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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1978

Page

7

Major Actions by 1978 Va General Assembly

Summary of Virginia’s 1978 General Assembly actions across transportation law enforcement education consumer local government human services state government taxes and more. Key items include traffic safety reforms school funding civil and criminal policy changes and the shift to an estate tax replacing inheritance tax in 1980.

Va. General Assembly Richmond General Assembly Virginia State Highway Department State Council of Higher Education Blue Ridge Sanatorium University of Virginia VPISU Department of Consumer Counsel Boards of Supervisors Human Services State Water Control Board State Health Department Division of Motor Vehicles Department of Transportation Regulation State Corporation Commission Assembly Fairfax

Governor Dalton Recieves Mixed Support From Virginia Assembly

Virginia Governor John Dalton, a Republican, saw about half of his administration backed by the Democrat-led 1978 General Assembly in a year of partisan tensions. Key wins included approval of pari mutuel betting and funding for Metro rail, while attempts such as a Department of Transportation Safety and a public utilities department failed or stalled.

Richmond John Dalton General Assembly Senate Assembly Dalton Virginia State Corporation Commission Department of Aviation Virginia Port Authority Metro Rail Division of Motor Vehicles Department of Transportation Regulation Department of Transportation Safety State Highway Department Department of Public Utilities

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