Bill Text: VA SB1151 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Local towing advisory board; membership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-18 - Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N) [SB1151 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-SB1151-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §46.2-1233.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§46.2-1233.2. Advisory board.
Prior to adopting or amending any ordinance pursuant to §
46.2-1232 or §46.2-1233, the local governing body shall appoint an advisory
board to advise the governing body with regard to the appropriate provisions of
the ordinance. Voting members of the advisory board shall consist of an equal
number of representatives of (i) local
law-enforcement agencies and
representatives of,
(ii) licensed towing and recovery operators, (iii) commercial
property or business owners, including business
tenants residing in commercial buildings, and one member
of (iv) the general public. Any such advisory board shall meet
at least once per year at the call of the chairman of the advisory board, who
shall be elected annually from among the voting members of the advisory board
by a majority vote.