HomeMy Public PortalAbout2013_M003 Additions to Legislative Agenda and Positions StatementCOUNCIL MEETING January 22, 2013
MOTION 2013 -003
1. I move that the following items be added to the Town's 2013 Legislative Agenda:
Town /County Overlapping Powers
Town of Leesburg respectfully asks Delegate Rust to have HB 1535 (Rust) not
acted on and passed onto the full committee. The Town requests the full
committee to refer this bill to the staff of the Commission on Local Government
for a working group composed of the Commission on Local Government Staff,
town of Herndon staff, Fairfax County staff, Loudoun County staff, Town of
Leesburg staff, and VACO staff, if such personnel are willing to participate. The
working group would examine the overlapping powers issues that HB 1535 seeks
to address and examine specific statutes that may be changed in this regard. The
staff of the Commission on Local Government would issue a report to the
General Assembly before December 1, 2013.
Balch Endowment Fund
The Town Council approves the amendment whereby the authority for the Town
to create an endowment for the support of the Balch will be enabled by a Section
1 bill that may be enacted by an ordinance by the Town Council.
2. I move that the following items be added to the Town's 2013 Legislative
Positions Statement:
Local Authority to Prohibit Firearms on Public Property
The Town Council supports legislation that authorizes localities to adopt
ordinances that prohibit firearms and ammunition on property owned or leased
by the locality.
Posting Legal Notices on Websites
The Town Council supports legislation that would give localities the authority to
post legal notices on websites as a substitute for publishing legal notices in
newspapers.
State Funding for School Resource Officers
The Town Council supports legislation that would provide state funding for
school resource officers at all public elementary, middle and high schools.
Virginia Public Procurement Act
The Town Council supports the position of the Virginia Association of
Governmental Purchasing on legislation regarding the Virginia Public
Procurement Act
3. I move that the Town Council opposed HB 1401, which would prohibit localities
from instituting a judicial sale for delinquent taxes on real property that is the sole
dwelling of the taxpayer.
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4. I move that the Town Council oppose HB 1430, which would limit the Town's
authority to regulate land use on agriculturally -zoned land within the Town.
5. I move that the Town Council oppose SB 1073 and HB 1429, which would allow
courts to award attorney's fees in successful challenges on the Town's Zoning ordinance,
administrative acts or other local actions related to land use.
6. I move that the Town Council oppose SB 1336 which would provide a significant
change to Boundary adjustments and the notice required. Provides that all affected
landowners shall be given notice by certified mail of a proposed voluntary boundary
adjustment. The bill authorizes landowners to file a petition to intervene in the action
under certain circumstances.
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