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2010 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor

Chairman: Richard L. Saslaw

Clerk: Cheryl Law
Staff: Frank Munyan,Anne Louise Mason
Date of Meeting: January 18, 2010
Time and Place: Monday, 1/2 hour after adjournment/Senate Rm. B
Please note change: SB100 and SB131 are off the docket for Mon.

S.B. 163

Patron: Edwards

Health savings accounts; exemption from creditors' claims.  Exempts moneys paid into or out of, the assets of, and the income of, a health savings account from creditor process. Such assets shall not be liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, and shall not be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of the participant or beneficiary of the account.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 56 of Title 38.2 a section numbered 38.2-5604, relating to an exemption for health savings accounts from claims of creditors.

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S.B. 171

Patron: Deeds

Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program. Repeals the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program and creates a program to provide financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products used to produce renewable energy, nuclear energy, or energy efficiency products. To be eligible for a grant, the manufacturer must make a capital investment greater than $50 million and create at least 200 full-time jobs. The program would be managed by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 45.1-392.1 and 45.1-392.2 and to repeal § 45.1-392 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the establishment Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant.

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S.B. 240

Patron: Watkins

Certain mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers required to register with Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry. Compels mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers whose employees are required to be licensed as mortgage loan originators, to register with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, developed and maintained by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Financial Institutions may establish agreements with the Registry for such conditions as the collection of information and fees. This is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 6.1-409 and 6.1-410 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

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S.B. 386

Patron: Obenshain

Admission into evidence of certificates of analysis of motor fuel or lubricating oils. Provides that a certificate of analysis of any motor fuel or lubricating oils shall be admitted into evidence in any case relating to misbranding, etc., of motor fuel or lubricating oil, provided that the requirements (for admission of certificates of analysis that comport with the decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts) of subsection A of § 19.2-187.1 have been satisfied and the accused has not objected to the admission of the certificate pursuant to subsection B of § 19.2-187.1.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-165 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certificate of analysis of fuel or lubricating oil as evidence.

10103015D

S.B. 400

Patron: Stosch

State Corporation Commission; clerk's fees.  Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to establish the amount of the fees to be charged by the clerk of the Commission for furnishing copies of documents, certifying information, and providing access to records in the clerk's office. The fees shall be reasonable and are to be established by order or rule of the Commission. Existing provisions that establish specific fees for furnishing copies of documents, searching records, and affixing the Commission's seal are repealed.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 12.1-20, 12.1-21.1, and 12.1-21.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the clerk of the State Corporation Commission; fees.

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S.B. 439

Patron: Saslaw

Home service contract providers. Exempts any home service contract provider that has a net worth in excess of $100 million from the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 26 of Title 38.2 of the Virginia Code, which provides for the licensure regulation of such providers by the State Corporation Commission.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-2617, 38.2-2618, and 38.2-2619 of the Code of Virginia, relating to home service contract providers.

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S.B. 461

Patron: McEachin

Partnerships; offices and statements; penalty.  Makes it unlawful for any person to sign a general or limited partnership document he knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the State Corporation Commission for filing. Violations are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The measure also redesignates the specified office of a limited partnership as its principal office, which conforms to terminology applicable to other types of business entities.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 12.1-19.1, 12.1-43, 50-73.1, 50-73.4, 50-73.5, 50-73.8, 50-73.11, 50-73.12, 50-73.15, 50-73.54, 50-73.77, and 50-73.83 of the Code of Virginia, relating to partnerships; principal office, registered agent, and penalty for signing false documents.

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S.B. 466

Patron: Howell

Insurance companies; Virginia Public Safety Fund assessment.  Imposes an assessment on property and casualty insurance companies in the amount of one-half percent of the total direct gross premium income for such insurance. Moneys collected pursuant to the assessment shall be credited to the Virginia Public Safety Fund.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-401.2, relating to an assessment on property and casualty insurance companies; Virginia Public Safety Fund assessment.

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S.B. 477

Patron: Watkins

Group health insurance policies; small employers.  Clarifies that group accident and sickness policies and contracts sold to a small employer are required to include coverage for mammograms, pap smears, PSA testing, and colorectal cancer screening. The measure reconciles an inconsistency in 2009 legislation that arose when it was amended at the Governor's request during the reconvened session to require such policies to include these four mandated procedures.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-3406.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to group health insurance policies provided by small employers; mandated benefits.

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