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Budget Amendments - SB800 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Surovell
Legislative Standing to Intervene (language only)

Item 4-14 #2s

Item 4-14 #2s

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Page 732, after line 1, insert:

17. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a chapter number 55.6 consisting of a section numbered § 2.2-5517 as follows:


§ 2.2-5517. Right to intervene in the interests of the Commonwealth


A. The Speaker of the House of Delegates or the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia shall have the right to intervene as parties and shall have standing to represent the interests of the Commonwealth in any proceeding in which (i) a provision or provisions of the Constitution of Virginia are contested or are at issue, or (ii) the constitutionality, legality, or application of a Virginia law established under legislative authority is at issue. If there is a legislative intervenor, the Attorney General may only compromise or settle an action with injunctive relief or a consent decree with the approval of such legislative intervenor. If the Attorney General wishes to compromise or settle an action with injunctive relief or a consent decree and there is no legislative intervenor, the Attorney General must give 21 days notice to the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia prior to offering such settlement, including a copy of the proposed settlement plan.


B. The Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations may bring suit for equitable relief if the Governor refuses to disburse, implement, follow, or comply with an enactment of the General Assembly appropriating funds. They shall also have the right to intervene as parties and shall have standing to represent the interests of the Commonwealth in any such proceeding brought by another party.


C. The Speaker of the House of Delegates or the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia may bring a suit for equitable relief if the Governor has refused to implement, follow, or comply with any enactment of the General Assembly that does not appropriate funds. They shall also have the right to intervene as parties and shall have standing to represent the interests of the Commonwealth in any such proceeding brought by another party.


Page 732, line 2, strike "17", insert "18".

Page 732, line 3, strike "18", insert "19".

Page 732, line 4, strike "and".

Page 732, line 4, after "sixteenth", insert "and seventeenth".

Page 732, line 5, strike "19", insert "20".



Explanation

(This amendment amends the Code of Virginia to ensure the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia, or the Chairs of House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees have the right to intervene as parties and shall have standing to represent the interests of the Commonwealth in any proceeding.)