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www.chincoteaguereports.com: June 12, 2008 Hearing on Captain's Cove Case

May 14, 2008
Delegate Lynwood Lewis? office forwarded the following email to Chincoteague Reports. The text from Assistant Attorney General Alfred B. Albiston advises that a hearing in the Captain?s Cove matter will take place on June 12, 2008. See below for further details. From: Albiston, Alfred [mailto:AAlbiston@oag.state.va.us] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:18 PM To: Laurie Naismith Subject: RE: any news RE: Capt.. cove? Thank you! Yes; today I returned a confirmation letter to the Court of Appeals, ac...

VB Dems : Del. Lynwood Lewis Endorses Glenn Nye

March 24, 2008
Del. Lynwood Lewis Endorses Glenn Nye With State Delegate Lynwood Lewis? endorsement, our 2nd district congressional candidate, Glenn Nye, has now locked up the support of the entire Eastern Shore delegation! From the Nye campaign: ?I am proud to endorse Glenn Nye for Congress. His service to country and commitment to bringing about change in an independent manner is badly needed in a Congress that has been too focused on partisanship. He will work to bring the focus back on making our countr...

spaceports.blogspot.com: Pro-Space Bills Advance in Virginia

February 11, 2008
Virginia state legislators are advancing measures to boost Virginia's odds of being a player in the commercial space launch effort with passage of the 'ZeroG, ZeroTax' bills states The Roanoke Times today. The comments of State Senator William C. Wampler, Jr., Delegate John Cosgrove, and Delegate Lynwood Lewis, Jr. indicate the growing statewide interest in the fledgling Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport [MARS]. Meanwhile, commercial space interests await a decision from NASA on the COTS-II offer...

spaceports.blogspot.com: Virginia Zero-G, Zero-Tax Advances

January 25, 2008
State Senator William C. Wampler, Jr. (R-Bristol) and State Seantor Phillip Puckett (D-Russell County) advanced the so-called Virginia 'Zero-G, Zero-Tax bill [SB 286] from the Senate Finance Committee on a 16-to-0 vote. The measure is now poised for a Senate floor vote this week or next. "Senator Wampler and Senator Puckett were the point-of-the-spear" in advancing the ZeroG, ZeroTax measure forward and out of the all important Senate Finance Committee," noted space advocate Jack Kennedy. "I am...

blogfromonhigh.blogspot.com: The People Win One

January 19, 2008
On that House bill that would have required that you go through a background check before you could buy a used .22 rifle at a gun show, the people of Virginia have spoken, and your legislators have listened: Gun Show Measure Falters in Va. House By Anita Kumar, Washington Post Staff Writer Richmond, Jan. 18 -- A Virginia House committee on Friday defeated an effort to close a major loophole in the state's gun laws, angering families of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre and Gov. Timothy M. K...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Tasley Eastern Shore News: More kudos for Williams vets' bus trip

May 14, 2008
Ralph Northam, Del. Lynwood Lewis, Black Elvis (Who was great ,as usual), Sheriff Larry Giddens, the CommUnity Band, the US Coast Guard Color Guard, ...

Tasley Eastern Shore News: It's learning, by the book

May 3, 2008
... Jeff Walker and Spencer Murray; Accomack Supervisors Jack Gray and Phillip McCaleb; Del. Lynwood Lewis, Wendy Walker, Carole Bozman, the Rev.

• HB130
  Introduced: December 20, 2007
  Status: Stricken from docket by Appropriations
  
  : Death certificates; local health departments to have available upon request.
• HB131
  Introduced: December 20, 2007
  Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/08)
  
  : Child-restraint devices in motor vehicles; penalties if convicted two or more times.
• HB151
  Introduced: December 21, 2007
  Status: Failed to pass in House
  
  : Name change; proof that applicant is citizen of United States.
• HB660
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178)
  
  : Manufactured homes; deemed real estate when equipment previously used for mobility removed.
• HB661
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Agritourism and marine tourism; activity liability.
• HB662
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 785 (effective 7/1/08)
  
  : Land preservation tax credit program; confidentiality of taxpayer information.
• HB663
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)
  
  : Zoning administrator; expands authority related to enforcement of residential occupancy limits.
• HB1479
  Introduced: January 16, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334)
  
  : Real estate tax; relief for nonrelatives of owner or certain caregivers of elderly and handicapped.
• HB1500
  Introduced: January 17, 2008
  Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 745 (effective 7/1/08)
  
  : Aerospace Advisory Council, Directors of NASA Langley and NASA Wallops, etc.; appointments.
• HB1879
  Introduced: April 16, 2008
  
  : Real estate tax relief for the elderly and handicapped.
• HJ39
  Introduced: December 20, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ39ER)
  
  : Commending the Eastern Shore Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century on the occasion of its 40th.
• HJ45
  Introduced: December 21, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ45ER)
  
  : Commending Gail Lee.
• HJ133
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ133ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of William Baldwin Bynum.
• HJ142
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ142ER)
  
  : Commending Downing's United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 225th anniversary.
• HJ143
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ143ER)
  
  : Commending the Edward H. Nabb Research Center.
• HJ246
  Introduced: January 18, 2008
  Status: Left in Rules
  
  : Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS); encouraging utilization thereof.
• HJ326
  Introduced: February 01, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending the Eastern Shore of Virginia Chapter of the National Society of the DAR.
• HJ329
  Introduced: February 01, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending NASA on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
• HJ338
  Introduced: February 04, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending Jerusalem Baptist Church on the occasion of its 130th anniversary.
• HJ339
  Introduced: February 04, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending the Town of Chincoteague on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
• HR1
  Introduced: December 21, 2007
  Status: Agreed to by House by voice vote
  
  : Commending Steven E. Wilson.

• HB67
  Introduced: December 15, 2005
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Finance
  
  : Recordation tax; additional distribution to localities.
• HB196
  Introduced: January 03, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Transportation
  
  : License plates, special; issuance to residents and supporters of Bay Creek community.
• HB1713
  Introduced: December 15, 2006
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB1713)
  
  : Resources Authority; expands projects that can be financed to include land conserv. & preservation.
• HB1714
  Introduced: December 15, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086)
  
  : Transient occupancy tax; increase thereof in Northampton County.
• HB1719
  Introduced: December 19, 2006
  Status: Incorporated by Education (HB2479-Crockett-Stark)
  
  : Nurse, licensed; local school boards to employ for each school.
• HB1870
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from VRS (HB1870)
  
  : Retirement System; clarifies purchase of prior service credit for National Guard.
• HB1966
  Introduced: January 05, 2007
  Status: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
  
  : Sexual offenses; evidence of defendant's commission of another offense is admissible.
• HB1967
  Introduced: January 05, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from VRS (HB1967)
  
  : Law Officers' Retirement System; agency heads not eligible except Chief of Capitol Police.
• HB1968
  Introduced: January 05, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0856)
  
  : Family subdivision; amends statute for conveyance of a lot.
• HB2229
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637)
  
  : Impaired Waters Clean-up Plan Report; consolidation of various reports into.
• HB2502
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292)
  
  : Donations; expands definition thereof to include provision of in-kind resources for event.
• HB2720
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)
  
  : Charter; Town of Cheriton. 
• HB3155
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from SCC (HB3155)
  
  : Electric power generation assets; State Corporation Commission's approval of divestiture.
• HJ576
  Introduced: December 11, 2006
  Status: Referred to Committee on Rules
  
  : Open-space & Farmlands; Joint Sub. Studying Funding Sources for Purchase of Development Rights.
• HJ660
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ660ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of John E. Worsley, Sr.
• HJ695
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee on Rules
  
  : Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; joint subcommittee to study enhanced development of cargo, etc.
• HJ760
  Introduced: January 17, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ760ER)
  
  : Commending David B. Nichols.
• HJ819
  Introduced: January 29, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ819ER)
  
  : Commending Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority.
• HJ889
  Introduced: February 09, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ889ER)
  
  : Commending the Atlantic Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
• HJ976
  Introduced: February 19, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ976ER)
  
  : Commending J. Robert Bray.
• HR88
  Introduced: February 23, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR88ER)
  
  : Commending the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

• HB67
  Introduced: December 15, 2005
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Finance
  
  : Recordation tax; additional distribution to localities.
• HB95
  Introduced: December 19, 2005
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)
  
  : Student, new; certain information required upon registration to public school.
• HB103
  Introduced: December 21, 2005
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by members of National Guard.
• HB106
  Introduced: December 22, 2005
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086)
  
  : Warning lights; use of red or red and white lights by NASA's Wallops Flight Facility vehicles.
• HB125
  Introduced: December 27, 2005
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)
  
  : Conservators of the peace; includes NASA's special agents.
• HB175
  Introduced: December 30, 2005
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)
  
  : Overweight farm vehicles; may operate at extended weights authorized.
• HB196
  Introduced: January 03, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Transportation
  
  : License plates, special; issuance to residents and supporters of Bay Creek community.
• HB651
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)
  
  : Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act; gives authority to accept federal grant money.
• HB652
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033)
  
  : Oyster tax; revenues to be deposited into Public Oyster Rocks Replenishment Fund.
• HB653
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0107)
  
  : Nonevidentiary substances or paraphernalia; disposal thereof.
• HB981
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)
  
  : Wildlife and fish restoration; Department of Game & Inland Fisheries to accept federal grant money.
• HB982
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)
  
  : Avian influenza; regulations to prevent & control in commercial and noncommercial poultry.
• HB983
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)
  
  : Animal or animal products; compensation for those destroyed to control disease outbreak.
• HB1576
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: Tabled in Transportation
  
  : National Rural Transit Assistance Program; buses to be equipped with warning lights when stopped.
• HJ11
  Introduced: December 07, 2005
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ11ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Paul B. Merritt.
• HJ12
  Introduced: December 07, 2005
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ12ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Sergeant Tromaine K. Toy, Sr.
• HJ21
  Introduced: December 15, 2005
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ21ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Julia E. Major.
• HJ133
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ133ER)
  
  : Development rights; joint subcom. to study funding sources for purchase thereof to preserve land.
• HJ224
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ224ER)
  
  : Commending Alice Coles.
• HJ252
  Introduced: January 31, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ252ER)
  
  : Commending Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on the occasion of its 140th anniversary.
• HJ5059
  Introduced: May 24, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5059ER)
  
  : Commending the Onancock Volunteer Fire Department and its historic firemen's carnival.
• HJ5060
  Introduced: May 24, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5060ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Thomas J. Matthews.
• HJ5085
  Introduced: June 16, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5085ER)
  
  : Commending Greenbackville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.