2018 Builder/Developer Legislative Wins & Session Recap

2018 General Assembly Session Recap

Over 3,700 pieces of legislation were introduced during the 60-day General Assembly Session. Of those bills, Your Home Builders Association of Virginia (HBAV) identified 147 bills that would have a direct or indirect impact on Virginia’s residential land development and construction industry. HBAV represented the greater interests of builder, developers, and contractors on the following:

Summary of Legislation HBAV Opposed:

Proffers: Legislation that would have amended, repealed, studied, or exempted certain localities from the 2016 proffer legislation
Statewide Fire Prevention Code: Three bills that would have transferred the authority for the adoption of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Fire Services Board
Impact Fee Legislation: Two bills that would have granted broad impact fee authority to all localities in the Commonwealth
Affiliated Services: Legislation that would have prohibited the use of affiliated business arrangements (Mortgage Lenders and Title Companies)
Affordable Dwelling Units / Inclusionary Zoning Legislation: Legislation that would have granted all localities the authority to enact mandatory affordable set-aside ordinences
Tree Ordinances: Several bills that would have authorized localities to enact more stringent tree ordinances than currently enabled under State Code
Cluster Development: One bill that would have prohibited the placement of stormwater management facilities in “open space” within cluster developments

Summary of Legislation HBAV Supported:

Legislation to ensure the protection of proprietary construction and engineering documents
Legislation to allow localities to enter into agreements with another to help provide plan review, permitting, and inspections services
Removes the requirement that a building permit applicant’s written statement that he is not subject to licensure or certification as a contractor or subcontractor be supported by an affidavit
Legislation to address stormwater management regulations in rural Tidewater localities
Legislation to protect Virginia’s vested rights laws
Legislation to exempt from the requirement to obtain a Virginia Water Protection Permit an impact to a stormwater management facility on dry land
Legislation to allow localities to create abandoned school revitalization zones

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2018 GA Session Bill Recap FINAL

Fredericksburg Area Builder's Association

The Fredericksburg Area Builders Association (FABA), chartered in 1968 and incorporated in 1980 has hundreds of members both builders and associates. These members represent thousands of people whose livelihoods are directly tied to the building and building-related industries. FABA, a tax-exempt trade association, is affiliated with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Home Builders Association of Virginia (HBAV). With its main purpose to create and maintain a favorable climate for the growth and development of the building industry, the Fredericksburg Area Builders Association seeks to develop and maintain high professional business standards with the ultimate goal of providing home ownership to all individuals and families in our area. Centrally located between Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital, and Richmond, Virginia, the state capital, FABA serves the historic City of Fredericksburg, VA area including the surrounding counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, Caroline, Culpeper and Orange.