| Bills |
Committee |
Last action |
Date |
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HB 132 -
Cosgrove - Eminent domain; jury to determine just compensation. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice |
(S) Signed by President |
03/02/06 |
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notes: Removes the option
of the landowner to choose commissioners to hear an eminent domain
case. Allows only jurors or the court to hear such a matter and
requires all jurors in an eminent domain proceeding to be
freeholders in the jurisdiction of the land in question. |
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HB 241 -
Suit - Repurchase to former owner; offer thereof cannot be
waived. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice |
(S) Signed by President |
03/02/06 |
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notes: Eliminates the
language relating to the waiver of the right to the offer of
repurchase and clearly states that such right cannot be waived. |
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HB 631 -
Phillips - Condemnation proceeding; parties must attend dispute
resolution evaluation session. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice |
(S) Signed by President |
03/13/06 |
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notes: Requires, in a
condemnation proceeding, that the parties must attend a dispute
resolution orientation session. |
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HB 699 -
Suit - Housing Authorities Law; various changes to update
provisions. |
(H) Committee on General Laws
(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology |
(H) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
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notes: Makes various
changes to the Housing Authorities Law to updates its provisions.
The bill adds several definitions including "blighted area,"
"blighted property," "conservation area," "redevelopment area," and
"spot blight abatement plan." The bill also reconfirms that the
elimination of blight in a redevelopment area, the prevention of
blight in a conservation area, and the designation of individual
properties as blighted pursuant to a spot blight abatement plan are
public uses and purposes. In addition the bill (i) updates
referendum provisions, (ii) clarifies that written notice sent by
certified mail is required to all record owners at their last known
address as indicated in the records of the treasurer, current real
estate tax records, or the records of any other officer responsible
for collecting taxes prior to the use of eminent domain and spot
blight abatement proceedings, (iii) clarifies that an owner in a
proposed redevelopment or conservation area has the right to present
testimony before the local governing body objecting to the
designation of an area as a redevelopment or conservation area, and
to acquisition of their property by negotiated purchase or the use
of eminent domain, and (iv) clarifies that farm structures are
generally exempt from the Housing Authorities Law and that the right
to establish redevelopment or conservation areas and use the process
of spot blight abatement shall not abrogate the right to farm as
protected in § 3.1-22.28. The bill includes various technical
amendments. |
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HB 771 -
Armstrong - Condemnation proceedings; localities to hold public
hearing prior to initiating a condemnation. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee on Local Government |
(S) Signed by President |
03/02/06 |
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notes: Requires localities
to hold a public hearing prior to adopting an ordinance or
resolution initiating a condemnation. Other political subdivisions
are also required to hold a public hearing prior to initiating a
condemnation. |
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HB 955 -
Joannou - Eminent domain; religious corporations and
unincorporated churches. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice |
(H) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
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notes: Clarifies that
"religious corporations" includes "unincorporated churches" with
regard to certain eminent domain provisions. |
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HB 975 -
Suit - U.S. Navy Master Jet Base; land use adjacent to certain. |
(H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice |
(H) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
notes: Provides that the
governing body of any locality in which a United States Navy Master
Jet Base or an auxiliary landing field used in connection with
flight operations arising from such Master Jet Base is located shall
(i) adopt zoning ordinances that require the governing body to
consider certain Navy guidelines in deciding discretionary
applications for property in noise levels 70 dB DNL or greater, (ii)
undertake an evaluation of undeveloped properties located in noise
zones 70 dB DNL or greater to determine the suitability of such
properties for rezoning classifications that would prohibit
incompatible uses, (iii) adopt such ordinances or take such other
actions as may be recommended in any Joint Land Use Study that has
been officially approved by the Navy and the governing body of the
locality, and (iv) assemble available funding from federal, state,
and local sources to purchase land or development rights from
willing sellers in the corridor of land underneath the flight path
between the Master Jet Base and the auxiliary landing field known as
an interfacility traffic area.
Also, such localities are granted authority to exercise the limited
right of eminent domain at the request of property owners in
acquisition of any lands, easements, and privileges for the purpose
of protecting public safety by providing unobstructed airspace for
the landing and takeoff of aircraft utilizing such Master Jet Base
and preventing incompatible development within Accidental Potential
Zone 1 areas surrounding such Master Jet Base. This bill also
creates the Oceana/Fentress Military Advisory Council as a subunit
of the Virginia Military Advisory Council. The provisions of this
act and all authority therein shall terminate in the event that
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HB 1099 -
Griffith - Eminent domain; certain persons eligible for
relocation expenses. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice |
(S) Signed by President |
03/01/06 |
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notes: Raises from $50,000
to $75,000 the cap on relocation expenses that may be paid to
certain persons displaced from their business or farm operation. |
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SB 294 -
Cuccinelli - Housing authorities; powers of regional and
consolidated. |
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice |
(S) Committee substitute printed 065349720-S1 |
02/13/06 |
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notes: Prohibits any
regional housing authority or consolidated housing authority from
acquiring property through the exercise of the power of eminent
domain. This bill, which amends the article relating to regional
housing authorities, applies to consolidated housing authorities
because the provisions of the chapter applicable to regional housing
authorities are applicable, by statutory reference, to consolidated
housing authorities. Currently, regional housing authorities and
consolidated housing authorities enjoy the same power of eminent
domain that is statutorily afforded to housing authorities created
for cities and counties. |
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SB 565 -
Stolle - Master Jet Base; use of land adjacent to thereto. |
(H) Committee on General Laws
(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology |
(S) Bill text as passed Senate and House
(SB565ER) |
03/15/06 |
notes: Provides that the
governing body of any locality in which a United States Navy Master
Jet Base or an auxiliary landing field used in connection with
flight operations arising from such Master Jet Base is located shall
(i) adopt zoning ordinances that require the governing body to
consider certain Navy guidelines in deciding discretionary
applications for property in noise levels 70 dB DNL or greater, (ii)
undertake an evaluation of undeveloped properties located in noise
zones 70 dB DNL or greater to determine the suitability of such
properties for rezoning classifications that would prohibit
incompatible uses, (iii) adopt such ordinances or take such other
actions as may be recommended in any Joint Land Use Study that has
been officially approved by the Navy and the governing body of the
locality, and (iv) assemble available funding from federal, state,
and local sources to purchase land or development rights from
willing sellers in the corridor of land underneath the flight path
between the Master Jet Base and the auxiliary landing field known as
an interfacility traffic area.
Also, such localities are granted authority to exercise the limited
right of eminent domain at the request of property owners in
acquisition of any lands, easements, and privileges for the purpose
of protecting public safety by providing unobstructed airspace for
the landing and takeoff of aircraft utilizing such Master Jet Base
and preventing incompatible development within Accidental Potential
Zone 1 areas surrounding such Master Jet Base. This bill also
creates the Oceana/Fentress Military Advisory Council as a subunit
of the Virginia Military Advisory Council. The provisions of this
act and all authority therein shall terminate if the aircraft a |
