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2010 Legislation

• HB 81 Jurors; equalizes pay of those in condemnation cases with that of regular jurors.
• HB 82 Public sewer system; locality may adopt ordinance establishing standard for use & services; penalty.
• HB 83 Pawnbrokers; local government may by an ordinance require daily report to be electronically filed.
• HB 381 Motor vehicle titles; exempts special construction and forestry equipment from being titled.
• HB 975 Motor vehicle titles; exempts special construction and forestry equipment from being titled.
• HB 1249 Health Spa Act; clarifies by instituting usage of term facility where services are offered.
• HB 1250 Vested rights; issuance of written order, etc., by zoning administrator regarding use of property.
• HJ 274 Commending Creeds Elementary School on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
• HJ 320 Commending Helen Dragas.

2010 Cosponsor Legislation

• HB 10 Health Care Freedom Act; individual's right and power to participate in health care system, etc.
• HB 121 Virginia ports; requires approval of Governor and General Assembly before any change in ownership.
• HB 128 Fishing license, special; DGIF to issue free licenses to disabled, active duty military personnel.
• HB 194 Filled subaqueous land; person who purchases lands to pay cost of preparing transfer documents.
• HB 262 One-stop small business permitting program; exemption of handling fee for veterans.
• HB 295 Oceana/Fentress Military Advisory Council; membership.
• HB 374 Cash proffers; collected or accepted by locality after completion of final inspection.
• HB 389 Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority; created.
• HB 398 Virginia-grown food products by state agencies; DGS to establish procurement procedures to purchase.
• HB 512 Lyme disease; allows a licensed physician to prescribe long-term antibiotic therapy.
• HB 515 Wetlands and stream mitigation; prohibits localities from regulating location of projects.
• HB 552 Vested rights; includes right to replace existing on-site sewage system.
• HB 564 Norfolk/Virginia Beach light rail project; funds will be expended in accordance with FTA.
• HB 570 Real property tax assessments; appeals.
• HB 583 Farm businesses; local restrictions.
• HB 652 Eminent domain; restricting access to or from property taken to be considered in assessing damages.
• HB 682 Gang-free zones; expanded to include public buildings, etc., penalty.
• HB 756 Offshore drilling; royalties to be deposited in Transportation Trust Fund, etc.
• HB 759 HOV lanes; allows certain military personnel to use in Hampton Roads regardless of passengers.
• HB 767 Virginia War Memorial; codifies criteria for memorialization of fallen Virginians.
• HB 787 Offshore energy resources; production & development permitted 50 miles off Atlantic shoreline.
• HB 805 Offshore drilling; portion of royalties to be deposited in Transportation Trust Fund.
• HB 888 Peanut Board; authorized to enter into an agreement with Federal Commodity Credit Corporation.
• HB 1081 Highway rest areas and welcome centers; requires VDOT to reopen all on Interstate Highway System.
• HB 1088 Cooperative Coyote Control Program; reestablished.
• HB 1118 Virginia Military Family Relief Fund; State policy to exclude from taxation payments made from Fund.
• HB 1158 Primary & secondary road projects; establishment & use of regional accounts by Transportation Board.
• HB 1199 Waiver of certain graduation requirements; Board of Education to provide only for good cause.
• HB 1251 State employees; restoration of health insurance plan options in Hampton Roads area.
• HB 1270 Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans.
• HB 1275 Va. High-Speed Rail Commission; established, replaces Va-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact.
• HB 1280 Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.
• HB 1282 Prayer at public events; governmental agency to have no authority to regulate.
• HB 1332 Cotton Board; notice of referenda to all cotton producers listed.
• HB 1389 College Partnership Laboratory Schools; established.
• HB 1390 Charter schools, public; pre-certification and appeals.
• HJ 53 Honor and Remember Flag; U.S. Congress urged to designate as national emblem of service.
• HJ 85 Absentee ballots; SBE to develop secure procedures for active military and overseas voters to cast.
• HJ 88 Federal budget; Congress to propose amendment to U.S. Constitution for balanced budget requirement.
• HJ 118 Constitutional amendment; taking of private property for public use (first reference).
• HJ 126 Interstate safety rest areas; Virginia Transportation Research Council to study.
• HJ 136 Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day; designating as March 30, 2010, & each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 180 Commending the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
• HJ 185 Celebrating the life of Sergeant Dale Russel Griffin.
• HJ 189 Commending the Cold War Museum.
• HJ 190 Teen Organ Donation Awareness Day; designating as April 9, 2010, and each succeeding year.
• HJ 202 Commending Catherine S. Webb.
• HJ 205 Celebrating the life of Thomas Emmanuel Larner.
• HJ 209 Commending Scott and Mendy Sink.
• HJ 210 Commending the League of Women Voters of Virginia on the occasion of the 90th anniversary.
• HJ 218 Celebrating the life of John Warren Cooke.
• HJ 222 Commending the Frank W. Cox High School girls' field hockey team.
• HJ 229 Commending Captain Richard Phillips.
• HJ 241 Commending the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
• HJ 247 Commending MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts.
• HJ 252 Celebrating the life of S. John Davis.
• HJ 265 Commending the Old Dominion University Monarchs football team.
• HJ 266 Commending Virginia Task Force 2.
• HJ 276 Commending Karen Halsey.
• HJ 278 Celebrating the life of William McGarvey Dudley.
• HJ 287 Commending John W. Burrow.
• HJ 288 Commending the Life Center of Galax.
• HJ 289 Celebrating the life of Theodore Edward BaCote, Jr.
• HJ 290 Commending John Thomas Casteen III.
• HJ 291 Commending Patrick W. Finnerty.
• HJ 292 Commending the 29th Infantry Division of the Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia National Guard a
• HJ 305 Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force.
• HJ 321 Celebrating the life of Charles S. Kiley.
• HJ 324 Celebrating the life of Raymond Celester Crittenden, Jr.
• HJ 333 Commending Caressa Cameron.
• HJ 342 Celebrating the life of Edward L. Brown, Sr.
• HJ 343 Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Brinkley Ingram.
• HJ 347 Celebrating the life of Jeanice Elaine McMillan.
• HJ 355 Celebrating the life of Major General (USA Ret.) Alvin Bryant, M.D.
• HJ 357 Celebrating the life of Morgan Dana Harrington.
• HJ 360 Celebrating the life of Andrew Lucius Turner, Jr.
• HJ 380 Commending the Frank W. Cox High School wrestling team.
• HJ 385 Commending the Hampton Roads Small Business Development Center.
• HR 7 Celebrating the life of Christopher J. Klicka.
• HR 19 U.S. Navy's East Coast aircraft carriers; Governor to take action to ensure remain in Hampton Roads.
• SJ 2 Commending Sean Fleming.
• SJ 11 Commemorative commission; established to recommend monument to honor contributions of women.
• SJ 36 Celebrating the life of Gladys Schuster Carter.
• SJ 37 Celebrating the life of Woodley J. Koonce III.
• SJ 38 Commending W. Randolph Nichols.
• SJ 39 Celebrating the life of Clifton A. Bernard.
• SJ 40 Celebrating the life of Nathan T. Hardee.
• SJ 183 Commending Caressa Cameron, Miss America.
• SJ 196 Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force in 200
• SJ 207 Celebrating the life of George Chancellor Rawlings, Jr.
• SJ 210 Commending Barbara O. Carraway.
• SJ 214 Commending Paul J. Lanteigne.
• SJ 233 Commending the Virginia Gentlemen Foundation.