Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosure of methamphetamine laboratory. (HB1615)
Introduced By
Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) with support from co-patron Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax)
Progress
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Description
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosure of methamphetamine laboratory. Requires the owner of residential property who has actual knowledge that the residential property was previously used as a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory or that the property previously used as a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory has been cleaned up in accordance with the Department of Health guidelines, to provide a written disclosure when selling the property. Otherwise, the owner is required to provide a written disclosure that he makes no representation as to the presence of a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory on the property. The bill also provides that if residential property formerly used as a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory has been cleaned up in accordance with the guidelines established by the Department of Health, the person or entity performing the cleanup shall file a declaration of the cleanup in the public land records of the locality in which the property located. Amends § 32.1-11.7, § 55-519, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Outcome
History
- 01/06/2013 Committee
- 01/06/2013 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100558D
- 01/06/2013 Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/11/2013 Assigned GL sub: #1 Housing
- 01/16/2013 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/2013 Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/17/2013 Committee substitute printed 13104136D-H1
- 01/21/2013 Read first time
- 01/22/2013 Read second time
- 01/22/2013 Committee substitute agreed to 13104136D-H1
- 01/22/2013 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1615H1
- 01/23/2013 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2013 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/24/2013 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/24/2013 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/18/2013 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/19/2013 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/20/2013 Read third time
- 02/20/2013 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/23/2013 Enrolled
- 02/23/2013 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1615ER)
- 02/23/2013 Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/2013 Signed by President
- 02/25/2013 Signed by President
- 03/20/2013 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 557 (effective - see bill)
- 03/20/2013 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0557)
Comments
And not One single word written about registering the chemist, so that the public can avoid living next to the persons next Home lab.
Wondering if there is a publicly searchable database where one can currently search for houses that have previously been used as meth labs?
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