.
HB
645 Water Protection Permit; Board to consider project as
part local or regional water supply plans.
SB
690
Water Quality Improvement Fund; reimbursment to localities for costs of
nutrient removal upgrades (Clifton Forge, Covington, Alleghany Co.).
HB
392 Stormwater ordinances; authorizes localities classified
as MS4 to enact.
HB
976 Single lot development; developers to provide stormwater
management.
HB
1137 Green roof incentive programs.
HB
1195 Green Buildings Act; established.
HJ
68 LEED; DGS to adopt standards for new state office
buildings.
SJ
32 Energy efficient office and public buildings; joint
subcommittee to study options.
SB
196 Hazardous materials; localities to prohibit initiation of
new storage in floodplains.
SB
259 Land preservation tax credit; elimination of verification
of conservation value.
SB
423 DEQ; authority to issue and enforce permits, etc. related
to air and water pollution.
Housing
HB
82 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations
related to overcrowding.
HB
174 Uniform Statewide Building Code; rental inspections (City
of Roanoke).
HB
262 Housing loans and grants; localities to authorize in
conservation or rehabilitation districts.
HB
289 Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing
and Community Development to establish.
HJ
22 Residential and commercial development, new; joint
subcommittee to study identifiable costs.
HB
29 Budget Bill Amending
Chapter 847 of the
2007 Acts of Assembly, which appropriated the public revenues and
provided a portion of such revenues for the two years ending,
respectively,
on the thirtieth day of June, 2007, and the thirtieth day of June,
2008.
HB
30 Budget Bill Provides a
portion of revenues
for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June,
2009, and the thirtieth day of June, 2010.
HB
140 Governing bodies & school boards, local; required
to annually publish their approved budgets online.
HB
152 Governmental employees; permission to form associations.
HB
240 Charter; Town of Troutville; staggers the terms of Town
Council.
HB
485 Carbon monoxide detectors; locality to require
installation in certain buildings.
HB
594 Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created
(Community College capital funds).
HB
489 Higher educational institutions; crisis and emergency
management plans.
HB
1132 Wine and beer; City of Roanoke can obtain retail
on-premises licenses for outdoor amphitheaters.
HJ
2 Requesting the Governor to implement recommendations of
2002 Governor's Commission on Efficiency.
HJ
111 Dillon Rule; joint subcommittee to study.
HR
2 Budget database; directing House Committee on
Appropriations to establish searchable website.
SB
20 Carbon monoxide detectors; locality to require
installation in certain buildings.
SB
29
Budget Bill. Amending Chapter 847 of the 2007 Acts of Assembly, which
appropriated the public revenues and provided a portion of such
revenues for the two years ending, respectively, on the thirtieth day
of June, 2007, and the thirtieth day of June, 2008.
SB
30
Budget Bill. Provides a portion of revenues for the two years ending
respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 2009, and the thirtieth day
of June, 2010.
SB
38 Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created.
SB
574 Virginia's Future, Council on; extends sunset provision
to 2013.
SJ
5 Constitutional amendment; establishing Redistricting
Commission (first reference).
SJ
57 Study; organization of Virginia local
government.
Planning / Zoning
/ Land Use
HB
71 Building permit; localities may adopt provisions for
assessment of impact fees prior to issuance.
HB
72 Building permit; localities may use impact fees for
capital improvements.
HB
208 Public facilities; deferral of subdivision plats or site
plans when inadequate.
HB
726 Conditional zoning; purchase of development rights.
HB
837 Dam break inundation zones; localities with authority to
address development.
HJ
178 Urban Development Areas; joint subcommittee to study
development in localities.
SB
656 Annexation; extends current annexation moratorium to
2018.
SB
768 Conditional zoning; replaces cash proffer system with
system of impact fees.
Transportation
HB
94 Secondary highway system; allocates construction funds
among counties based on population.
HB
111 Highway systems; revenue-sharing funds therefor in
certain counties, cities, and towns.
HB
147 Transportation Plan; Plan to include regional goals and
performance measures for highway districts.
HB
185 Trucks and combination vehicles; Transportation Board to
impose fee for use in maintaining highways.
HB
471 Highway construction, primary system; funds allocation.
HB
568 Tractor-trailer combinations; local ordinances
prohibiting use of certain highways.
HB
855 Pedestrian and bicycle advisory committees, regional;
VDOT to establish.
HB
856 Rail Enhancement Fund; allows Director to waive certain
requirements regarding project funding.
HB
1033 Urban transportation service districts; grants towns
authority to create.
HJ
29 Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first
reference)
Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate
Transportation Funds.
HJ
48 Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds Requires the
General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation
Funds.
SB
39 Traffic accident reports; increases amount of damage
threshold to be reported by law enforcement.
SB
11 Rail Enhancement Fund; allows Director to waive certain
requirements regarding project funding.
SB
121 TransDominion Express Commission; created.
SB
122 Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
SB
186 Statistical information; VDOT to collect and report.
SB
233 Transportation Plan; include quantifiable measures
& achievable goals for greenhouse gas emission.
SB
371 Rail Enhancement Fund; allows Director to waive certain
requirements regarding project funding.
Last updated March 12, 2008. Questions about this page should be sent to Eddie Wells.
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Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
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Roanoke, VA 24010
Phone: 540.343.4417
Fax: 540.343.4417