TITLE 30. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
§ 30-19.03:1.2 added.
Unemployment compensation; bills affecting revenue of the Commonwealth. Provides that bills enhancing unemployment compensation benefits payable to a claimant must contain a statement prepared by the Virginia Employment Commission, in consultation with the Department of Planning and Budget, estimating potential revenue losses, in the form of decreased tax revenues, to the Commonwealth. The bill provides that no bill enhancing unemployment compensation benefits can be considered at a regular session of the General Assembly unless the bill contains the revenue loss statement in the second or final enactment clause. SB 664; CH. 895.
§ 30-19.1:4. See § 18.2-36.1; HB 1059.
§ 30-19.1:10. See § 58.1-344.3; HB 1486.
§ 30-19.3 amended.
General Assembly; prefiling. Establishes a set day of the month for prefiling to begin. Currently, prefiling begins 60 days prior to even-numbered-year sessions and 180 days prior to the odd-numbered-year sessions. Pinpointing the date that prefiling begins has been challenging because the convening date for the session varies and the statute is unclear whether the first day of the session is included within the time allowed. The bill establishes the third Monday in November prior to even-numbered year sessions and the third Monday in July prior to odd-numbered year sessions for prefiling to begin. The bill provides that the deadline for prefiling legislation will be established by the procedural resolution of the General Assembly, or the Joint Rules Committee, if the General Assembly has not acted. This schedule is closest to the current prefiling period. HB 3; CH. 718.
§§ 2.2-508, 2.2-1503, 2.2-2423, 2.2-2424, 2.2-2434, 2.2-2453, 2.2-2457, 2.2-2626, 2.2-2666.1, 2.2-2669, 2.2-2676, 2.2-2685, 2.2-5601, 9.1-108, 9.1-111, 10.1-1325, 15.2-4507, 15.2-4510, 15.2-4512, 15.2-4832, 15.2-4836, 17.1-700, 17.1-701, 17.1-704, 17.1-802, 17.1-901, 17.1-904, 22.1-354.6, 23-50.16:5, 23-231.2, 23-231.3, 23-231.15, 23-231.20, 24.2-306, 30-34.1, 30-56, 30-58.3, 30-112, 30-145, 30-156, 30-158, 30-171, 30-173, 30-174, 30-175, 30-178, 30-179, 30-182, 30-183, 30-186 through 30-189, 30-192.1, 30-192.2, 30-192.8, 30-192.9, 30-192.10, 30-192.12, 30-193, 30-198, 30-202, 30-203, 30-219, 30-220, 32.1-357, 51.1-124.20, 51.5-39.2, 58.1-202.2, 65.2-1301, 65.2-1302, and 65.2-1303 amended. Clarifications for certain collegial bodies. Conforms certain collegial body requirements to meet the legislative guidelines adopted by the Joint Rules Committees and codifies certain existing collegial bodies. These bodies include: the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, the Commonwealth Council on Aging, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission, the Capitol Square Preservation Council, the Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee, the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission, the Virginia Code Commission, the Virginia State Crime Commission, the Criminal Justice Services Board, the Criminal Sentencing Commission, the Advisory Board of Economists, the Commission on Electric Utility Restructuring, the Ethics Advisory Panels of the House and Senate, the Freedom of Information Advisory Council, the Council on Virginia's Future, the Geographic Information Network Advisory Board, the Hampton Roads Transportation District Commission, the Virginia Housing Study Commission, the Virginia Council on Human Resources, the Information Technology Investment Board, the Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the Judicial Council, the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, the Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice, the Legislative Support Commission, the Virginia Military Advisory Council, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Living History and Public Policy Center, the Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, the Northern Virginia Transportation District Commission, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation District Commission, the Governing Board of the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, the Virginia Public Buildings Board, the Public-Private Partnership Contracts Oversight Group, the Joint Reapportionment Committee, the Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates, the Roanoke Higher Education Authority, the Small Business Commission, the Small Business Environmental Compliance Advisory Board, the Southern Growth Policies Board, the Southern Regional Education Board, the Southern States Energy Board, the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation, the Board of Veterans' Services, the Board of Directors of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority, the Virginia Israel Advisory Board, the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System, Commission on Unemployment Compensation, the State Water Commission, the Statewide Coordinating Committee for the Medical Costs Peer Review Program under the Workers Compensation Act, the Workforce Council, and Virginia Commission on Youth. HB 1231; CH. 1000.
§§ 30-34.4:1 and 30-34.15. See § 2.2-608; SB 6.
§ 30-133. See § 58.1-3506; SB 5005.
§ 30-170.1 added.
Joint Commission on Health Care; cooperation of other agencies. Provides that upon request, every department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority or other agency created by the Commonwealth, and any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, shall cooperate with and assist the Commission in performance of its duties. Such provisions already exist in statute for other state commissions, such as the Virginia Crime Commission and the Virginia Commission on Youth. HB 692; CH. 296.
§ 30-179. See § 2.2-3707; HB 358.
§ 30-198. See § 2.2-205; HB 546.
§§ 30-226 through 30-233 added.
The Virginia Disability Commission. Establishes the Virginia Disability Commission ("Commission") as a legislative commission, with the purpose of identifying and recommending legislative priorities and policies that should be adopted or examined by the General Assembly in order to provide ongoing support in developing and reviewing services and funding related to Virginians with disabilities. The Commission shall consist of 12 members that include six legislative members, five nonlegislative citizen members, and the Lieutenant Governor. Of the five nonlegislative members, two shall be consumers with disabilities, two shall be members of the medical, insurance, or rehabilitation professions, and one shall be a citizen at large. The Lieutenant Governor shall continue to serve as chairman until January 14, 2006, at which time the chairmanship of the Commission shall be assumed by a legislative member. The bill provides that the Commission must seek approval from the Joint Rules Committee if it is not funded in the first year of its existence. If the Commission is not funded in the second year, the provisions of the statute creating the Commission will expire. There is a three-year sunset provision on this bill. HB 817; CH. 992/SB 381; CH. 1015.
§§ 30-226 through 30-231. See § 23-38.53:21; SB 230.