December 2000 Opinions
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Opinion # |
Requestor |
Summary |
| 00-090 | Mr. Edwin N. Wilmot |
Buildings owned and used as schools by City of Hopewell are "public places" that may not be sold without recorded three-fourths affirmative vote of all members elected to city council. |
| 00-096 | The Honorable William C. Mims Member, Senate of Virginia |
Amendment in 2000 House Bill 950 is not necessary to authorize law-enforcement officers of Commonwealth to detain nonresident runaway child. Current law authorizes law-enforcement officers to take into custody out-of-state runaway child who is within Commonwealth. |
| 00-099 | The Honorable George W. Grayson Member, House of Delegates |
Statutory requirement that copy of certificate of analysis be "mailed or delivered" to counsel for accused at least seven days before hearing or trial does not impose condition that accused, or his counsel, be in possession of such copy within seven days of hearing or trial. |
| 00-070 | The Honorable Madison E. Marye Member, Senate of Virginia The Honorable Albert C. Pollard Jr. Member, House of Delegates |
Act does not include limited liability corporation as entity that must comply with campaign finance reporting requirements; does not address expenditure of funds transferred from political action committee to limited liability corporation. Expenditure of such funds by corporation is not subject to reporting requirements of Act. |
| 00-093 | The Honorable H. Morgan Griffith Member, House of Delegates |
Act permits political action committee to purchase and make available to legislators redistricting-related services to assist in political process of redistricting. |
| 00-068 | Ms. Deanis L. Simmons County Attorney for Tazewell County |
County, within its discretion, may provide emergency equipment for use by fire and rescue organizations in responding to emergency calls and may seek reimbursement for actual cost of equipment use. |
| 00-091 | The Honorable Emily Couric Member, Senate of Virginia | Locality that chooses to enforce Fire Prevention Code pursuant to Act may not selectively enforce open burning regulations prescribed by Code on geographic basis. |
| 00-083 | The Honorable Clifton A. Woodrum Member, House of Delegates |
Act specifically authorizes Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to enter into services contracts with Hotel Roanoke Conference Center Commission and to expend nongeneral funds from continuing education programs in support of operating costs of Hotel Roanoke Conference Center; does not authorize University to contribute to capital expenditures of Commission. |
| 00-074 | The Honorable Frederick M. Quayle Member, Senate of Virginia | House Bill 908, which allows locality to require special exception or special use permit for three or more persons unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption residing in single-family dwelling in area zoned for single-family use, would not violate federal or state fair housing law unless applied in discriminatory manner. Whether bill applies to or affects specific piece of property must be decided on case-by-case basis. Incorporation of term "nonprofit" in definition of "residential facility" in Senate Bill 449 creates discriminatory distinction that violates Virginia Fair Housing Law. |
| 00-086 | The Honorable Walter W. Stout III Judge, Circuit Court of the City of Richmond | Costs imposed by locality in civil action for establishment of courthouse law library may be used for ordinary and reasonable decorating needs incident to maintaining suitable quarters for library; may not be used for improvement of hallways or elevators leading to library. |
| 00-063 | The Honorable George W. Harris Jr. Judge, Twenty-Third Judicial District | Court may establish time frame within which defendant may make deferred or installment payments of unpaid court-ordered fines or costs. Clerk of court may grant or deny request for time to pay in accordance with court’s guidelines authorizing such practice. Clerk’s decision concerning conditions of deferred or installment payment agreements is final and not appealable. Petitions filed by defendants requesting deferred or installment payments are considered to be traffic, and not civil, matters. Court decision regarding deferred or installment payments is not appealable. Court must enter order reinstating defendant’s driver’s license after defendant has paid reinstatement fee to Department of Motor Vehicles and agreement has been entered for defendant to make deferred or installment payments of unpaid court-ordered fines or costs. |
| 00-084 | The Honorable Phillip A. Hamilton Member, House of Delegates | Transfer of funds from next biennial budget to current state budget, without approval of General Assembly, to meet reimbursement requirements of Act, provided such action is within legislative intent of Act and 1998 and 1999 Appropriations Acts for 1998-2000 biennium, is authorized by General Assembly. |