Virginia House Bill 235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
Pending: House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Persons occupying street for commercial use; civil penalty. Allows cities and towns by ordinance to establish a uniform schedule of civil penalties for commercial use of a street, avenue, park, bridge, or any other public place or public property or any public easement of a city or town, in a manner not permitted to the general public, without having first legally obtained the consent of the city or town. The bill provides that the schedule of civil penalties shall be uniform for each type of specified violation, and the penalty for any one violation, unless elsewhere authorized, shall not exceed (i) $500 for the initial penalty, (ii) $1,000 for the second violation, or (iii) $1,500 for the third or subsequent violation.

Persons occupying street for commercial use; civil penalty.

Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]

2024-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
2024-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2024-01-16	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
2024-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2024-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101458D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	2107	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB235
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB235+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0701V0016+HB0235