CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTSConstitutional amendment (voter referendum); property tax exemptions. Provides for a referendum at the November 5, 2002, election to approve or reject an amendment allowing local governing bodies to grant tax exemptions for property used for charitable and certain other purposes by local ordinance subject to restrictions and conditions provided by general law enacted by the General Assembly. The present Constitution allows the General Assembly to exempt such property by classification or by designation by a three-fourths vote in each house. See, also, HJR 13, companion resolution. HB 36; CH. 630. Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); claims of actual innocence. Provides for a referendum at the November 5, 2002, election to approve or reject an amendment to permit the Supreme Court to consider, as part of its original jurisdiction, claims of actual innocence presented by convicted felons in the cases and manner provided by the General Assembly. See, also, SJR 42, companion resolution. SB 131; CH. 603. « Prev | Table of Contents by Title | Index of Bill Numbers © 2002, Commonwealth of Virginia. Page last updated 05/20/02 15:36:26. |