Legislation: 2012

HB 485 - Expungement of certain drug charges.  Provides that any person who has been convicted of a charge of possession of marijuana or had a charge of possession of marijuana or other drug discharged and dismissed in accordance with the provisions of sec. 18.2-251 more than five years prior to his petition for expungement may file a petition setting forth the relevant facts and requesting expungement of the police records and the court records relating to the charge.  The bill adds that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall maintain a record of the expungement to be made available to any attorney for the Commonwealth upon request. 

HB 486 - Virginia Retirement System; certain employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher education.  Provides employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher learning the opportunity to purchase service credit in the defined benefit plan with accrued contributions and earnings, and thereafter be covered under the defined benefit plan.

HB 487 - Collection by locality of cost of transporting prisoners.  Allows localities to charge persons convicted of violations of state law or ordinance for the costs of transporting them to jail or other holding facility.

HB 488 - Board of Education; interscholastic activities.  Requires the Board of Education to act as liaison between local school divisions and any nonprofit corporation founded in Virginia in 1913 that currently organizes and governs interscholastic activities among the public high schools, in order to help resolve any disputes that may arise between the parties.

HB 489 - Fees, additional fees for conviction of domestic violence offenses.  Assesses an additional $50 fee for conviction of domestic violence offenses to be retained by the locality to support investigation and prosecution of domestic violence cases and to provide services to victims in such cases.   This is in addition to the fees, available to localities, assessed to support the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund. 

HJ 75 - Celebrating the life of Sabra Ann Bonds Bratton.

HJ 76 - Celebrating the life of Arthur Jan Jernigan.

HJ 77 - Celebrating the life of Mary Frances Coles.

HJ 78 - Celebrating the life of Ulysses Randolph.

HJ 79 - Commending Sweet Union Baptist Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.

HJ 80 - Commending Marion Ware.