AGENDA DATE: 5/15/2019
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Proposed 2020 Legislative Priorities
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Consider the Proposed 2020 Legislative Priorities
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Kamptner
PRESENTER (S): Greg Kamptner
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Each year the Board considers and approves its legislative priorities. The Board then meets with the County's local delegation from the General Assembly to discuss these priorities and submits them to the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC), the Virginia Association of Counties (VACo), and the Virginia Municipal League (VML). Other initiatives are sometimes added prior to the General Assembly session. This is the second of at least three anticipated Board discussions to develop its priorities for the 2020 General Assembly session.
At the first Board discussion on April 17, several new legislative initiatives were presented for discussion: (1) impact fees to address the impacts on capital facilities resulting from development; (2) equal taxing authority for counties; (3) providing in-kind resources to volunteer firefighting and emergency service providers; (4) civil penalties for open burning violations; (5) expanding the powers of land bank entities; (6) tree canopy preservation; and (7) recycling reporting.
In addition, two Board priorities that failed in the 2019 General Assembly session were presented for discussion: (1) regulating carrying specified loaded weapons in public areas; and (2) local control over war memorials and monuments.
Lastly, an initiative that was ultimately tabled by the Board last year was presented. The initiative sought enabling authority to require homestay platforms to annually report to localities the homeowners using their services.
These initiatives are explained in Attachment A.
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