Bill Text: VA SB48 | 2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Vacant buildings; registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616) [SB48 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-SB48-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §15.2-1127 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§15.2-1127. Vacant building registration; civil penalty.
The Town of Clifton Forge, the Town of Pulaski, in a
conservation and rehabilitation district of the town, the Town of Timberville,
and any Any county, city, or town, by ordinance, may require
the owner or owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period
of 12 months or more, and which (i) that meet the
definition of "derelict building" under §15.2-907.1, (ii) that
meet the definition of "criminal blight" under §15.2-907, or (iii)
in which a locality has determined a person is living without the authority of
the owner or owners to register such buildings on an annual basis and may
impose an annual registration fee not to exceed $100 to defray the cost of
processing such registration. The registration of buildings shall be on forms
designated by the locality and filed with the agency designated by the
locality. Failure to register shall be a $200 civil penalty; however, failure
to register in conservation and rehabilitation districts designated by the
governing body, or in other areas designated as blighted pursuant to §
36-49.1:1, shall be punishable by a civil penalty not exceeding $400. Notice
shall be mailed to the owner or owners, at the address to which property tax
notices are sent, at least 30 days prior to the assessment of the civil
penalty.
