HB1214: Grass and weeds; allows City of Williamsburg to require property owners to cut if excessively high.
Chief Patron
Del.
William Barlow (D-64)
William Barlow
(D-64)
Smithfield, VA
Served: 1992–
Progress
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
03/30/2006: signed by governor
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- 01/11/2006 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062427224
- 01/11/2006 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/27/2006 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18-Y 4-N)
- 01/30/2006 Read first time
- 01/31/2006 Read second time
- 01/31/2006 Pending question ordered
- 01/31/2006 Engrossed by House
- 02/01/2006 Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 02/01/2006 Rereferred to Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/03/2006 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/06/2006 Committee substitute printed 065489224-H1
- 02/06/2006 Read first time
- 02/07/2006 Read second time
- 02/07/2006 Committee substitute agreed to 065489224-H1
- 02/07/2006 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1214H1
- 02/08/2006 Read third time and defeated by House (62-Y 35-N)
- 02/08/2006 VOTE: DEFEATED (62-Y 35-N)
- 02/08/2006 Requires 67 affirmative votes for passage
- 02/08/2006 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- 02/08/2006 Passed by for the day
- 02/09/2006 Passed by for the day
- 02/10/2006 Passed by for the day
- 02/13/2006 Passed by for the day
- 02/14/2006 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 25-N)
- 02/14/2006 VOTE: PASSAGE (74-Y 25-N)
- 02/14/2006 Communicated to Senate
- 02/15/2006 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/2006 Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/28/2006 Reported from Local Government (10-Y 5-N)
- 03/02/2006 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/2006 VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2006 Read third time
- 03/03/2006 Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N)
- 03/03/2006 VOTE: (32-Y 6-N)
- 03/11/2006 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1214ER)
- 03/11/2006 Enrolled
- 03/11/2006 Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/2006 Signed by President
- 03/30/2006 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/04/2006 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)
Summary
High grass and weeds; civil penalty. Permits the City
of Williamsburg to require that owners of occupied property cut grass, weeds
and other foreign growth on the property and if a property owner, after
reasonable notice, fails to do so the City may cut such grass, weeds or other
foreign growth and the cost and expenses thereof shall be chargeable to and
paid by the owner of the property. View Full Text »
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