Congratulations, Bill Carrico

Virginia's State Senator Bill Carrico sponsored or co-sponsored ten bills that have been officially signed into Virginia law this year. This web site officially extends its congratulations to Senator Carrico.

How good or bad were these bills, for you? Links (currently) go to each bill's page at lis.virginia.gov so you can read them and see.

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Governor Signs 10 of Senator Carrico's Bills into Law

Last week, Governor Northam signed 10 pieces of legislation carried by Senator Carrico into law. These bills include: SB 492: Towing; fees. Increases the maximum hookup and towing fee for passenger vehicles from $135 to $150. The bill contains a technical amendment. SB 496: Off-road recreational vehicles; highway speed limit. Increases from 25 to 35 miles per hour the maximum highway speed limit wherein the governing body of any county, city, or town embraced by the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority may by ordinance authorize the operation of any off-road recreational vehicle. The bill provides that such governing body may by ordinance authorize the operation of any such vehicle for a distance of no more than five miles on any highway that has a maximum speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. SB 501: Admissions tax; Wythe County. Authorizes Wythe County to impose an admissions tax at a rate not to exceed 10 percent to any event held on the grounds of any exposition center that (i) has an indoor arena that seats at least 2,000 persons and an outdoor multipurpose space and (ii) is located on all or part of a parcel of land containing at least 40 acres. SB 503: Admissions tax in Washington County. Clarifies that Washington County is authorized to impose an admissions tax to either a multi-sports complex or an entertainment venue, or both, subject to certain requirements. SB 504: Federal pilot programs; report. Requires the Department of Transportation to convene a work group to identify the implications of the Commonwealth's participation in a federal data collection pilot program or project involving six-axle tractor truck semitrailer combinations weighing up to 91,000 pounds and utilizing interstate highways. SB 506: Child-caring institutions. Directs the Commissioner of Social Services to issue a license to a facility operated or conducted under the auspices of a religious institution established in 1978 and located in Atkins, Virginia, at the intersection of Pierce Road and Freedom Tabernacle Lane that receives no public funds and that meets the standards for licensed child-caring institutions as adopted by the Board of Social Services and in effect on January 1, 1987. SB 508: Use of unmanned aircraft system; public bodies. Allows an unmanned aircraft system to be deployed without a warrant (i) by a law-enforcement officer to survey the scene of an accident for the purpose of crash reconstruction and record photographic or video images of the scene and (ii) by the Department of Transportation when assisting a law-enforcement officer to prepare a report of such accident because of personal injury, death, or property damage of $1,500 or more. SB 832: Prescription Monitoring Program; covered substances. Adds controlled substances included in Schedule V for which a prescription is required and naloxone to the list of covered substances the dispensing of which must be reported to the Prescription Monitoring Program. SB 833: Installation of a pen register or trap and trace device; emergency circumstances. Provides that when disclosure of real-time location data is not prohibited by federal law, an investigative or law-enforcement officer may obtain a pen register or trap and trace device installation without a court order in certain emergency circumstances. The bill provides that when a pen register or trap and trace device is installed without a court order under such circumstances, the investigative or law-enforcement officer shall file with the appropriate court, within three days of seeking such installation, a written statement setting forth the facts giving rise to the emergency and the reasons why the installation of the pen register or trap and trace device was believed to be important in addressing the emergency. The bill also provides that real-time location data may be obtained without a warrant from a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service in order to locate a child who is reasonably believed to have been abducted or to be missing and endangered. SB 995: Regulation of outdoor advertising in sight of public highways; exceptions. Provides that signs that are related to public safety, provide directional information, or provide public information may be situated or installed in highway rights-of-way. The bill provides that any signs other than those related to public safety, providing directional information, or providing public information may not be situated or installed in highway rights-of-way.

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