Inventory of the Herbert H. Bateman Papers, 1946-1982, 1968-1982 Bateman, Herbert H, Papers, 1946-1982 Mss. 83 B31

Inventory of the Herbert H. Bateman Papers, 1946-1982, 1968-1982

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Repository
Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Collection number
Mss. 83 B31
Title
Herbert H. Bateman Papers, 1946-1982, 1968-1982.
Extent
12,731 items.
Creators
Herbert H. Bateman, John N. Dalton, Mills E. (Mills Edwin) Godwin, A. Linwood (Abner Linwood) Holton, Charles S. Robb.
Language
English
Abstract
Office files, 1968-1982, of Herbert H. Bateman, Virginia Republican State Senator from Newport News.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Herbert H. Bateman Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

Gift: Acc. no. 83-1; 12,731 items, 1/20/1983.

Biographical/Historical Information

Herbert Harvell Bateman was born in Perquimans County, North Carolina, 7 August 1928. He graduated from the College of William and Mary and received his law degree from Georgetown University. He served in the Virginia Senate from 1968 until 1983 when he was elected to Congress.

Biography Timeline

1928 August 7 Born, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
1949 Graduated from the College of William and Mary
1951- 1953 Served in the U.S. Air Force
1954 May 29 Married Laura Yacob
1956 [?] Law degree from Georgetown University Law Center
1968 Elected to Virginia State Senate
1976 Changed political affiliation from Democratic to Republican
1982 Elected to U.S. Congress
Committee Service State Senate
Standing Committees
1968- 1982 Courts of Justice
1968-1982 Finance
1968- 1971 Enrolled Bills
1968-1971 Fish & Game
1972-1976 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (Chaired)
1972-1982 Transportation
1977-1982 Rehabilitation and Social Services
Study Commissions
1968-1971 Court System Study
1968 State Aid to Public Schools
1970-1973 Consumer Credit
1971 Narcotics and Drug Laws
1973 Public School Financing
1973-1975 Milk Commission Study
1973-1982 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission [JLARC]
1975-1977 Coastal Study
1976 Products Liability
1978-1980 Sentencing
1978 Obscenity and Pornography
1978 Highway Maintenance
1979 Highway Funds Allocation
1978 Telephone Companies, Interstate Toll and Service Revenue
1978-1980 Virginia Individual Income Structure
1979 Railways, The Hazards Posed by Debris
1979-1982 Coal and Energy Commission
1980 Taxation of Leasehold Interests
1980; 1982 Virginia Independence Bicentennial
1981 Divorce Settlements
1982 JLARC-Review of General Government
1982 Fuller Road Ownership

Scope and Content Information

Office files, 1968-1982, of Herbert H. Bateman, Virginia Republican State Senator from Newport News. Includes correspondence with constituents and state officials; bills and legislative materials; memoranda; reports; pamphlets; and publications arranged according to subject. The collection contains background information and committee working papers showing Virginia's responses to the energy crisis of the late 1970's and to Ronald Reagan's "New Federalism" programs as well as the state's policies on education, transportation, and welfare funding, and the activities of state regulatory agencies.

There are materials concerning Bateman's sponsorship of coastal zone land management bills, bills for execution by lethal injection, bills for mandatory sentencing by judges in criminal cases and his activities on behalf of the port of Newport News, the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company and the Virginia seafood industry. The largest body of material concerns Bateman's 1975-1977 efforts as paid counsel and as senator to minimize the economic impact of the poisoning of the James River by kepone on the Virginia seafood industry.

Prominent correspondents include Linwood Holton, Mills Godwin, John Dalton, Charles Robb, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., William Spong, Thomas Downing, William Scott and Paul Trible, other General Assembly members and state agency commissioners.

Arrangement

Organization

This collection is organized into the following 249 series:
Series 1: Abortion
Series 2: Adult (Nursing) Homes
Series 3: Air Pollution
Series 4: Artificial Insemination
Series 5: Asbestos
Series 6: Attorney General Opinions
Series 7: Auto Clubs
Series 8: Auto Inspections
Series 9: Banking Legislation
Series 10: Bankruptcy Bill
Series 11: Bingo
Series 12: Biomass
Series 13: Budget
Series 14: Busing
Series 15: Capital Punishment
Series 16: Christopher Newport College
Series 17: Child Auto Safety
Series 18: Claims Subcommittee, 1982
Series 19: Coal Tax
Series 20: Coal and Energy Commission, 1979- 1982
Series 21: Coastal Zone Land Management Act
Series 22: Coastal Zone Land Management Bill
Series 23: Commendations
Series 24: Conflict of Interest
Series 25: Consolidation
Series 26: Constitutional Offices
Series 27: Consumer Credit
Series 28: Consumer Protection
Series 29: Corrections
Series 30: Court System
Series 31: Courts of Justice
Series 32: Covenant Not to Sue
Series 33: Credit Life Insurance
Series 34: Daily Press Essay
Series 35: District of Columbia Statehood
Series 36: Divorce Laws
Series 37: Domestic Relations Law
Series 38: Drunk Driving
Series 39: Economic Data
Series 40: Education, Public
Series 41: Education Association of Newport News
Series 42: Educational Issues, 1982
Series 43: Elderly
Series 44: Election Disputes
Series 45: Election Laws
Series 46: Election Returns
Series 47: Environment
Series 48: Environmental Protection Agency
Series 49: Execution Bill
Series 50: Farley, Guy
Series 51: Farm Bureau
Series 52: Federal Block Grants/Funding Reductions
Series 53: Federal Impact Aid
Series 54: Finance Committee, 1980-1982
Series 55: Fishing Licensing
Series 56: Food Act (Virginia), 1978
Series 57: Freedom of Information Act
Series 58: Fuel Conversion Authority
Series 59: Game Warden Bill
Series 60: Garnett, Henry D.
Series 61: Garnishing Legislation
Series 62: Gas Tax
Series 63: Gasohol
Series 64: General Assembly Summary, 1981
Series 65: Government Competition
Series 66: Government Reorganization
Series 67: Gun Control
Series 68: Habitual Offenders Act
Series 69: Higher Education
Series 70: Highway Appropriations, 1981-1982
Series 71: Highway Department Study
Series 72: Highway Funds
Series 73: Holidays, State
Series 74: Homes for Adults
Series 75: Homes for the Aged
Series 76: Homebuilders
Series 77: Housing Bills
Series 78: Human Resources
Series 79: In Vitro Clinic
Series 80: Income Sur Tax
Series 81: Industrial Revenue Bonds
Series 82: Insurance
Series 83: Interest Rate Legislation
Series 84: Intermediate Appellate Court
Series 85: Interstate 664
Series 86: Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission (JLARC)
Series 87: Joint Subcommittee to Study Virginia's Individual Income Tax Structure
Series 88: Judicial Nominations
Series 89: Juvenile Courts
Series 90: Juvenile Judges--Authority of
Series 91: Juvenile Justices
Series 92: Juvenile Justice Code
Series 93: Kepone
Series 94: Kindergarten
Series 95: Labor Laws
Series 96: Laetrile
Series 97: Land Surveyors
Series 98: Law Enforcement Training
Series 99: League of Women Voters
Series 100: Leasehold Interest--Joint Subcommittee
Series 101: Legislative Aides
Series 102: Legislative Process
Series 103: Legislative Proposals, 1980-1982
Series 104: Limitations on Spending
Series 105: Litter Laws
Series 106: Lobbyists
Series 107: Local Revenue Sources
Series 108: Lottery
Series 109: Manufactured Housing Association
Series 110: Marine Resources Management
Series 111: Medical Lien
Series 112: Medical Malpractice
Series 113: Medicaid and Health Issues
Series 114: Medicaid Cost Containment
Series 115: Mental Health
Series 116: Metro
Series 117: Milk Commission
Series 118: National Conference of State Legislatures, Urban Development Committee
Series 119: Nature Conservancy
Series 120: Newport News Bar Association
Series 121: Newport News, City of
Series 122: Newport News Development
Series 123: Newport News Downtown
Series 124: Newport News Public Education
Series 125: Newport News Shipbuilding
Series 126: No-Fault Insurance
Series 127: Obenshain Campaign
Series 128: Obscenity
Series 129: Occupational Safety
Series 130: Occupational Therapists
Series 131: Oil Refinery
Series 132: Old Dominion University
Series 133: Operator's Licensing
Series 134: Optometrist Legislation
Series 135: Parental Support Bill
Series 136: Pan-Mutual Betting
Series 137: Parole
Series 138: Patrick Henry Hospital
Series 139: Peninsula Airport Commission
Series 140: Peninsula Catholic Scholarship Fund
Series 141: Peninsula Economic Development Council
Series 142: Peninsula Nature and Science Center
Series 143: Peninsula Shipbuilders Association
Series 144: Pentran
Series 145: Prenatal Care
Series 146: Pine Haven Home for Adults
Series 147: Ports of Virginia
Series 148: Post-Session, 1976, 1978-1980, 1982
Series 149: Pre-Filed Bills, 1980
Series 150: Pre-Sessions, 1980&1981
Series 151: Privileges and Elections Committee
Series 152: Procurement Bill
Series 153: Products Liability
Series 154: Proposition 13
Series 155: Public Employees
Series 156: Public Employees-Collective Bargaining
Series 157: Radioactive Materials
Series 158: Reapportionment
Series 159: Recommendations
Series 160: Rehabilitation and Social Services
Series 161: Rebublican Caucus
Series 162: Retirement
Series 163: Richmond Waterfront Terminals
Series 164: Right to Work Law
Series 165: Sales Tax on Vending Machines
Series 166: Sales Tax Regulations
Series 167: Savings and Loan Legislation
Series 168: School Distribution Formula
Series 169: Seafood Industry
Series 170: Seafood Products Commission
Series 171: Sea Grant Consortium
Series 172: Seat Belt Legislation
Series 173: Senate Bills, 1981-1982
Series 174: Senate Committees
Series 175: Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24)
Series 176: Senate Rules
Series 177: Sentencing
Series 178: Service Life Extension Program
Series 179: Sexual Assault
Series 180: Sex Education
Series 181: Soft Drink Tax
Series 182: Southern Legislative Conference
Series 183: Special Education
Series 184: Spending Limit Proposal
Series 185: Spouse Abuse
Series 186: State Water Control Board
Series 187: Taxation
Series 188: Taxation Procedures
Series 189: Taxation Expenditures
Series 190: Taxation of Corporate Income
Series 191: Tax Relief for the Elderly
Series 192: Thomas Nelson Community College
Series 193: Tidewater Caucus
Series 194: Time-Share Legislation
Series 195: Tobacco Conventions
Series 196: Tort Claims Act
Series 197: Toxic Substances
Series 198: Toxic Substances Act
Series 199: Transportation
Series 200: Transportation- Northern Virginia
Series 201: Transportation Subcommittee
Series 202: Transportation Department Study
Series 203: Trible
Series 204: Trucks
Series 205: Tuition Assistance Program
Series 206: Unemployment Compensation
Series 207: United Way Campaign
Series 208: Uranium Mining
Series 209: Urban Development
Series 210: Vending Machine Taxes
Series 211: Veterans
Series 212: Virginia Educational Loan Authority (VELA)
Series 213: Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO)
Series 214: Virginia Evaluation Act
Series 215: Virginia Housing and Development Authority (VHDA)
Series 216: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Series 217: Virginia Municipal League
Series 218: Virginia Oil and Gas Authority
Series 219: Virginia Port Authority
Series 220: Virginia State School
Series 221: Wage Assignment in Support Cases
Series 222: Water Resources
Series 223: Water Resources: Bi-State Commission
Series 224: Water Resources: Potomac
Series 225: Watercraft Sales and Use Tax
Series 226: Welfare and Institutions
Series 227: Welfare for the Elderly
Series 228: Welfare Study Commission
Series 229: Western State Hospital
Series 230: Wetlands
Series 231: Wetlands Bills
Series 232: William and Mary, The College of (W&M)
Series 233: Wine Dealers' Franchise
Series 234: Yorktown, Town of
Series 235: Zoning
Series 236: Research Materials
Series 237: Constituent Correspondence
Series 238: Constituent Correspondence Form Letters
Series 239: Legislative Correspondence
Series 240: 1982 Session-Communications from Governor, et al.
Series 241: 1982 Session-Constituent Problems
Series 242: 1982 Session-Constituent Correspondence
Series 243: 1982 Session-General Correspondence
Series 244: 1982 Session-Legislative Correspondence
Series 245: 1982 Session-Specific Bill Requests
Series 246: Unidentified Compendium of Bills
Series 247: Bateman's Pocket Appointment Books, 1964-1977
Series 248: Photograph
Series 249: Oversize and Medium Oversize Maps

Arrangement

The Herbert H. Bateman Papers consist of Bateman's state senatorial office files, 1968-1982, which are arranged alphabetically according to subjects and issues. Each subject file contains all types of materials: correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, bills, and other legislative documents. The collection includes voluminous background materials on the various issues, as well as correspondence and papers revealing Bateman's positions on the issues.

The collection contains little information on Bateman's political activities (the original file inventory indicates that such material was retained) such as campaigns or party activity. The only file dealing with a political campaign is one entitled "Trible," which contains Bateman's correspondence with members of the Virginia Senate pertaining to the campaign of Representative Paul Trible for the U.S. Senate.

The Bateman Papers have been arranged almost completely according to the original office file organization. Unfortunately, maintaining original office integrity has also meant retaining serious inconsistencies and redundancies. During Bateman's 14-year tenure in the Senate, he had several legislative aides who often duplicated files under different names or placed similar material in different files. With a few exceptions, these inconsistencies have been kept in the arrangement of this collection.

Several files have been altered because the original office files had no apparent order. These files include Kepone, Ports of Virginia/Virginia Port Authority, and State Water Control Board/Water Resources. In addition, the files of Constituent Correspondence and Legislative Correspondence (originally filed alphabetically as "correspondence") have been moved to the end of the collection, and the files of Consumer Credit, Consumer Protection, and School Distribution Formula have been moved into the alphabetical file order.

Hints for Users
If users of this collection are researching Bateman's position or assembly action on a particular issue, there are several things they must do and know in order to ensure that they find all relevant materials.

First, there are several series that include materials related to many different issues. Users are advised to at least skim the following series at the beginning of the collection: Attorney General Opinions, JLARC, Legislative Proposals, Post-Session, Pre-Session, and Senate Bills. And skim these series at the end of collection: Research Materials, Constituent Correspondence, Legislative Correspondence, and 1982 Session.

Second, if users are interested in particular types of materials, such as Attorney General's opinions, bills, or constituent correspondence, be aware that, although there are separate series for them, such materials can also be found throughout the collection.

Third, materials are occasionally filed under very non-descriptive and misleading titles. The most notable of these are large amounts of material pertaining to the income tax structure of Virginia filed under Joint Subcommittee To Study Virginia's Individual Income Tax Structure, and materials pertaining to Bateman's campaign against "open" visitation in state college dormitories, filed (among other series) as Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24).

Fourth, in some cases, similar, even duplicate, material is stored in different series. Series descriptions usually indicate other series containing similar material, but, for the user's convenience, below is a list of the most severe redundancies:

Abortion, see also: Medicaid Issues
Adult Homes, see also: Elderly, Homes for Adults, Homes for the Aged, Pine Haven Adult Home, Welfare and Institutions
Coal & Energy Commission, see also: Uranium Mining
Coastal Zone Land Management Act/Bill, see also: Wetlands
Gas Tax, see also: Highway Funds, Trucks
Higher Education, see also: Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24), William and Mary, the College of (W&M)
Industrial Revenue Bonds, see also: Newport News Shipbuilding, Ports Of Virginia
Kepone, see also: Seafood Industry
Limitations on Spending, see also: Proposition 13
Metro, see also: Transportation - Northern Virginia
Newport News Downtown, see also: Peninsula Economic Development Council
Newport News Public Education, see also: Sex Education
Ports of Virginia, see also: Virginia Port Authority
Sales Tax on Vending Machines, see also: Vending Machine Taxes
Sea Grant Consortium, see also: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
State Water Control Board, see also: Water Resources

Fifth, for the user's convenience, the following is a partial cross-referencing of series (listed by first key words) that contain material relevant to a number of more inclusive and overarching issues and subjects:

1. Banking/Business
Banking Legislation
Bankruptcy
Insurance
Interest Rate Legislation
No-Fault Insurance
Savings And Loan Legislation

2. (State) Budget/Finance (also see Taxation) Budget
Federal Block Grant
Finance Committee
Limitations on Spending
Local Revenue Sources
Procurement Bill
Proposition 13

3. Consumers
Consumer Credit
Consumer Protect Ion
Product Liability

4. Crime And Punishment (also see Justice/Courts)
Capital Punishment
Corrections
Execution Bill
Juvenile
Law Enforcement Training
Parole
Sentencing
Sexual Assault
Spouse Abuse

5. Education/Schools
Busing
Education, Public
Education Association of Newport News
Educational Issues, 1982
Kindergarten
School Distribution Formula
Sex Education
Special Education
Virginia State School

6. Elderly
Adult Homes
Elderly
Homes for Adults
Homes for The Aged
Pine Haven Adult Home
Tax Relief for the Elderly
Welfare for the Elderly

7. Energy
Biomass
Coal Tax
Coal & Energy Commission
Fuel Conversion Authority
Uranium Mining
Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO)
Virginia Oil & Gas

8. Environment
Air Pollution
Auto Inspection
Coastal Zone Land Management Act/Bill
Environment
Environmental Protection Agency
Kepone
Litter Laws
Nature Conservancy
State Water Control Board
Toxic Substances (Act)
Water Resources
Wetlands

9. Family
Abortion
Artificial Insemination
Divorce Laws
Domestic Relations Law
Habitual Offenders Law
In Vitro
Parental Support
Spouse Abuse
Wage Assignment in Support Cases

10. Health/Medical
Abortion
Artificial Insemination
Asbestos
In Vitro Laetrile
Medical Lien
Medical Malpractice
Medicaid & Health Issues
Medicaid Cost Containment
Occupational Therapist
Optometrist Legislation
Patrick Henry Hospital
Prenatal Care
Rehabilitation & Social Services
Virginia Evaluation Act

11. Higher Education
Christopher Newport College
Higher Education
Old Dominion University
Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24)
Tuition Assistance
Virginia Educational Loan Authority (VELA)
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
William & Mary

12. Housing
Homebuilders
Housing
Manufactured Housing Association
Virginia Housing and Development Authority (VHDA)

13. Justice Courts
Attorney General's Opinions
Court System
Courts of Justice
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Judicial Nominations
Juvenile Justice
Sentencing [By Judges]
Tort Claims

14. Labor
Labor Laws
Public Employees
Retirement
Right to Work
Unemployment Compensation

15. "Moral" Issues
Abortion
Busing
Gun Control
In Vitro
Lottery
Obscenity
Pari-Mutuel Betting
Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24)

16. Newport News/Peninsula Educational Association of Newport News
Industrial Revenue Bonds
Newport News [Several Subjects]
Peninsula [Several Subjects]
Reapportionment
Yorktown, Town of Zoning

17. Ports Industrial Revenue Bonds
Ports of Virginia
Richmond Waterfront Terminals
Tobacco Conference
Trucks
Virginia Port Authority

18. Seafood Industry
Fishing Licenses
Kepone
Marine Resources Management
Seafood Industry
Seafood Products Commission
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

19. Taxation
Joint Subcommittee
Sales Tax Regulation
Taxation
Taxation Procedures
Vending Machines
Watercraft Sales and Users Tax

20. Transportation/Highway
Gas Tax
Highway Appropriations
Highway Department Study
Highway Funds
Interstate 664
Metro
Pentran
Transportation
Trucks

21. Welfare
Medicaid
Rehabilitation & Social Services
Virginia Evaluation Act
Welfare & Institutions
Western State Hospital

Related Material

Congressional papers from Herbert H. Bateman are also located in the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, but are currently unprocessed.

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Abortion, 1950-1982.
Box-folder 1:1-3
Series 1: Abortion
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Correspondence, memoranda and statements regarding adult (nursing) homes, 1979-1981.
Box-folder 1:4
17 items.
Series 2: Adult (Nursing) Homes

Information collected for study of adult homes and Virginia Medical Assistance Program, 1979-1981.

See also Elderly, series 43; Homes for Adults, series 74; Homes for the Aged, series 75; Medicaid and Health Issues, series 113; Pine Haven Home for Adults, series 146; and Welfare and Instituions, series 226.

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Correspondence and legislative papers, relating to bill(s) to establish Air Pollution Inspection Program and 1976 amendments to Clean Air Act, February 1950-1976.
Box-folder 1:5
15 items.
Series 3: Air Pollution
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Report and cover letter concerning surrogate parenthood, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 1:6
2 items.
Series 4: Artificial Insemination

Copy of Report of the Department Welfare Study Committee on Surrogate Parenthood to the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, 1 October 1981, with cover letter of 6 January 1982.

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Correspondence, and legal papers concerning statute of limitations on asbestos-related disease, 1980.
Box-folder 1:7
11 items.
Series 5: Asbestos

This includes legal briefs and affidavits sent to Bateman by Robert R. Hatten, of Patten & Wornorn Law Offices, Newport News, Virginia.

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Correspondence, memoranda, and other documents pertaining to opinions of Virginia Attorney General, 1968-1979.
Box-folder 1:8
65 items.
Series 6: Attorney General Opinions

Mostly opinions rendered at Bateman's request on behalf of constituents on a wide variety of cases.

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Five copies of an undated Bateman-sponsored bill authorizing Automobile Clubs to provide certain indemnification services, n.d.
Box-folder 1:9
7 items.
Series 7: Auto Clubs
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Correspondence, legislative documents, and background papers regarding bill for annual (instead of semi-annual) automobile safety inspections, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 1:10
26 items.
Series 8: Auto Inspections

Includes letters and statistical evidence from opponents of the bill, copies of amendments to and substitute for bill offered by Senator William Fears and minutes of Transportation Safety Board Meeting.

Also includes letter of 6 January 1982 from Governor John Dalton regarding auto emission inspections.

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Report on Legislation Affecting Banking Enacted by the 1980 Session of the Virginia General Assembly , July 1980.
Box-folder 1:11
1 item.
Series 9: Banking Legislation
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Correspondence and other materials relating to [U.S.] Bankruptcy Reform Bill, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 1:12
28 items.
Series 10: Bankruptcy Bill

Letter of 30 November 1981 from Lawrence Young, of Beneficial Management Corporation, New Jersey, enclosed background information on pending bill and solicited Bateman's assistance in enlisting Virginia Congressmen to co-sponsor bill.

File includes responses from Congressmen or their offices. Handwritten postscript by Representative G. William Whitehurst applauds Bateman's decision to run for Congress and offers his assistance.

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Correspondence and legislative documents regarding state regulation of bingo games, 1979-1980.
Box-folder 1:13
54 items.
Series 11: Bingo

Includes copies of bills, amendments and conference reports and letters and enclosures from charities sponsoring bingo games, especially concerning House Bill 1219, January-March 1979.

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Biomass, 1979-1980.
Box-folder 1:14-17
Series 12: Biomass
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Budget, 1965-1982.
Box-folder 1:18-23
Series 13: Budget
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Busing, 1968-1973.
Box-folder 1:24-27
Series 14: Busing
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Copy of article on capital punishment and the Eighth Amendment from Ohio State Law Journal, 1978.
Box-folder 1:28
2 items.
Series 15: Capital Punishment
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Letter from Jane and George Webb, professors in the Department of Physics, thanking Bateman for his support of Christopher Newport College, 9 November 1981.
Box-folder 1:29
1 item.
Series 16: Christopher Newport College
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Letter to Bateman from Joseph Zanga, Medical College of Virginia, inviting Bateman to Child Restraint seminars, 10 September 1981.
Box-folder 1:30
2 items.
Series 17: Child Auto Safety

See also Seat Belt Laws, series 172; and Transportation, series 199-202.

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Material relating to work of State Senate Claims Subcommittee, 1982.
Box-folder 1:31
41 items.
Series 18: Claims Subcommittee, 1982

See also Courts of Justice, series 31 (Box 3), for more on the Norfolk Savings and Loan Corporation.

Bills for relief of individuals and for relief of Norfolk Savings and Loan Corporation, including file of exhibits pertaining to latter case.

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Material relating to proposed coal severance tax, 1975-1976, 1982.
Box-folder 1:32
22 items.
Series 19: Coal Tax

Includes copies of bills, photocopies of newspaper articles, surveys, reports, and testimony.

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Coal and Energy Commission, 1979-1982.
Box 1-2
Series 20: Coal and Energy Commission, 1979-1982

Seeb also uranium mining, series 208.

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Coastal Zone Land Management Act (CZLM Act),
Box 2-3
Series 21: Coastal Zone Land Management Act
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Coastal Zone Land Management Bill,
Box-folder 3:3-6
Series 22: Coastal Zone Land Management Bill
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Letters of thanks and commendation to Bateman for his legislative work from such bodies as the City of Newport News, the Office of Governor Mills Godwin, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia Student Council President Larry Sabato, the Virginia Seafood Council, the United Mineworkers, and many others, 1965-1975.
Box-folder 3:7
36 items.
Series 23: Commendations
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Conflict of Interest, 1970-1981.
Box-folder 3:8-9
Series 24: Conflict of Interest
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Report and correspondence regarding possible consolidation of Hampton and Newport News, 1978-1979.
Box-folder 3:10
5 items.
Series 25: Consolidation

Copy of confidential 1978 preliminary report forwarded to Bateman by Thomas P. Chisman, Chairman of study committee.

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Letter with accompanying charts from J. T. Shropshire, Chairman of Virginia Compensation Board, regarding formula for funding constitutional officers in Virginia, 28 May 1982.
Box-folder 3:11
1 item.
Series 26: Constitutional Offices
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Consumer Credit, 1969-1975.
Box-folder 3:12-15
Series 27: Consumer Credit
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Consumer Protection, 1966-1986, n.d.
Box-folder 3:16-21
Series 28: Consumer Protection
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Corrections, 1971-1981.
Box-folder 3:22-24
Series 29: Corrections
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Report of the Court System Study Commission to the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia (7 December 1971) with excerpts from preliminary report and related correspondence. 1971.
Box-folder 4:1
7 items. Copy.
Series 30: Court System
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Correspondence, synopses and copies of bills, memoranda, and excerpts from legal opinions relating to Bateman's service on Senate committee for courts of Justice. 1980-1987.
Box-folder 4:2
29 items.
Series 31: Courts of Justice

Materials include items on television coverage of trials, cocaine laws, claims bill for Norfolk Savings and Loan Corporation, and court procedural questions, and lists and summaries of bills before Senate Courts Committee in 1980 session.

See also Claims, series 18.

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Letters, reports, bills, and court decisions on proposed bill allowing the taking of a "covenant not to sue" forwarded to Gateman by delegate George E. Allen, Jr., August 1977-January 1978.
Box-folder 4:3
10 items.
Series 32: Covenant Not to Sue

Materials relating to Tortfeasers Act as modified by June 1977 decision in case of Wright v. Orlowski.

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Letter from official of Bank of Virginia regarding Virginia laws governing credit life insurance, 13 January 1982.
Box-folder 4:4
2 items.
Series 33: Credit Life Insurance
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Bateman's essay on "Toward Two Thousand: Our Community in the Making, "solicited by The (Newport News) Daily Press , November 1979.
Box-folder 4:5
2 items.
Series 34: Daily Press Essay
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Materials relating to proposed constitutional amendment to grant statehood to Washington, D.C.
Box-folder 4:6
22 items.
Series 35: District of Columbia Statehood

Includes report from Senator Edward Kennedy and letters and other items from constituents linking D.C. statehood to liberal "plot" against American liberties.

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Divorce Laws, 1972-1981.
Box-folder 4:7-11
Series 36: Divorce Laws
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Virginia Bar Association Report (1982) on divorce/family law bill produed by Joint Subcommittee and copy of 1980 legal memorandum sent to delegate Mary Sue Terry on H.R. 830 (divorce and separation), 1980-1982.
Box-folder 4:12
5 items.
Series 37: Domestic Relations Law
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Correspondence and background material on drunk driving and Senate bill relating to it, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 4:13
5 items.
Series 38: Drunk Driving

Series includes synopsis of information contained in series of articles in The Ledger-Star and letter from State Senator Joe Canada.

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Newsletter from Commonwealth Economics on "Virginia Economic Impact, "11 December 1981
Box-folder 4:14
1 item.
Series 39: Economic Data
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Education, Public, 1972-1981.
Box-folder 4:15-17
Series 40: Education, Public
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Letters received from Newport News teachers protesting proposal of Retirement Commission to lower retirement benefits for teachers, 19-23 January 1981.
Box-folder 4:18
59 items.
Series 41: Education Association of Newport News
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Background material on education issues assembled for Bateman's campaign for Congress in 1982, 1981-1982
Box-folder 4:19
16 items.
Series 42: Educational Issues, 1982

Series includes issue briefs from National Republican Congressional Committee, reports on Newport News schools, handwritten notes on meeting of York County School Board meeting, and questions for debate with opponent John McGlennon.

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Elderly, 1976-1980.
Box-folder 4:20-21
Series 43: Elderly
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Election Disputes, 1936-1972.
Box-folder 4:22-23
Series 44: Election Disputes
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Documents concerning Virginia election laws, 1981. Copies of laws and resume of changes made by 1981 Assembly forwarded by Secretary of State Board of Elections.
Box-folder 4:24
7 items.
Series 45: Election Laws
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Official returns of November 1981 elections for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and House of Delegates seats, 1981.
Box-folder 4:25
4 items.
Series 46: Election Returns
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Report of State Task Force on Offshore Port Facilities with handwritten commentary. 1974.
Box-folder 4:26
4 items.
Series 47: Environment

Also includes undated pamphlet on Atomic Power, Constitutional Rights and the Environment .

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 1974.
Box-folder 4:27-28
Series 48: Environmental Protection Agency
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Execution Bill, 1973-1982.
Box-folder 4:29-30
Series 49: Execution Bill
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Correspondence and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to selection of Republican congressional candidate in Virginia's First District, 1982.
Box-folder 5:1
7 items.
Series 50: Farley, Guy

Including column by Guy Farley, Jr., outlining strategy for attaining a conservative majority in Congress, and letters from delegate Kevin Miller and Reverend Lester Messerschmidt (to Guy Farley) about their possible candidacy.

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Correspondence and other materials relating to Virginia farm policy, 1982.
Box-folder 4:2
5 items.
Series 51: Farm Bureau

Including Farm Bureau's 1982 General Assembly priorities, policies, and position papers.

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Correspondence and memoranda on changes in Federal Block Grant Program under Reagan Administration especially in Health and Human Services, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 5:3
23 items.
Series 52: Federal Block Grants/Funding Reductions

Series includes statistical reports, information on several meetings and teleconferences on block grant policies, and November 1981 report from the President, Federalism: The First Ten Months .

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Correspondence and other documents, 1978, 1982, regarding federal payments to localities in which there is much non-taxable federal property, 1978-1982.
Box-folder 5:4
13 items.
Series 53: Federal Impact Aid

Series contains correspondence relating to state Senator Willard Moody's 1978-1979 introduction of Resolution on Federal Impact Aid and statistical information from U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Finance Committee, 1980-1982.
Box-folder 5:5-10
Series 54: Finance Committee, 1980-1982
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Several copies of bill pertaining to issuance of licenses for commercial fishing in Virginia waters, especially by non-residents, submitted to Bateman by Marine Resources Commissioner James Douglas, ca. November 1977 and sponsored by Bateman at 1978 Assembly session, and a 1982 letter from Douglas to Bateman on this same matter, 1977.
Box-folder 5:11
9 items.
Series 55: Fishing Licensing
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Correspondence, memoranda, and a report, 1977-1978, regarding Virginia Food Act and its enforcement, 1978.
Box-folder 5:12
10 items.
Series 56: Food Act (Virginia), 1978

Includes mostly resolution and suggestions by Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

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Handwritten 1982 memo regarding freedom of access to student personal information at Christopher Newport College and photocopy of Virginia Freedom of Information Act, 1982.
Box-folder 5:13
3 items.
Series 57: Freedom of Information Act
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Fuel Conversion Authority, 1979-1980.
Box-folder 5:14-17
Series 58: Fuel Conversion Authority
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Letters from Virginia Commonwealth attorneys, sheriffs and other officials in favor of bill to give game wardens full police authority, October 1981-January 1982
Box-folder 5:18
57 items.
Series 59: Game Warden Bill
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Handwritten notes and handwritten and typed drafts of address on Judge Henry Duncan Garnett, Newport News Commonwealth attorney, which Bateman apparently delivered upon Garnett's retirement, ca. November 1981.
Box-folder 5:19
5 items.
Series 60: Garnett, Henry D.
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Legislative papers relating to 1980 bill to amend state code section on garnishment proceedings, including multiple copies of bill, substitute, and drafts of Bateman's proposed amendments, 1980.
Box-folder 5:20
20 items.
Series 61: Garnishing Legislation
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Gas tax, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 5:21-23
Series 62: Gas Tax

See also Highway Funds, series 72; and Trucks, series 204.

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Reports and correspondence regarding production of gasohol, including technical reports, excerpts from Mother Earth News, and promotional report from First Energy Corporation, 1978-1980.
Box-folder 5:24
12 items.
Series 63: Gasohol
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Summary of the regular 1981 legislative session of the Virginia General Assembly, 1981.
Box-folder 5:25
1 item.
Series 64: General Assembly Summary, 1981
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Report by U.S. Small Business Administration, Government Competition: A Threat to Small Business , March 1980.
Box-folder 5:26
1 item.
Series 65: Government Competition
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Reports and booklets on state government reorganization, 1971-1978.
Box-folder 5:27
7 items.
Series 66: Government Reorganization

Including two booklets published by the Council of State Governments and five reports by Virginia Commission on State Governmental Management.

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Correspondence and pamphlets regarding gun control laws, 1968-1979.
Box-folder 5:28
28 items.
Series 67: Gun Control

Including a copy of Federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Items consist largely of materials arguing against gun control sent to Bateman by National Rifle Association.

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Bills, one offered by Bateman, regarding husbands who repeatedly desert their families and fail to pay child support, January 1982.
Box-folder 5:29
2 items. Copy.
Series 68: Habitual Offenders Act
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Correspondence and other materials relating to various issues in Virginia's system of higher education, 1971-1982.
Box-folder 5:30
27 items.
Series 69: Higher Education

Including Bateman's 1971 resolution for investigation of visitation policies and "preservation of moral values" at Virginia colleges, 1978 consideration of increase in tuition assistance grants, summary of legislation and appropriation in 1978 General Assembly affecting higher education, and 1982 correspondence between Attorney General Gerald Baliles and officials of George Mason University and 1982 addresses on education by Governor Charles Robb.

See also Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24), series 175; and William and Mary, the College of (W&M), series 232.

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Report on Tentative Allocation of Interstate, Primary, and Urban Construction Funds by Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 6:1
2 items.
Series 70: Highway Appropriations, 1981-1982

See also Legislative Proposals, 1982; series 103.

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Highway Department Study, 1979-1982.
Box-folder 6:2-3
Series 71: Highway Department Study
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Highway Funds, 1977-1979.
Box-folder 6:4-6
Series 72: Highway Funds
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Correspondence and other materials relating to proposals to establish Yorktown Day as an official state holiday, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 6:7
16 items.
Series 73: Holidays, State
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Homes for Adults, 1977-1982.
Box-folder 6:8-9
Series 74: Homes for Adults
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Homes for the Aged, 1973-1981.
Box-folder 6:10-12
Series 75: Homes for the Aged
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Letter of 22 January 1982 from officials of Homebuilders Association of Virginia with enclosed bills dealing with Virginia Housing Development Authority, 1982.
Box-folder 6:13
3 items.
Series 76: Homebuilders
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Copies of House and Senate bills and handwritten summary of bills concerning condominiums, apartments and housing considered in 1982 General Assembly, 1982.
Box-folder 6:14
37 items.
Series 77: Housing Bills
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Material relating to work of Human Resources Subcommittee, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 6:15
14 items.
Series 78: Human Resources

Including 1981 annual report of the Department of Rehabilitative Services, items from 16 December 1981 subcommittee meeting, and May 1982 correspondence between Bateman and Governor Charles S. Robb.

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Correspondence and enclosures and legislative documents concerning in vitro fertilization in Virginia, 1979-1981.
Box-folder 6:16
11 items.
Series 79: In Vitro Clinic

Including letters from Life Amendment Pac of Virginia, the Fund for a Conservative Majority, and Virginia Society for Human Life protesting use of state funds for in vitro clinics and copy of bill and undated model bill regulating clinics.

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Materials relating to local option income sur-tax, 1969-1970, 1982.
Box-folder 6:17
28 items.
Series 80: Income Sur Tax

Including 1970 letter from Newport News citizen suggesting the idea, handwritten speech and press release relating to Bateman' s introduction of bill embodying the suggestions, numerous legal opinions on the bill, including one from Virginia Attorney General Andrew Miller, and copy of the bill.

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Industrial Revenue Bonds, 1952-1982.
Box-folder 6:18-20
Series 81: Industrial Revenue Bonds

See also Newport News Shipbuilding, series 125; and Port of Virginia, series 147.

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Reports on insurance pricing/ratemaking in Virginia, 1971.
Box-folder 7:1
3 items.
Series 82: Insurance

Including 1971 report prepared for Bureau of Insurance of State Corporation Commission and undated model bill by insurance lobbying group.

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Interest Rate Legislation, 1972-1982.
Box-folder 7:2-3
Series 83: Interest Rate Legislation
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Correspondence and resolutions urging establishment of Intermediate Appellate Court in Virginia in order to relieve burden on existing courts and two copies of proposed revision of Virginia Code to provide for court, January-February 1982.
Box-folder 7:4
6 items.
Series 84: Intermediate Appellate Court
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Correspondence and resolutions urging completion of Interstate 664 from Newport News, Virginia to Suffolk, Virginia, 1978-1982.
Box-folder 7:5
27 items.
Series 85: Interstate 664

Including spiral-bound packet of documents from Virginia Peninsula Economic Development Council, statements from officials of Newport News, Hampton, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, and Newport News Shipbuilding, who touted I-664 as a "boon to the economy and national defense."

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Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission (JLARC), 1979-1982.
Box-folder 7:6-15
Series 86: Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission
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Joint Subcommittee to Study Virginia's Individual Income Tax Structure, 1967-1980.
Box-folder 7:16-22
Series 87: Joint Subcommittee to Study Virginia's Individual Income Tax Structure
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Correspondence, resumes and resolutions endorsing candidates for judgeships, 1979-1982.
Box-folder 7:23
29 items.
Series 88: Judicial Nominations

Including 1980-1981 committee for courts of justice of Senate and House of Delegates judicial selection questionnaire.

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Reports of Juvenile Court-Public School State Task Force on relations between schools and courts, 1977-1978.
Box-folder 7:24
3 items.
Series 89: Juvenile Courts
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Bateman's (undated) memorandum requesting state code, and photocopy of H.R. 774 (20 February 1978) also amending code's provisions on juvenile courts, 1978, n.d.
Box-folder 7:25
2 items.
Series 90: Juvenile Judges--Authority of
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Bills, acts, reports, and addresses on various issues involving juveniles, 1977-1979.
Box-folder 7:26
20 items.
Series 91: Juvenile Justices

Including delinquency prevention and Youth Development Act (1977), bills regarding used or neglected children, child sexual abuse and pornography, and reports on interstate compacts relating to juveniles and juvenile courts in Newport News, Virginia.

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Reports of March 1978 and October 1978 on impacts of the 1977 juvenile code revision after six months and one year prepared by Department of Corrections, 1978.
Box-folder 7:27
2 items.
Series 92: Juvenile Justice Code
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Kepone.
Box 8-9
Series 93: Kepone

See also Seafood Industry, series 169.

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Materials relating to January 1981 bill to restore full funding to half-day kindergartens, 1981.
Box-folder 9:14
7 items.
Series 94: Kindergarten

Including copy of bill and messages and testimony of Edward W. "Ned" Carr, official of the Newport News School System and the Coalition for the Continuation of Local Option Kindergarten Programs.

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Miscellaneous materials pertaining to Virginia labor laws, 1970-1980.
Box-folder 9:15
6 items.
Series 95: Labor Laws

Including Bateman's statement of 15 June 1970 regarding unemployment benefits for Newport News shipyard employees, and Virginia Employment Commission statement on House bill increasing unemployment payments.

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Letter and enclosures from American Cancer Society opposing the legalization of Laetrile in Virginia, December 1977.
Box-folder 9:16
4 items.
Series 96: Laetrile
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Correspondence and legislative papers regarding licensing of land surveyors, 1977, 1982.
Box-folder 9:17
7 items.
Series 97: Land Surveyors

Including copies of 1982 bill regarding land surveyors and letters endorsing it.

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Law Enforcement Training, 1978-1979.
Box-folder 9:18-20
Series 98: Law Enforcement Training
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Position papers of League of Women Voters of Virginia on legislative issues for 1981, November 1980.
Box-folder 9:21
7 items.
Series 99: League of Women Voters
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Correspondence, bills, transcripts of testimony and other materials relating to work of state senate subcommittee studying the taxation of leasehold interests, 1980.
Box-folder 9:22
13 items.
Series 100: Leasehold Interest--Joint Subcommittee
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Resumes and letters of application for position as Bateman's legislative aide and payroll information on several aides including Thomas Carpenter, Robert A. Small, Mark Alan Stinson, Phillip Bruce Baker, and George Jeffrey Mason, 1977-1982.
Box-folder 9:23
52 items.
Series 101: Legislative Aides
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Memoranda and articles regarding hiring of committee staffs and legislative reforms in other state governments, 1972, n.d.
Box-folder 9:24
4 items.
Series 102: Legislative Process
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Legislative Proposals, 1980-1982.
Box 9-10
Series 103: Legislative Proposals, 1980-1982
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Correspondence, bills and memoranda regarding 1980 proposal to amend state constitution to limit state spending, 1980.
Box-folder 10:4
18 items.
Series 104: Limitations on Spending

See also Proposition 13, series 154.

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Litter Laws, 1974-1977.
Box-folder 10:5-7
Series 105: Litter Laws
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Rosters of Lobbyists registered by the Secretary of the Commonwealth for the Assembly sessions of 1977-1981, plus 1977 Virginia statute on lobbying, 1977-1981.
Box-folder 10:8
12 items.
Series 106: Lobbyists
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Correspondence and position papers from Virginia Association of Counties, 1976-1978.
Box-folder 10:9
10 items.
Series 107: Local Revenue Sources

Especially pertaining to the "severe fiscal dilemma" facing localities, and statistical tables on local source revenue data sent to members of House and Senate Finance Committees, July 1978.

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Articles and assorted materials relating to Virginia's consideration of a state lottery, 1975-1979.
Box-folder 10:10
13 items.
Series 108: Lottery

Including winter 1975 issue of State Government featuring an article on lotteries, and letters and packets of information from Scientific Games Development Corporation sent to Bateman at beginning of 1978 and 1979 Assembly sessions.

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Correspondence between Bateman, officials of Virginia Manufactured Housing Association, and Attorney General Andrew Miller and legal memoranda by Miller and by Bateman pertaining to zoning of double-wide mobile homes, 1972-1975.
Box-folder 10:11
39 items.
Series 109: Manufactured Housing Association

Items include legal memo prepared by Bateman for VMHA and material to YMHA's fund-raising efforts for Bateman's 1975 re-election campaign.

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Marine Resources Management, 1969-1980.
Box-folder 10:12-13
Series 110: Marine Resources Management
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Correspondence and copies of bill relating to January 1980 proposal to require written requests ("Lien letters") from state or hospital in order to place lien on property of person(s) causing injury to others, 1980.
Box-folder 10:14
6 items.
Series 111: Medical Lien
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Medical Malpractice, 1975-1978.
Box 10-11
Series 112: Medical Malpractice
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Medicaid and Health Issues, 1970-1982.
Box-folder 11:3-4
Series 113: Medicaid and Health Issues
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Medicaid Cost Containment, 1980-1982.
Box-folder 11:5-8
Series 114: Medicaid Cost Containment
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Assorted materials on treatment of mentally ill in Virginia, 1976-1978.
Box-folder 11:9
5 items.
Series 115: Mental Health

Including 1976 report on treatment of children, December 1977 letter from Virginia Association for Retired Citizens, Inc., and 1978 article from American Bar Association Journal .

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Correspondence, memoranda, and legislative materials relating to financing of Washington Area Metro (Rapid Transit) System, 1976-1980.
Box-folder 11:10
23 items.
Series 116: Metro

Including 1976 progress reports, copy of 1980 federal public law financing 801. of remaining construction, correspondence and statistical information from Fairfax County, [Virginia], officials and Assembly bills to allow taxation to finance remaining 20%.

See also Transportation - Northern Virginia, series 200.

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Milk Commission, 1973-1975.
Box-folder 11:11-12
Series 117: Milk Commission
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Material relating to Bateman's service on National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Committee on Urban Development, 1978-1979.
Box-folder 11:13
32 items.
Series 118: National Conference of State Legislatures, Urban Development Committee

Including background on legislation and NCSL proposals, and agendas and minutes of and background information from several committee meetings.

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Legislative materials relating to January 1980 state Senate bill to encourage state to buy lands and establish recreational facilities on Barrier Islands, 1979-1980.
Box-folder 11:14
8 items.
Series 119: Nature Conservancy

Including copy of relevant 1979 Congressional bill, copy of and comments on state Senate Bill 299, and newsletter of Outer Banks, [Virginia] Civic League .

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List of committee chairman assignments of Newport News Bar Association, with Bateman's appointment as chairman of Public Affairs Committee underscored, December 1979.
Box-folder 11:15
2 items.
Series 120: Newport News Bar Association
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City of Newport News, 1967-1982.
Box-folder 11:16-18
Series 121: Newport News, City of
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Correspondence between Bateman and Governor John Dalton regarding assistance to Gloria Manufacturing Corporation, November 1980.
Box-folder 11:19
2 items.
Series 122: Newport News Development
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Correspondence and memoranda relating to formation and work of Newport News Progress Committee, 1975-1979.
Box-folder 11:20
54 items.
Series 123: Newport News Downtown

Series begins with minutes of September 1975 meeting at which city businessmen and shipyard officials noted decline in downtown business. Most of the file consists of agendas and minutes of committee meetings.

See also Peninsula Economic Development Council, series 141.

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Newport News Public Education, 1978-1982.
Box-folder 11:21-22
Series 124: Newport News Public Education
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Newport News Shipbuilding, 1972-1981.
Box-folder 11:23-24
Series 125: Newport News Shipbuilding
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No-Fault Insurance, 1971-1977.
Box-folder 11:25-26
Series 126: No-Fault Insurance
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Correspondence, bulletins and questionnaires relating to Republican Nominee Richard Obenshain's 1978 campaign for the U.S. Senate, 1978.
Box-folder 12:1
13 items.
Series 127: Obenshain Campaign
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Obscenity, 1952-1978.
Box-folder 12:2-3
Series 128: Obscenity
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Copy of special section of Virginia's Industrial Health and Safety Inspection Plan from (Newport News) Daily Press with cover letter, November 1978.
Box-folder 12:4
2 items.
Series 129: Occupational Safety
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Correspondence, facts sheets and JLARC staff briefing regarding resulation and licensing of occupational therapists in Virginia, January 1982.
Box-folder 12:5
16 items.
Series 130: Occupational Therapists
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Correspondence and memoranda on proposed petrochemical plant in Nansemond County, Virginia, 1973-1977.
Box-folder 12:6
17 items.
Series 131: Oil Refinery

Including constituent correspondence (some with Bateman's reply), and memoranda on environmental impact of refinery.

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October 1981 memo from President of Old Dominion University explaining reasons for state paying 70% (instead of current 65%) of students' education, and February 1982 letters from O.D.U. students urging Bateman to vote against tuition increases, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 12:7
8 items.
Series 132: Old Dominion University
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Bill restricting licensing of drivers under 18 years of age, January 1982.
Box-folder 12:8
1 item. Copy.
Series 133: Operator's Licensing
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Optometrist Legislation, 1977-1979.
Box-folder 12:9-12
Series 134: Optometrist Legislation
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Correspondence regarding Bateman's sponsorship of a bill to require parents to support children under 21 attending secondary school on a fulltime basis, 1977-1978.
Box-folder 12:13
2 items.
Series 135: Parental Support Bill
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Background and legislative materials pertaining to Virginia's consideration of legalized pan -mutual gambling, 1977-1981.
Box-folder 12:14
6 items.
Series 136: Pan-Mutual Betting

Including research brief and booklet from the Council of State Governments, October 1981 issue of State Legislatures, booklet opposing gambling from Indiana Council of Churches, and undated Senate bill to legalize pari-mutuel betting.

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Official forms and applications for ex-felons seeking to gain restoration of their civil rights, including inquiry and application by one ex-felon, 1980.
Box-folder 12:15
12 items.
Series 137: Parole
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Correspondence and memoranda, regarding Patrick Henry Hospital's certification of need to operate a nursing home in Isle of Wight County, 1980.
Box-folder 12:16
20 items.
Series 138: Patrick Henry Hospital

Including Bateman's correspondence with state Health Commissioner James B. Kenley and hospital officials, and outline of hospital's request with Bateman's comments on margins.

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Bills and correspondence relating to efforts to amend 1946 enabling legislation for Peninsula Airport Commission, first (1975, 1979) to allow commission to issue industrial revenue bonds, note (1982) to reflect withdrawal of Williamsburg and James City County from Commission, 1975, 1979, 1982.
Box-folder 12:17
13 items.
Series 139: Peninsula Airport Commission
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Documents relating to reinstatement of Peninsula Catholic Scholarship Fund, Inc., by State Corporation Commission, September 1979.
Box-folder 12:18
2 items.
Series 140: Peninsula Catholic Scholarship Fund
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Peninsula Economic Development Council, 1976-1982.
Box-folder 12:19-22
Series 141: Peninsula Economic Development Council
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Spiral-bound notebook of materials on Peninsula Nature and Science Center with letter from Center president to Bateman appealing for continuation of $50,000 state appropriation, December 1977.
Box-folder 12:23
2 items.
Series 142: Peninsula Nature and Science Center
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May 1978 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) memoranda refuting a Newport News Shipbuilding and Peninsula Shipbuilders Association, challenge of election victory by United Steelworkers Union at the Shipyard, 1978-1979.
Box-folder 12:24
5 items.
Series 143: Peninsula Shipbuilders Association

Also includes a 9 February 1979 letter from Bateman in which he explains his support of Virginia's right to work laws, and other 1979 correspondence.

See also Privileges and Elections Committee, series 151.

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Correspondence regarding funding of Peninsula Transportation District Commission, including Bateman's January 1976 correspondence with Pentran officials regarding state funding, 1975-1976.
Box-folder 12:25
9 items.
Series 144: Pentran
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Correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding proposed amendment to 1982-1984 budget bill for funding of specialized materials and newborn hospital care, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 12:26
11 items.
Series 145: Prenatal Care

Including letters and facts sheets from obstetricians, and copy of October 1981 interim report of state Prenatal Services Advisory Council on high rate of infant mortality in Virginia.

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Correspondence, memoranda and background material relating to Bateman's support for Pine Haven Home for Adults, Newport News, 1979-1980.
Box-folder 12:27
51 items.
Series 146: Pine Haven Home for Adults

Items include background materials on homes for adults, 1979 materials on additions to Pine Haven, and 1980 correspondence between Bateman, Pine Haven President Paul Steele and Robert Adams of the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) regarding Steele's unsuccessful application for VHDA funding support. (items grouped as originally filed which is not in strict chronological sequence).

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Ports of Virginia, 1968-1981.
Box 12-13
Series 147: Ports of Virginia
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Post-Session, 1976, 1978-1980, 1982.
Box-folder 13:7-14
Series 148: Post-Session, 1976, 1978-1980, 1982
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Legislative papers for 1980 General Assembly session, 1980.
Box-folder 13:15
22 items.
Series 149: Pre-Filed Bills, 1980

Including copies of House documents on Juvenile Court-Public School State Task Force and on Medicaid medical care, Senate documents on law Enforcement training in Virginia and on Air Pollution Study Commission, and copies of House bills 4-9 and Senate bills 8-15.

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Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to preparations for 1980 General Assembly session, October-December 1979, 1980-1981.
Box-folder 13:16
8 items.
Series 150: Pre-Sessions, 1980-1981

Most items have no discernible relevance to legislative matters. Also contains photocopy of Bateman's completed questionnaire about priorities for 1981 session.

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Draft and copy of Bateman's 27 December 1979 letter to Senator Douglas Wilder requesting assignment to privileges and elections committee, and copy of 1979 decision by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock challenge of union election at the shipyard, 1979.
Box-folder 13:17
5 items.
Series 151: Privileges and Elections Committee
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Legislative papers and other materials regarding proposed 1982 Virginia Public Procurement Act, including copy of bill and position paper by the consulting Engineers Council of Virginia, 1982.
Box-folder 13:18
7 items.
Series 152: Procurement Bill

See also Senate Bills, 1982; series 173.

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Products Liability, 1977-1979.
Box-folder 13:19-23
Series 153: Products Liability
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Proposition 13, 1978-1979.
Box-folder 13:24-26
Series 154: Proposition 13
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Public Employees, 1968-1980.
Box-folder 14:1-3
Series 155: Public Employees
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Public Employees-Collective Bargaining, 1970-1979.
Box-folder 14:4-11
Series 156: Public Employees-Collective Bargaining
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Correspondence, legislative materials, and reports relating to transportation of radioactive materials, 1977-1980.
Box-folder 14:12
31 items.
Series 157: Radioactive Materials

Especially materials relating to Virginia H.R. 1918, 1978-1979. File includes Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulations, Virginia report of joint subcommittee studying the licensing of nuclear generating facilities, bills, amendments, substitutes, fact sheets, and testimony related to H.R. 1918, and 1980 report of Virginia Solid Waste Commission on low-level radioactive waste disposal.

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Reapportionment, 1970-1981.
Box-folder 14:13-17
Series 158: Reapportionment
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Recommendations, 1972-1982.
Box-folder 14:18-23
Series 159: Recommendations
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Rehabilitation and Social Services, 1980-1981.
Box-folder 15:1-3
Series 160: Rehabilitation and Social Services
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Memoranda, correspondence, and bulletins relating to activities of state Republican caucus, including several issues of the "Hot Line," January-March 1982.
Box-folder 15:4
12 items.
Series 161: Republican Caucus
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Retirement, 1977-1981.
Box-folder 15:5-8
Series 162: Retirement
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Photocopies of ordinances and correspondence, regarding Richmond waterfront terminals, and Bateman's handwritten notes concerning those documents, 1956-1958.
Box-folder 15:9
11 items.
Series 163: Richmond Waterfront Terminals
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Transcript of June 1980 debate, "Right to Work: What Does it Really Mean? "and letters received from constituents with some carbon copies of form letter reply, 1980.
Box-folder 15:10
35 items.
Series 164: Right to Work Law
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Bill to reenact sales tax on vending machine operators, 1982.
Box-folder 15:11
2 items. Copies.
Series 165: Sales Tax on Vending machines

See also Vending Machine Taxes, series 210

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Copy of Virginia retail sales and use tax regulations to take effect, 1 July 1982.
Box-folder 15:12
1 item.
Series 166: Sales Tax Regulations
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Information on 1981 H.R. 1740, and copies of several 1982 House bills affecting savings and loans, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 15:13
13 items.
Series 167: Savings and Loan Legislation
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School Distribution Formula, 1969-1971.
Box-folder 15:14-17
Series 168: School Distribution Formula
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Seafood Industry, 1975-1979.
Box-folder 15:18-20
Series 169: Seafood Industry
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Seafood Products Commission, 1977-1979.
Box-folder 15:21-22
Series 170: Seafood Products Commission
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Letters received by Governor John Dalton regarding proposed Mational Marine Science (Sea Grant) College Consortium, 1979-1980.
Box-folder 15:23
6 items.
Series 171: Sea Grant Consortium

See also VIMS, series 216.

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Letters and enclosed articles received from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 15:24
14 items.
Series 172: Seat Belt Legislation

Endorsing law to require children to wear seatbelts, draft of 1980 seatbelt law and December 1980 study, "Children In Crashes. "

See also Child Auto Safety, series 17; and Transportation, series 199-202.

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Senate Bills, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 15:25-26
Series 173: Senate Bills, 1981-1982
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Lists of committees and subcommittees on which Bateman served, forwarded by the clerk of the Senate, 1968-1982.
Box-folder 15:27
5 items.
Series 174: Senate Committees
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Correspondence and copies of regulations pertaining to dormitory visitation policies at Virginia state colleges and universities, 1971-1972.
Box-folder 15:28
78 items.
Series 175: Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24)

Bateman sponsored 1971 joint resolution expressing the view that "open" visitation violated the moral sense of Virginians. File consists of some correspondence and the visitation rules and regulations of all Virginia schools, especially the College of William and Mary.

See also Higher Education, series 69; and William and Mary, the College of, series 232.

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Correspondence and memoranda, regarding Senate rules, 1974-1982.
Box-folder 15:29
58 items.
Series 176: Senate Rules

File consists primarily of solicitations by Senators Hunter Andrews and Adelard Brault for comments on Senate rules, Bateman's suggestions (1976, 1977 and 1978), comments on them, and proposed changes in rules by other Senators and by the organization "Common Cause." File also includes several letters (August-September 1976) regarding Bateman's resignation from the Democratic caucus.

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Sentencing, 1949-1982.
Box-folder 16:1-5
Series 177: Sentencing
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Bateman's Senate Joint Resolution 181 (S.J.Res. 181), 1979.
Box-folder 16:6
47 items.
Series 178: Service Life Extension Program

Resolution memorializes Congress to award Navy's Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) to Newport News Shipbuilding, letters sent (as a result of joint resolution) to Virginia's congressional delegation, correspondence between Bateman and Newport News Shipyard officials and with members of U.S. House and Senate Armed Forces Committee members, including such figures as Senators Barry Goldwater and John Tower.

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Sexual Assault, 1977-1980.
Box-folder 16:7-11
Series 179: Sexual Assault
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Sex Education, 1972-1977.
Box-folder 16:12-15
Series 180: Sex Education
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Correspondence and legislative materials related to proposed tax on soft drinks, sponsored in 1977 by Senator Madison Marye, and in 1980 by Bateman, 1977, 1980.
Box-folder 16:16
9 items.
Series 181: Soft Drink Tax
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Announcement, agenda, and registration information for 1982 annual meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments, 1982.
Box-folder 16:17
5 items.
Series 182: Southern Legislative Conference
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Correspondence, bulletins, and reports, 1972-1974.
Box-folder 16:18
23 items.
Series 183: Special Education

Regarding Virginia's programs for the blind, retarded and handicapped, including 1972 report of the Virginia Commission for the Visually Handicapped, and Bateman's 1974 correspondence with constituents urging increased funding for special education.

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Draft "Fair Tax Amendment" forwarded to Bateman by State Senator Elliot Schewel, 1980.
Box-folder 16:19
2 items.
Series 184: Spending Limit Proposal
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Correspondence and proposed bill, urging the creation of a "Family Trust Fund" to provide financial assistance to abused spouses and children, 1982.
Box-folder 16:20
2 items.
Series 185: Spouse Abuse
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State Water Control Board (SWCB),
Box-folder 16:21-23
Series 186: State Water Control Board (SWCB)
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Taxation, 1971-1981
Box 16-17
Series 187: Taxation
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Taxation Procedures, 1979-1982.
Box-folder 17:2-4
Series 188: Taxation Procedures
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Memoranda and reports related to study of tax expenditures, 1980-1981.
Box-folder 17:5
5 items.
Series 189: Taxation Expenditures

Including studies of tax expenditures in Maryland, California, and Wisconsin.

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Materials relating to the Emergency Tax Recovery Act of 1982 (S. 69), 1982.
Box-folder 17:6
21 items.
Series 190: Taxation of Corporate Income

Including copies of substitute for bill, voting tally sheet, analysis of bill, and copies of tax forms.

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Box-folder 17:7-9
Series 191: Tax Relief for the Elderly
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Copy of December 1976 Master Plan for 1976-1986, November 1977 report on long-range planning, and November 1981 request from College local board for funding for specified projects, 1976-1977.
Box-folder 17:10
7 items.
Series 192: Thomas Nelson Community College
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Minutes of meetings of Tidewater Congress of General Assembly, February 1980, and list of assignments to study specific issue, 1980.
Box-folder 17:11
3 items.
Series 193: Tidewater Caucus
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Brief on House and Senate bills regarding real estate time-sharing, January 1981.
Box-folder 17:12
1 item.
Series 194: Time-Share Legislation
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Programs, invitations and advertisements from Annual Convention of the Tobacco Association of the United States and Tobacco Exporters Association, 1977-1978
Box-folder 17:13
26 items.
Series 195: Tobacco Conventions

Including lists of registrants, agenda and program for 1977 meeting, numerous invitations to cocktail parties, and copies of trade journals, and industry advertisements.

See also Ports of Virginia, series 147, for other convention information.

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Tort Claims Act, 1980-1982.
Box-folder 17:14-15
Series 196: Tort Claims Act
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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes regarding discovery of arsenic flowing into Potomac River from Bogle Chemical Co. Plant, 1975-1976.
Box-folder 17:16
4 items.
Series 197: Toxic Substances
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Toxic Substances Act, 1976-1978.
Box-folder 17:17-22
Series 198: Toxic Substances Act
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Transportation, 1969-1981.
Box 17-18
Series 199: Transportation
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Transportation-Northern Virginia, 1977.
Box-folder 18:3-4
Series 200: Transportation-Northern Virginia
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Documents related to work of subcommittee studying S. 422 and H.R. 602, (highway maintenance and funding bills), 1978-1979.
Box-folder 18:5
15 items.
Series 201: Transportation Subcommittee

File includes copies of bills and substitutes, minutes of subcommittee meetings, packet of statistical tables, and Department of Highways report, "1978 Highway Present Day Needs. "

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Transportation Department Study, 1980.
Box-folder 18:6-7
Series 202: Transportation Department Study
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Correspondence and statements relating to Bateman's effort to organize General Assembly behind Representative Paul Trible's 1982 bid for the U.S. Senate, 1982.
Box-folder 18:8
21 items.
Series 203: Trible

File includes 12 February 1982 letter from Trible thanking Bateman for his work, responses from many assembly members to Bateman's solicitations, lists of members who were or were not "on board," and undated "Tacking paper" on Trible's candidacy.

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Trucks, 1972-1982.
Box-folder 18:9-11
Series 204: Trucks
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Correspondence and brochure, regarding Virginia's Tuition Assistance Grant Program, mostly letters thanking Bateman for his support and Bateman's replies pledging future support, 1981-January 1982.
Box-folder 18:12
14 items.
Series 205: Tuition Assistance Program
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Documents relating to Virginia Unemployment Insurance, 1975-1981.
Box-folder 18:13
21 items.
Series 206: Unemployment Compensation

Including copies of claim forms of constituents and Bateman's handwritten notes on their cases, and list of changes in system made during 1981 Assembly session.

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Correspondence regarding Bateman's service as Vice-President of the "Keel Club" (based on donation from previous year) for 1981 Peninsula United Way Campaign, 1981.
Box-folder 18:14
12 items.
Series 207: United Way Campaign
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Uranium Mining, 1980-1981.
Box-folder 18:15-18
Series 208: Uranium Mining
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Materials relating to Bateman's Service on Urban Development Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 18:19
23 items.
Series 209: Urban Development

File includes agendas, packets of articles and clippings, and accommodations information for committee meetings in Washington and Chicago, and papers on the Reagan Administration's "Enterprise Zone" proposal and on state-federal action.

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Vending Machine Taxes, 1978-1982.
Box-folder 18:20-21
Series 210: Vending Machine Taxes
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Correspondence and news letters pertaining to veterans issues, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 18:22
46 items.
Series 211: Veterans

File includes resolutions passed at October 1981 meeting of Virginia Council of Chapters of the Retired Officers Association, resolutions and voluminous supporting materials from the Disabled American Veterans, and letters from cemetery operators regarding Veteran's Cemetery Bill (S. 25) considered at 1982 Assembly session.

See also Constituent Correspondence, series 237-238, 242.

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Annual report and a memorandum from the Virginia Educational Loan Authority, 1980.
Box-folder 18:23
5 items.
Series 212: Virginia Educational Loan Authority (VELA)
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Correspondence and reports relating to Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO), 1978.
Box-folder 18:24
14 items.
Series 213: Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO)

Including Bateman's correspondence with official of Newport News Industrial Corporation, VEPCO report on "Employment and Housing in Virginia Urban Corridor," background information on September 1978 rate increase request, and undated spiral-bound book of graphs and charts.

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Agenda for materials for an interim assessment of Virginia's Evaluation Act by the Health Plot Review Committee, 27 October 1980.
Box-folder 18:25
2 items.
Series 214: Virginia Evaluation Act

Working papers of committee consisting of members of Assembly, JLARC, and state departments, studying procedures of Virginia health care system.

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Correspondence, documents, and notes concerning applications for Virginia Housing and Development Authority loans, 1979-1980.
Box-folder 18:26
27 items.
Series 215: Virginia Housing and Development Authority (VHDA)

Including applications, letters from employers, letters from Bateman on behalf of applicants, background information on VHDA procedures, and background information on tax-exempt, single-family mortgage bonds from the National Conference on State Legislatures.

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Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), 1975-1980.
Box-folder 18:27-30
Series 216: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
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1981 legislative agendas of Virginia Municipal League, and list of League's legislative meetings for November-December 1980; 1980-1981.
Box-folder 19:1
4 items.
Series 217: Virginia Municipal League
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Information concerning Virginia Oil and Gas Association's 1982 annual meeting in Roanoke, May 1982; 1982.
Box-folder 19:2
6 items.
Series 218: Virginia Oil and Gas Authority
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Box-folder 19:3-8
Series 219: Virginia Port Authority
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Copy of a letter from officials of Virginia State School at Hampton to an employee, July 1979, regarding budget cuts, and Bateman's undated notes on an apparent complaint from the recipient of that letter, 1979, n.d.
Box-folder 19:9
2 items.
Series 220: Virginia State School
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Bill sponsored by Bateman and copies of Senate and House substitutes allowing courts to deduct child support payments from defaulting parent's wages, 1982.
Box-folder 19:10
13 items. Copies.
Series 221: Wage Assignment in Support Cases

File also contains letter from Welfare Commissioner William Lukhard.

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Water Resources, 1972-1980.
Box-folder 19:11-15
Series 222: Water Resources
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Water Resources: Bi-State Commission, 1978-1982.
Box-folder 19:16-20
Series 223: Water Resources: Bi-State Commission
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Correspondence. and reports pertaining to water resources in Northern Virginia and Potomac River, 1976-1977.
Box-folder 19:21
7 items.
Series 224: Water Resources: Potomac

Including Potomac River Flow Agreement and February 1977 report on potential solutions to water supply problems of Northern Virginia.

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Correspondence, memoranda, reports and legislative materials relating to work of Watercraft Subcommittee, 1980-1981.
Box-folder 19:22
20 items.
Series 225: Watercraft Sales and Use Tax

File contains minutes of subcommittee meetings, Bateman's handwritten notes on meeting and copy of substitute for House bill (H.R. 986) proposing reduction of watercraft sales tax.

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Welfare and Institutions, 1962-1975.
Box 19-20
Series 226: Welfare and Institutions
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Correspondence, memoranda, and reports pertaining to welfare services for the elderly in Virginia, 1972-1980.
Box-folder 20:4
35 items.
Series 227: Welfare for the Elderly

Including 1972 summary of amendments to Social Security Act, 1975 bulletin on public welfare statistics, and January-February 1974 correspondence from adult home administrators protesting the low proposed appropriations for old age assistance.

See also Adult Homes, series 2; and Homes for Adults, series 74.

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Correspondence and memoranda pertaining to work of Joint subcommittee studying Virginia's welfare system, 1971-1973, n.d.
Box-folder 20:5
36 items.
Series 228: Welfare Study Commission

Including 1971-1972 Welfare Department annual report, 1973 summary of welfare programs by Welfare Commissioner William Lukhard, Department's undated [1973] summary report on actions to be taken to improve program administration, statistics on Aid to Dependent Children and other programs, and original and copies of memo on welfare fraud prepared by law student/intern and sent by Bateman to various officials.

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Photocopies of documents, relating to contract for construction of Western State Hospital, Staunton, Virginia, and undated memorandum to Bateman explaining the contract, 1946-1960.
Box-folder 20:6
11 items.
Series 229: Western State Hospital
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Wetlands, 1969-1980.
Box-folder 20:7-8
Series 230: Wetlands
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Copies of 1982 bills (S. 235 and S. 238) and amendments to amend wetlands section of Virginia Code, with February 1980 memorandum by Bateman, and Bateman's March 1980 letter to Governor John Dalton regarding wetlands bills passed by 1980 General Assembly, 1980-1982.
Box-folder 20:9
18 items.
Series 231: Wetlands Bills

See also Coastal Zone Land Management Act, series 21.

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The College of William and Mary (W&M), 1970-1981.
Box-folder 20:10-12
Series 232: William and Mary, The College of (W&M)
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Letter from Alexandria, Virginia law firm and enclosed proposals for revision of Virginia Code section dealing with beer and wine franchises, 1976.
Box-folder 20:13
4 items.
Series 233: Wine Dealers' Franchise
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Correspondence and legal papers pertaining to 1981 suit of Yorktown Trustees against the York County Board of Supervisors.
Box-folder 20:14
12 items.
Series 234: Yorktown, Town of
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Correspondence with and on behalf of Newport News realtor Paul K. Lotz regarding Virginia's zoning laws, 1981.
Box-folder 20:15
3 items.
Series 235: Zoning
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Research Materials, 1968-1975.
Box 20-21
Series 236: Research Materials
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Constituent Correspondence, 1971-1982.
Box-folder 21:3-11
Series 237: Constituent Correspondence
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Mostly undated master copies of form letters for responding to constituent correspondence, n.d.
Box-folder 21:12
43 items.
Series 238: Constituent Correspondence Form Letters
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Legislative Correspondence, 1981-1982.
Box-folder 21:13-15
Series 239: Legislative Correspondence
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Session-Communications from Governor, et al., 1982-1984.
Box-folder 21:16-17
Series 240: 1982 Session-Communications from Governor, et al.
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Phone messages, handwritten notes and documents related to Bateman's handling of constituents' problems with governmental agencies, 1982.
Box-folder 21:18
20 items.
Series 241: 1982 Session-Constituent Problems
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Session-Constituent Correspondence, 1982.
Box-folder 21:19-20
Series 242: 1982 Session-Constituent Correspondence
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Session-General Correspondence, 1982.
Box-folder 21:21-25
Series 243: 1982 Session-General Correspondence
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Correspondence, regarding a Newport News landfill, and Bateman's letter of 22 November 1982 noting his election to U.S. Congress and his resignation from Virginia Senate, August-November 1982.
Box-folder 21:26
7 items.
Series 244: 1982 Session-Legislative Correspondence
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Session-Specific Bill Requests, 1982.
Box-folder 21:27-29
Series 245: 1982 Session-Specific Bill Requests
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Unidentified Compendium of Bills, n.d.
Box-folder 22:1-2
Series 246: Unidentified Compendium of Bills
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Bateman's Pocket Appointment Books, 1964-1977.
Box-folder 22:3-9
Series 247: Bateman's Pocket Appointment Books, 1964-1977
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Photograph and cover letter, ca. 1971.
Box-folder 22:10
2 items. Photographic Print. Black and White. Glossy.
Series 248: Photograph

Photograph of closet door of dormitory room at the College of William and Mary, showing "The official Room 205 s--t-list," with Bateman's picture appearing at the top. Bateman was then sponsoring a Senate Joint Resolution to prohibit "open" visitation in state college dormitories. Photograph and cover letter was taken from the William and Mary, the College of (W&M) series (Box-folder: 20:10).

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Oversize and Medium Oversize Maps, 1969-1976, n.d.
Box 22
Series 249: Oversize and Medium Oversize Maps

All maps were removed from the reapportionment series except the finial map, which was removed from the ports of Virginia series.

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