Norfolk, City of; financing of an arena and facility.
Summary
City of Norfolk; financing of an arena and facility. Grants the City of Norfolk certain powers relating to construction of an arena and facility. Among those powers is the authority to (i) issue bonds to construct the arena and facility, (ii) receive state sales and use tax revenue that is attributable to the arena and facility, and (iii) use such revenue to repay such bonds. The bill provides that the City of Norfolk's entitlement to state sales and use tax revenue will expire on the earliest of (a) the maturity date of any bonds it issues related to constructing the arena and facility, (b) the expiration date of its contractual obligations related to the arena or facility, or (c) July 1, 2055. The powers granted by the bill to the City of Norfolk are similar to those granted to the City of Virginia Beach with respect to a sports or entertainment project.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Last action Dec 4, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
1
Committee
5
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Committee
Referred from Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Charters
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102685D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joseph C. Lindsey
DDemocratic
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