Appeal of tax assessments; prior to receipt of information, person to sign acknowledgment of order. (HB910)

Introduced By

Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg)

Progress

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

Description

Appeal of local tax assessments; confidentiality; trial by jury. Provides that an appeal to the circuit court for correction of an erroneous local tax assessment filed on or after July 1, 2016, may be conducted as a jury trial, at the discretion of the taxpayer, and prescribes the process for selecting jurors for such a proceeding. Additionally, the bill requires that prior to the release of confidential tax information in the course of such appeal, the court order the parties not to disclose such information to anyone not entitled to receive it and inform the parties that a violation of such an order is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Finally, the bill requires such a proceeding to follow the Uniform Pretrial Schedule Order provided in the Rules of Supreme Court unless the parties agree otherwise. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/12/2016Committee
01/12/2016Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102860D
01/12/2016Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/19/2016Assigned to sub: Civil Law
01/19/2016Assigned App. sub: Civil Law
01/19/2016Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
01/20/2016Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 6-N)
02/03/2016Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
02/10/2016Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2016Committee substitute printed 16105127D-H1
02/12/2016Read first time
02/15/2016Read second time
02/15/2016Committee substitute agreed to 16105127D-H1
02/15/2016Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB910H1
02/16/2016Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/16/2016VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2016Constitutional reading dispensed
02/17/2016Referred to Committee on Finance
02/18/2016Impact statement from TAX (HB910H1)
03/01/2016Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/02/2016Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2016Read third time
03/03/2016Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2016Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2016Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2016Enrolled
03/07/2016Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB910ER)
03/07/2016Signed by Speaker
03/09/2016G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, April 11, 2016
03/09/2016Signed by President
03/09/2016Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/9/2016
03/09/2016G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
03/11/2016Impact statement from TAX (HB910ER)
03/23/2016G Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective 7/1/16)
03/23/2016G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 50 seconds.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.



Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): OPPOSED, NO. SUBSTITUTE AGREED TO. GENTLEMAN FROM LOUDOUN.

Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg): THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, USE BILL 910 PROTECTS TAXPAYER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND APPEAL PRETRIAL DISCOVERY MATTERS AT THE START OF THE PROCEEDINGS BUT I ADD, MR. SPEAKER, THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SHORT TITLE BLURB THIS DOES NOT CREATE A RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE DOES NOT.

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