Thanks to Catherine for sending this along: Subject: [Fwd: [MORRIS] Important VA Legistlation] Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:30:01 -0600 From: The Marx Family <rmarx2@wi.rr.com> To: Nancy <lacywinston@earthlink.net> Nancy, this came on my Morris list. Thought it might be worth running by you to see if it would be relevant to the list. Catherine -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [MORRIS] Important VA Legistlation Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:33:39 -0700 Resent-From: MORRIS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:33:35 -0600 From: "Fred" <freese@netins.net> Reply-To: MORRIS-L@rootsweb.com To: MORRIS-L@rootsweb.com This may or may not affect any one of you, but I thought it was worth passing on to everyone. It came through one of my lists and will most definitely affect some of us. I have checked on the legitimacy myself, and it is the real McCoy! Please take a minute to read this and decide what you may wish to do with it. Thank you, Fred **************************************** IMPORTANT IMMEDIATE LEGISLATION AFFECTING VIRGINIA GENEALOGISTS!! STATUS: PASSED SENATE 40-0. NOW AT HOUSE OF DELEGATE SUBCOMMITTEE TO MEET ON IT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2003. "VIRGINIA SENATE BILL 818-E2-80-94-DESTRUCTION OF WILL FILES. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=031&typ=bil&val=sb818&Submit =Go January 31, 2003 Virginia Senate Bill 818 Destruction of will files. Allows the clerk to destroy a will's file along with the original will after it is no longer of any value and after it has been microfilmed. The description of the Bill reads as follows: "Destruction of will files. Allows the clerk to destroy a will's file along with the original will after 5 years have passed since probate or recordation and allows destruction of originals of instruments which have been recorded and remained unretrieved by the recording party after 6 months, if the documents are no longer of any value and have been microfilmed." House of Delegates Subcommittee Member Information: Chairman Terry G. Kilgore of the House Subcommittee on/for Civil Law of the House Committee on/for Courts of Justice advises you that a meeting of the Subcommittee will be held on 02/10/2003 at Committee will meet immediately after adjournment of the Full Committee. in 7th. floor West Conf. Room in GAB. . Patron Name Bill(s) to be considered at this meeting Thomas Norment SB818 Civil Law Subcommittee Members to email (must be done immediately): Chairman: Kilgore, Terry G. del_Ki-@House.state.va.us Members: Almand, James F. Del_A-@house.state.va.us Athey, Clifford L., Jr. Del_A-@house.state.va.us Black, Richard H. Del_B-@House.state.va.us Janis, William R. Del_J-@House.state.va.us Joannou, Johnny S. no email Johnson, Joseph P., Jr. del_Jo-@House.state.va.us Marrs, Bradley P. Del_M-@house.state.va.us McQuigg, Michèle B. del_Mc-@House.state.va.us Reese, Gary A. Del_R-@house.state.va.us Robert F. McDonnell - (Ex-Officio) del_Mcd-@House.state.va.us For all House of Delegate email addresses to email or call, see http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/MWebsiteEL?OpenView and http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/MWebsiteTL?OpenView To call to protest this bill in the general delivery voicemail box: By Phone When the General Assembly is in session, the House of Delegates and Senate of Virginia jointly operate a toll-free, intrastate telephone message center to accept calls from citizens of the Commonwealth wishing to express an opinion on legislation. The messages are received by the center and will be relayed to the members' offices as requested. You may call the Constituent Viewpoint operators at (800) 889-0229 (outside Richmond) or (804) 698-1990 (Richmond area) to express your opinion on a legislative issue. ==== MORRIS Mailing List ==== List Admin's: Addie cuznsrus@mindspring.com & Fred freese@netins.net To unsub send msg to MORRIS-L-request@rootsweb.com and only put the word without the quotes " unsubscribe " in the body of the message.