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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sanitary districts; creation by board of supervisors."
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description: "Transfers authority to create or enlarge sanitary districts from the circuit court with jurisdiction over the locality in which the district is located to the governing body of the county in which the district is located. The bill requires the governing body, at a hearing for the creation or enlargement of a sanitary district, to make a finding of fact of whether the action is necessary, practical, fiscally responsible, and supported by at least 50 percent of persons who own real property in (i) the proposed district or (ii) in the case of enlargement, the area proposed to be included in the existing district. The bill also requires a minimum standard regarding timeliness for hearings."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1740"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1740 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Drainage", "Soil Conservation", "Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J. Randall Minchew"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-08"
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last_action: "2017-02-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c2bfa56-2976-4ed5-8fe6-9d73e8845b2f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1740"
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source_hash: "630278976650766d99ae6c26a8f7b0fc98881e47c5196554cb7260fb24524598"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1740 (2017) — Sanitary districts; creation by board of supervisors.
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Transfers authority to create or enlarge sanitary districts from the circuit court with jurisdiction over the locality in which the district is located to the governing body of the county in which the district is located. The bill requires the governing body, at a hearing for the creation or enlargement of a sanitary district, to make a finding of fact of whether the action is necessary, practical, fiscally responsible, and supported by at least 50 percent of persons who own real property in (i) the proposed district or (ii) in the case of enlargement, the area proposed to be included in the existing district. The bill also requires a minimum standard regarding timeliness for hearings.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0014)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1740ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1740ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102826D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1740)
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4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104956D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1740S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **95–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17104956D-S1 — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- J. Randall Minchew — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102826D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 17104956D-S1
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- **2017-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1740S1
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- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-09** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17104956D-S1 (98-Y 1-N)
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
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- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
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- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c2bfa56-2976-4ed5-8fe6-9d73e8845b2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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