HB2095
Bristol, City of; amending charter, changes to powers and organization.
Summary
As Introduced. Charter; City of Bristol; powers and organization.
Makes changes to various provisions of the charter for the City of Bristol, including: (i) removing the city's authority to adopt ordinances to provide for the prevention of immorality and for the suppression of gambling places and to authorize the appointment of law-enforcement officers in exchange with the City of ... (More) Bristol, Tennessee; (ii) changing from city council to the city attorney the authority to appoint assistant city attorneys; (iii) removing the requirement that a citizen own real property to serve on the planning commission; (iv) aligning the requirements for appropriations outside of the appropriations ordinance with provisions of the Code of Virginia; (v) authorizing the city council to re-appropriate unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year, regardless of whether obligated to an ongoing project; and (vi) authorizing the city attorney to make investigations into city affairs and removing such authority from other officers of boards and commissions. The bill contains technical amendments. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101065D
- 01/12/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/12/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/19/2021 - House: Assigned CC & T sub: Charters
- 01/21/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2021 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/2021 - House: Read first time
- 01/26/2021 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/27/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2021 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2021 - Senate: Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters
- 02/15/2021 - Senate: Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2021 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 02/22/2021 - House: Enrolled
- 02/22/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2095ER)
- 02/22/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 02/25/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/30/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 417 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/30/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417)
