Migrant labor camp permits; removes expiration date.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on the impact of the change on existing permits or potential ease/hardship for obtaining and maintaining permits.

Migrant Labor Camp Permits; No More Annual Expiration

This bill changes Virginia's law to remove the annual expiration date for migrant labor camp permits and instead sets an expiration date of one year from when the permit is issued.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the requirement that migrant labor camp permits expire on December 31 each year.
• Sets a new rule where migrant labor camp permits expire exactly one year after they are given out.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who run or manage migrant labor camps in Virginia.
• The Commissioner of Health and the people working for them who inspect and issue permits.

Terms To Know

Migrant Labor Camp

A place where workers from other places live temporarily while they work on farms or in industries that move around a lot, like agriculture.

Permit

An official document that allows someone to do something specific, like running a migrant labor camp.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the change will affect existing permits or what happens if a permit is lost.
• It's unclear whether this change will make it easier or harder for camps to obtain and maintain their permits.

Official Summary Text

Migrant labor camp permits; expiration.
Removes the annual December 31 expiration date for all issued migrant labor camp permits and provides that such permits expire 12 months from the date of issuance.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to amend and reenact §
32.1-207
of the Code of Virginia, relating to migrant labor camp permits; expiration.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §
32.1-207
of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§
32.1-207
. Inspection; issuance of permit; permits nontransferable.

If, after inspection by the Commissioner or his designee, the Commissioner finds that the camp or the proposed operation of the camp for which an application is submitted pursuant to §
32.1-206
conforms or will conform to the provisions of this article and any applicable regulations, the Commissioner shall issue a permit for the operation of the camp. A permit shall not be transferable and shall expire
on December 31 of each year
12 months from the date of issuance
.