1	Legislative Priorities General Assembly 2005
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16	Legislative Priority Shared by All Telecommunications Tax Restructuring Support protecting the long-term financial interests of Virginia’s local governments and ensuring a modern telecommunications and information services tax policy that treats communications providers equitably, regardless of the delivery platform. Local governments must be guaranteed—on a locality-by-locality basis—adequate and growing communications services tax revenues in exchange for the local right of entry and regulation, adequate local consumer protection and services, and efficient local public safety answering point operations (E-911 call centers).
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20	Legislative Priority Shared by All Transportation funding In order for the region to remain economically competitive, needed improvements to transportation infrastructure are critical. Urge the General Assembly to make transportation a priority and support additional state funding for local transportation improvements, including but not limited to the region’s priority list, without putting additional financial burden on localities.
21	Legislative Priority Shared by All Priority Projects: 1. Richmond International Airport Expansion and Access Improvements 2. Main Street Station, High Speed Intercity Rail, GRTC Improvements 3. Routes 360 (East of I-295 in Hanover and West of Swift Creek in Chesterfield) 4. Parham Road/Patterson Avenue Urban Interchange (Henrico) 5. Huguenot Bridge Reconstruction
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26	Legislative Priority Shared by All PPTRA (Car Tax Reimbursement) Support increased funding for local reimbursement for FY 2006 by $270 million so that the reimbursement is fully funded, which would enable localities to receive their full reimbursement between January 1 2006 and June 30, 2006. Advocate immediate reimbursement payments to localities which will not cause revenue shortfall for local governments.
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31	Legislative Priority Shared by All Enterprise Zones Support legislation which would remove the sunset date for enterprise zone authorization as of July 1, 2005. Enterprise zones are an effective tool for economic development and revitalization.
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