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Explanation(The amendments to Part 5: 1) Increase the VABC license privilege fee by 30 percent (The license privilege fee has not been increased since 1990 and the license application fee has not been increased in 17 years); 2) Increase the number of Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court and Circuit Court judges; 3) Provide for public defender offices covering the County of Arlington, City of Falls Church, and the Cities of Newport News, Hampton and Chesapeake; and 4) Allow up to $6 million in each fiscal year in total tax credits against the Virginia corporate income tax for cigarettes manufactured in Virginia, which cigarettes are also exported by the manufacturer. The credit may be taken for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2006, but before January 1, 2016.)