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| Bill | Northampton County; additional sales and use tax, appropriations to incorporated towns. | Additional sales and use tax in Northampton County; appropriations to incorporated towns for educational purposes. Authorizes Northampton County to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, as determined by the governing body, if initiated by a resolution of the local governing body and approved by the voters at a referendum. The bill requires the governing body to specify in the enacting ordinance the time period, not to exceed 20 years, for which the tax would be imposed. Revenue from the tax shall be used solely for capital projects for new construction or major renovation of schools in the locality enacting the tax. The bill removes the limit on the amount that Northampton County may appropriate to an incorporated town that has not complied with the provisions of its charter relating to the elections of local officials. Under current law, such amount is limited to the amount the town would have received from local sales and use tax for educational purposes if such election had been held. Under current law, only Halifax County has the authority to impose such tax and make such appropriations. The bill contains technical amendments. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 1028 | Virginia SB 1028 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 1028 (2020) — Northampton County; additional sales and use tax, appropriations to incorporated towns.
Additional sales and use tax in Northampton County; appropriations to incorporated towns for educational purposes. Authorizes Northampton County to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, as determined by the governing body, if initiated by a resolution of the local governing body and approved by the voters at a referendum. The bill requires the governing body to specify in the enacting ordinance the time period, not to exceed 20 years, for which the tax would be imposed. Revenue from the tax shall be used solely for capital projects for new construction or major renovation of schools in the locality enacting the tax. The bill removes the limit on the amount that Northampton County may appropriate to an incorporated town that has not complied with the provisions of its charter relating to the elections of local officials. Under current law, such amount is limited to the amount the town would have received from local sales and use tax for educational purposes if such election had been held. Under current law, only Halifax County has the authority to impose such tax and make such appropriations. The bill contains technical amendments.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1028ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1028H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1028E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from TAX (SB1028) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (70-Y 26-N) — 69–26 (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (14-Y 2-N) — 14–2 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 8-N) — 31–8 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) — 28–11 (pass) · upper
- Defeated by Senate (26-Y 13-N) — 26–13 (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20105584D
introduction - 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Introduced bill reprinted 20105584D
- 2020-01-26 Impact statement from TAX (SB1028)
- 2020-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (14-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-31 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-31 Reading of amendments waived
- 2020-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-01-31 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1028E
- 2020-01-31 Printed as engrossed 20105584D-E
- 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 11-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Defeated by Senate (26-Y 13-N)
- 2020-02-03 Requires 27 afirmative votes for passage
- 2020-02-03 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Passed by for the day
- 2020-02-04 Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
passage - 2020-02-13 Impact statement from TAX (SB1028E)
- 2020-02-25 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-25 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-25 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2020-02-26 Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-26 Committee substitute printed 20109174D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-02 Committee substitute agreed to 20109174D-H1
- 2020-03-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1028H1
- 2020-03-02 Passed House with substitute (70-Y 26-N)
passage - 2020-03-02 VOTE: Passage (70-Y 26-N)
- 2020-03-03 House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 8-N)
- 2020-03-03 Title replaced 20109174D-H1
- 2020-03-06 Enrolled
- 2020-03-07 Signed by President
- 2020-03-07 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-09 Impact statement from TAX (SB1028ER)
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 708 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/708deedf-36ec-4aac-9daa-4b9387b2c3e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).