SB283: Real estate tax; authorizes certain counties & cities to adopt income limit for elderly & disabled.

Chief Patron

John Miller (D-1)
Newport News, VA
Served: 2008–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/27/2008: signed by governor

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01/08/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080734275
01/08/2008 Referred to Committee on Finance
01/12/2008 Impact statement from TAX (SB283)
01/15/2008 Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/16/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/17/2008 Read second time
01/17/2008 Reading of amendment waived
01/17/2008 Committee amendment agreed to
01/17/2008 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB283E
01/17/2008 Printed as engrossed 080734275-E
01/18/2008 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
01/18/2008 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
01/18/2008 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/18/2008 Communicated to House
02/11/2008 Impact statement from TAX (SB283E)
02/11/2008 Placed on Calendar
02/11/2008 Read first time
02/11/2008 Referred to Committee on Finance
02/12/2008 Assigned Finance sub: 1
02/18/2008 Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2008 Committee substitute printed 082587672-H1
02/19/2008 Read second time
02/20/2008 Read third time
02/20/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 082587672-H1
02/20/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB283H1
02/20/2008 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/20/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2008 House substitute rejected by Senate (3-Y 37-N) (see vote tally)
02/26/2008 House insisted on substitute
02/26/2008 House requested conference committee
02/28/2008 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2008 Conferees appointed by Senate
02/28/2008 Senators: Miller, J.C., Lucas, Whipple
02/29/2008 Conferees appointed by House
02/29/2008 Delegates: Loupassi, Purkey, Watts
03/05/2008 Conference substitute printed 082600275-S1
03/05/2008 Reading of conference report waived
03/05/2008 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2008 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
03/05/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2008 Enrolled
03/08/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER)
03/08/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/10/2008 Impact statement from TAX (SB283ER)
03/11/2008 Signed by President
03/12/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/12/2008 Signed by President
03/27/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 695 (effective 7/1/08)

Summary

Elderly and permanently and totally disabled real estate tax relief; the City of Newport News. Authorizes the City of Newport News to adopt a maximum annual income limit of $62,000 and a maximum combined financial worth limit of $350,000 for its elderly and permanently and totally disabled real estate tax relief program. These are the same limits that currently apply for the Cities of Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach and the Counties of Chesterfield, Goochland, and Henrico. The current maximum limits for the City of Newport News are $50,000 for annual income and $200,000 for combined financial worth.

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