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Herbert H. Bateman Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Gift: Acc. no. 83-1; 12,731 items, 1/20/1983.
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 |
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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 | |
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.
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
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
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.
Items regard Medicaid funding for abortion. Virginia State Health Department recommendation, letters from constituents and health organizations and Bateman's replies.
Photocopies from Code of Virginia (1950, 1960, 1975) and of articles in law reviews. Copies of House Bill No. 502, of Bateman's proposed amendments to it, of roll call on this bill (1978), and of undated letter stating Bateman's position on it, and copy of Senate Bill No. 927 (January 1979).
Includes sample copies of Bateman's responses (6 February 1978 and ca. February 1979) and copy of House Bill No. 541 (28 January 1982).
See also the series on general constituent correspondence, series 237, 238, and 242; and the Medicaid series, series 113 and 114.
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.
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.
This includes legal briefs and affidavits sent to Bateman by Robert R. Hatten, of Patten & Wornorn Law Offices, Newport News, Virginia.
Mostly opinions rendered at Bateman's request on behalf of constituents on a wide variety of cases.
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.
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.
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.
Includes grant application of Engineering Incorporated and reports and articles on biomass concept.
Includes testimony, correspondence, articles, background papers, and final report (December 1980) of Subcommittee to Virginia Coal and Energy Commission.
Includes committee minutes, testimony, and final report, and articles and memoranda from lumber industry organizations. Duplicates much of the material in Box-folder 1:16.
Biennium submitted by Governor Linwood Holton.
Includes correspondence with president of Christopher Newport College.
Includes copy of House amendment and statistical reports of cities and counties on cost to State of salary increases.
Most request that the state not reduce funding for specific institutions or programs. Also contains booklet on Virginia's 1982-1984, Effective Budget Highlights .
Bateman wrote each members of Congress in August 1971 expressing his opposition to busing, and received replies (with enclosed news releases, Congressional Record, excerpts, and copies of resolutions) from many of them.
Letters from individuals and organizations urging Bateman to oppose busing and carbon copies of Bateman's replies.
Correspondence, news releases, and newspaper clippings expressing Bateman's refutation of a charge by political opponent that he supported busing; correspondence with and newsletters of an organization, "Save Our Neighborhood Schools" (S.O.N.S.) with whom Bateman cooperated; copy of undated Joint resolution which Bateman sponsored calling for amendment to U.S. Constitution forbidding assignment to schools on the basis of race, religion, or national origins.
See also Seat Belt Laws, series 172; and Transportation, series 199-202.
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.
Includes copies of bills, photocopies of newspaper articles, surveys, reports, and testimony.
Seeb also uranium mining, series 208.
File includes notice of Bateman's appointment to Committee (3 May 1979), and memoranda concerning alternative energy sources during gas shortage of 1979.
File includes list of Commission members (1980), House bill on Solar Energy Programs, list of publications from Division of Mineral Resources, and information on Virginia topographical maps.
Including lists and addresses of conference participants and text of questions and answers.
Including December 1980 Subcommittee report and reviews on coal situation from Chase Manhattan Bank and Bethlehem Steel.
Including report on energy study exchange between Virginia and Brazil, report on van pooling, and subcommittee's 1980 report.
File includes several reports on aspects of geothermal policies prepared by National Conference of State Legislatures and 1980 report of subcommittee.
Including photocopies of oil and gas statutes of Oklahoma and West Virginia, and drafts of bills and amendments regarding oil and gas conservation in Virginia.
Including multiple copies of statements by industry, corporations and consultants and report of subcommittee (8 December 1980).
Items include minutes of a meeting of the Coal and Energy Commission, 16 October 1981, testimony of Dr. Peter Montague before commission, 28 April 1981, and minutes of Renewable Resources Subcommittee, 17 September 1981.
Letters, memoranda and handbook from William R. Ferguson of the National Conference of State Legislatures, as background for 9 September 1981 meeting of VCEC Renewable Resources Subcommittee.
Testimony of James W. Heizer, Executive Director of the Virginia Gasoline Retailers Association, and copy of relevant Tennessee statute.
Includes two copies of 17 July 1981 memo to VCEC members from state attorney, information file on SPR from Norfolk and Western Railway, Department of Energy's 1981 Annual Report on SPR program, and unidentified file of documents and clippings, mostly pertaining to prospect of SPR storage facility at the Worthy Mine, Smythe County, Virginia, probably furnished by the Texas-based Saltville Underground Storage Company.
January 1982 report of the commission, bills and resolutions providing for uranium mining, mineral exploration on state lands, and inspection of utilities for conservation efficiency, and background memoranda (1980-1981) on exploration on state lands.
Including working papers and minutes of meetings of Virginia Coastal Study Commission (on which Bateman served), old Assembly bills, and position papers from individuals, business groups and public agencies.
See also Wetlands, series 230.
Including copies of bills, handwritten notes of Virginia Coastal Study Commission, memoranda, proposals from individuals and county/city officials in Virginia, and report by law student at Marshall-Wythe School of Law.
Mostly statements and commentaries by individuals and, especially, county and city governments on this policy.
Also includes Bateman's alternative bill (S. 741) introduced 15 January 1979, and letter of 16 January 1979 explaining his reasons for sponsoring this bill.
Including multiple copies of bills, roll call vote tallies, reports and memoranda, position papers from business organizations, Bateman's letter to editor of Daily Press on H.R. 403 (29 January 1979), and file of newspaper clippings on H.R. 403 in Virginia Assembly.
Including drafts of bills and proposed bills and reports, and minutes and reports of Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.
Also includes Bateman's personnel position papers, handwritten list of "opponnents" of bill and legislative history ("track record") of bill.
Includes publication, "An Analysis: Virginia Beach as a Resort Community. "
Includes 1978 report of the Secretary of Commerce and Resources, letter and enclosures from Governor John Dalton, copies of bills which Bateman sponsored, letters and suggestions from lobbying groups, and extracts from testimony.
Includes copies of bills, amendments, roll call, vote tabulations, planning and budget impact statements, and letters from constituents.
This file features items relating to legislative battle over opposing version of bill between Bateman and delegate George Grayson, of Williamsburg. It includes letters from Grayson to other Virginia Senators to solicit support of his version, letters to and from Governor John Dalton, arranging his veto of bill once Bateman's amendments failed, editorial commentary on history of bill, undated amendments and correspondence, roll call vote tabulations and summary of Assembly action on Senate and House bills.
Includes Bateman's annual disclosure forms correspondence relating to possible conflicts of interest, and some material relating to amending of act.
Copy of confidential 1978 preliminary report forwarded to Bateman by Thomas P. Chisman, Chairman of study committee.
Including handwritten notes and minutes of 15 May 1973 meeting, summary of state credit laws, and proposed changes in Virginia laws.
Including agendas for and summaries of November 1972 and January 1973 meetings, summary of suggested state legislation for 1973, and council booklet on modernizing state constitutions, 1966-1972.
Including reports on consumer complaints in the south, public service commissions in the south, Council's suggested state legislation for 1975, and materials relating to Council's 1975 meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Including index of Federal Publications on consumer issues, 15 August 1975 issue of Consumer News , and copy of federal government publication, State Consumer Action: Summary '74 .
Includes announcements and reservation forms for SLC CPC meetings and material sent to Bateman by officials of Kroger Food Stores.
Includes articles, suggested legislation, and letters from constituents, lobbyists, and state officials on prison reform, and 220 page, 1974 report on Bland Correctional Farm and 13 Field Units in Virginia.
including letters relating to individual prisoners, and newsletters and fact sheets from Director of Department of Correction.
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.
Materials relating to Tortfeasers Act as modified by June 1977 decision in case of Wright v. Orlowski.
Includes report from Senator Edward Kennedy and letters and other items from constituents linking D.C. statehood to liberal "plot" against American liberties.
Includes handwritten notes and minutes of meetings, copies of bills, amendments and failed bills relating to divorce laws, 1974-1980, and court opinions on divorce laws submitted by circuit court judges.
File consists mostly of opinions on divorce laws (1972-1980) submitted by circuit court Judges.
File contains relevant opinions of circuit court judge Wayne Bell of Bristol, Virginia.
Includes handwritten notes from meetings, minutes, memoranda, and revised copies of pending bill.
Series includes synopsis of information contained in series of articles in The Ledger-Star and letter from State Senator Joe Canada.
Includes pamphlets from Virginia Education Association, reports on public education in Virginia, 1974-1975, 1975-1976, 1976-1977, and assorted other publications.
Including 1980 publication, A Look at Virginia Public Education , 1980-1981 legislation programs of Virginia Association of Elementary School Principles and Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers, several state reports on aspects of Virginia Education and letters from Appomattox County PTA and Board of Supervisors.
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.
Including a 1976 report on legislation affecting the elderly, 1977 report of Commission on the Needs of Elderly Virginians, and documents concerning construction of housing project for the elderly in Newport News.
Includes copy of report, summary of recommendation, and responses of Virginia Department of Welfare. Also includes 1981 legislative platform of Virginia Coalition for the Aging.
Series include copies of notice of challenge and related documents and reports on disputed elections in state House and Senate, 1936-1960.
Also includes minutes of special subcommittee of the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Also includes undated pamphlet on Atomic Power, Constitutional Rights and the Environment .
Includes background information on and copy of Hazardous Waste Superfund Act, 1990 Construction Grants Strategy Draft, information on Clean Air Act, and copy of Heritage Foundation report on EPA.
Includes EPA and Virginia reports on groundwater protection and other information on groundwater.
Mostly photocopies of newspaper articles following progress of Execution by Lethal Injection Bill through Oklahoma legislature (1977), with copies of bill and correspondence between Bateman and Oklahoma officials.
Includes multiple copies of bills and amendments, photocopies of relevant legal cases and correspondence arranging expert testimony.
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.
Including Farm Bureau's 1982 General Assembly priorities, policies, and position papers.
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 .
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.
Documents relating to work of Virginia Senate Finance Committee, 1980-1981. Subseries consists largely of tables and statistical reports, agendas of meetings, 1980 compensation review, and extensive 1980 report of the joint subcommittee to study the Virginia individual income tax structure.
Correspondence and memoranda regarding work of Health and Social Services Subcommittee, especially consideration of impact of Reagan Administration budget cuts.
Materials relating to work of Virginia Senate Finance Committee, including documents on higher education, speech by Governor John Dalton and other items relating to meeting of 25 August 1981, and correspondence from Peninsula Legal Aid, business groups, the Virginia Home, and Virginia Association of Museums regarding aspects of Virginia budget.
Includes mostly resolution and suggestions by Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Including several copies of 18 December 1979 draft legislation for authority, photocopies of excerpt from Congressional Record and 27 December 1979 public statements on proposal.
Including multiple copies of 10 January 1980 draft legislation and 31 January 1980 bill (S. 341), Bateman's handwritten notes, preliminary draft of cooperative agreement solicitation for work on fuel conservation plant, and report from Virginia Renewable Energy lobby.
Including copies of roll call voting tallies, several letter from Bateman to Assembly members and U.S. Senator John Warner regarding Authority, newspaper clippings, and minutes and membership lists from Authority's first meetings.
Including two copies of 1980 report of the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission, multiple copies of amendments which Bateman sponsored, multiple copies of unidentified newspaper article on Authority, many pages of handwritten notes on S. 341, and revised Feasibility Studies Program solicitation.
See also Highway Funds, series 72; and Trucks, series 204.
Items include two copies of 30 November 1981 report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on Highway Financing in Virginia, and Lobbying Exports of Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Rail road against related proposal to increase weight allowance of trucks on Virginia highways.
See also Correspondence, series 62-63, 237-239, 242-244; and especially Highway Department Study, series 71 for background of JLARC study.
Including letters and commentaries on bill by business groups, two copies of substitute for S. 99, and several packets of memoranda from Archie Ellis, general counsel for Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (R,F&P) lobbying against S. 99.
Items include drafts of bills and proposed substitutes and amendments, statements by such groups as Tidewater Automobile Association of Virginia and Virginia Petroleum Council, and background materials on court cases involving restrictions on truck sizes.
Including two booklets published by the Council of State Governments and five reports by Virginia Commission on State Governmental Management.
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.
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.
See also Legislative Proposals, 1982; series 103.
Items consist of 1979 background material on highway system, resolutions and statements by business organizations and local officials, and agendas and transcript of statements at JLARC meetings of 9 November 1981 and 30 November 1981.
See also Gas Tax, series 62; and Transportation, series 199-201; which cover legislation developed as a result of JLARC study.
Including testimony and statements at 30 November 1981 public hearing, extensive lobbying material from Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, 1980-1981 report of Virginia Highway and Transportation Commission, and materials for 11 January 1982 meeting of JLARC.
See also Gas Tax, series 62; and JLARC, series 86 (Box-Folder 7:10).
Items contain copies of bills and amendments, 1978 report on tentative allocations, and voluminous statistical information compiled for work of subcommittee.
See also Transportation, series 199-202.
Including memoranda and voluminous statistical data on allocations, the condition of highway bridges in Virginia, and minutes of subcommittee meetings.
Including minutes of several meetings and background statistical data and reports.
Including March 1978 report by JLARC on long term health care in Virginia, excerpts from Code of Virginia on public welfare laws, and correspondence between Bateman and state and local welfare officials.
Including 30 October 1981 report by Virginia Department of Welfare, reports and pamphlets from Virginia Health Care Association and the Virginia Home, and typed draft of undated proposed Senate Joint Resolution by Bateman.
Items include 1973 licensing regulations, 1974 list of homes, copies of bills, and amendments, and correspondence with officials of Virginia Association of Homes for the Aging and of individual homes concerning 1975 and (successful) 1978 legislation to exempt homes from state sales tax.
See also Adult Homes, series 2; and Homes for Adults, series 74.
Including July 1980 report on proposed state plan for services provided to the elderly, 1981 legislative concerns for Virginia Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging, and January 1981 report for General Assembly on care of the impaired elderly.
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.
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.
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.
See also Newport News Shipbuilding, series 125; and Port of Virginia, series 147.
See also Peninsula Ports, series 81, 147.
Items consist largely of correspondence of PPAV officials and lawyers, but also includes 4 January 1974 proposal for resolution, 1974 summary of PPAV enabling legislation, 1952-1974, and November 1973 report on industrial facilities financing in Virginia.
Items include undated [1974] PPAV resolution authorizing issuance of revenue bonds for financing Graving dock facility, background material on PPAV financing, copy of The Virginia Bar Association Journal of January 1970, 1978 lease agreement between PPAV and Shipside Packing Company, Inc., and 1982 position paper on industrial revenue bonds by a Newport News law firm.
Including 1971 report prepared for Bureau of Insurance of State Corporation Commission and undated model bill by insurance lobbying group.
Items consist mostly of correspondence between Bateman and John W. Edmonds III, counsel for the Virginia Bankers Association, in which Edmonds rendered legal opinions on interest rate statutes which Bateman then passed on to law firm of Jones, Blechman, Woltz, & Kelly, and of correspondence with Attorney General Andrew Miller.
Including 1980 analysis of Virginia legislation relating to money and interest, bills and amendments (1980) to allow renegotiable interest rates by savings and loans, and information from Virginia Retail Merchants Association (1982) urging deregulation of open-ended credit.
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."
Including December 1979 interim report and spiral-bound collection of material presented at 30 May 1980 meeting of JLARC subcommittee.
Including 11 August 1980 spiral-bound exposure draft, summary of findings and recommendations, and commentaries on draft from various state agencies and state universities.
Including 10 November 1980 JLARC exposure draft, 10 November 1980 staff briefing, and undated summary of Title XX benefits in Virginia.
Items include Assembly resolution for general government study, copy of 9 July 1982 JLARC exposure draft on vehicle cost responsibility, and letters from officials of Virginia Railway Association and Virginia Highway Users Association debating findings of JLARC study. 30 items.
Including 1968 study of estimated personal incomes in Virginia and 1967 and 1971 Virginia Income Tax Study Commissions on implementation of simplified tax system.
Including joint resolution establishing committee, roster of members (including Bateman), agendas and minutes of first meetings, review of 1971 study, and statistical and background information furnished to members.
Packet of information forwarded to members in September 1980, including minutes of meetings, draft legislation, and reports on taxation in Virginia and other states.
Including 1980-1981 committee for courts of justice of Senate and House of Delegates judicial selection questionnaire.
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.
See also Seafood Industry, series 169.
Memoranda from state interagency Kepone Task Force, Governor and other agencies detailing chronology of Kepone problem and responses to it.
See also Toxic Substance Act, series 198.
Copies of emergency orders (with supplementary data, maps and chronologies), 1976, 1980, prohibiting fishing and crabbing in James River, copy of (undated) Kepone mitigation feasibility project, and 1980 report on control of toxic substances in Virginia.
Transcripts of testimony of Governor Mills Godwin and Otis L. Brown, Head of Kepone Task Force, before U.S. Senate subcommittee, 22 January 1976, transcript of (anonymous) speech before U.S. Senate on the Kepone problem, and published copy of hearings before Senate Committee on Kepone Contamination .
Synopses of proceedings of interagency Kepone Task Force, 1976, and synopses of costs of task force.
Most important (and voluminous) correspondence was with Otis L. Brown, state Secretary of Human Affairs and head of Interagency Kepone Task Force, Governor Mills Godwin, State Health Commissioner James B. Kenley, and with several toxicologists.
Most important and voluminous correspondence was with Otis L. Brown, Governor Mills Godwin, Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner James E. Douglas, Jr., and Dr. William Hargis, of the Kepone Task Force.
Bateman's correspondence with Virginia's congressional delegation. Bateman wrote each of Virginia's representatives and senators on 4 October 1976, 21 October 1976, and 3 November 1976 and 2 December 1976 briefing them on the impact of Kepone on Virginia's seafood industry and requesting their assistance in convincing the F.P.A. to raise allowable "action levels" of Kepone in seafood products. File consists of Bateman's letters, the congressmen's replies and attached replies to their letters to the E.P.A., and Bateman's letter of 26 January 1977 public meeting and enclosing a copy of Bateman's presentation at that meeting.
Handwritten drafts of Bateman's letter and questionnaire sent to independent toxicologists regarding Kepone "action levels," along with working notes and persons to be contacted.
Correspondence and reports pertaining to report on Kepone action levels by Dr. William D. Deichmann, toxicologist from University of Miami, including copy of 10 November 1976 report and background material on Deichmann.
Items consist of correspondence, July 1976-January 1977, between Bateman and officials of the Virginia Seafood Council and the National Fisheries Institute, lists of members of these organizations, handwritten notes from meetings, notes for preparation of Bateman's presentation, newspaper clippings on seafood industry's reports, and 1978 report on public image of Virginia seafood.
Items include lists on contributions and expenditures from the Save Our Seafood fund, bill to seafood industry from a law firm, and bill, receipts,, long-distance telephone records, and time records from Bateman' s work for Virginia Seafood Council.
Miscellaneous notes handwritten on legal paper, most undated, pertaining to Bateman's meetings or conversations with James Douglas, Otis Brown, Dr. Joseph Borzelleca, and representatives of Virginia seafood industry regarding Kepone action levels.
Correspondence, news releases, statements, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Bateman's public criticism of presidential nominee Jimmy Carter for his statements on Virginia's Kepone problem. File includes letter of Bateman to Carter, 7 September 1976, in which Bateman calls Carter's remarks "a cheap shot born of ignorance," multiple copies of Bateman's remarks at a press conference, draft of statement from seafood industry representative affirming Bateman's opinion, letter and copies of remarks from former Lieutenant Governor and Jimmy Carter-ally Henry Howell, and copies of newspaper article on this feud.
Three copies of Bateman's presentation on behalf of Virginia seafood industry regarding Kepone action level at EPA public hearing, 26 January 1977.
Memoranda and transcripts of statements on Kepone action levels by Lee J. Weddig, of National Fisheries Institute of Marine Science, Dr. James B. Kenley, State Health Commissioner, an official of Allied Chemical Corporation, and others.
Legislative papers, January 1977, involving proposed amendment of Poisoned Food Provisions of Virginia Code, including copies of H.R. 1971 and amendment in the nature of a substitute for it.
Correspondence and notes relating to efforts to ease or lift fishing ban on James River, including Bateman's 2 July 1980 statement at public hearing in which he denied that Kepone posed a health threat to humans, 1 August 1980 letter from State Marine Resources Commissioner to State Health Commissioner urging reconsideration of fishing ban, Baternan's handwritten notes of 2 July 1980 hearing, and Bateman's 27 June 1980 letter to official of Virginia Seafood Council in which Bateman offers to represent seafood industry at future public hearings for a fee of $7500.00.
Reports on impact of Kepone on Virginia economy, including 16 January 1976 report and February 1976 EPA report, and several 1976 repots on economic impact of Kepone and on Kepone-related state agency costs by Philip Gabel, staff economist for State Health Department.
Legal memoranda on Kepone action levels, including 15 September 1976 memo from law firm (Truitt, Fabrikant, Bucklin, and Lenzner) retained by Virginia seafood industry, and 21 October 1976 memo, The Legal Effects of the Kepone 'Action Levels' prepared by firm representing Allied Chemical.
Memoranda and correspondence from officials of environmental Protection Agency, 1975-1976, regarding Kepone action levels and the health effects of Kepone.
Including EPA's 10 January report several drafts of (undated) seafood industry Kepone monitoring plan, and technical articles on Kepone testing.
Memoranda and reports on carcinogenicity of Kepone, 1976-1979, including reports from National Cancer Institute and Environmental Protection Agency, and membership list of Society of Toxicology.
Photocopies of excerpts from weekly publication Food Chemical News , August-December 1976, probably furnished to Bateman by Virginia Seafood Council.
Articles, bulletins and memoranda regarding Kepone, toxic substances and food and water safety, including photocopied excerpts from The Food In Your Future (1975), EPA-staff report on regulation of pesticides (December 1976), report on PCBs in food supply and other materials.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Rock Study , [1979]: a graphic and tabular report on Kepone levels in various types of fish and seafood.
Including Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner James Douglas, representatives of the Virginia Seafood Council, and lawyers for the VSC File includes attached correspondence.
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.
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.
Including copies of 1982 bill regarding land surveyors and letters endorsing it.
Interim reports of August, September, and December 1978 and February 1979 report on police instructor certification by Diversified Management Research, Inc. Also contains Senate Joint Resolution mandating the study, agenda for initial meeting, and proposed membership list.
Including February 1979 report on Virginia's Training Evaluation System and numerous letters, resolutions and copies of statements from officials of local and regional law enforcement agencies regarding training studies.
Including reports on pay, training, and education of law enforcement personnel, final summary for implementation of recommendations, and draft reports of advisory and steering committees on law enforcement training in Virginia.
Carbon copies of Bateman's requests, January 1976, for the drafting of bills pertaining to a wide variety of issues.
Correspondence, memoranda and bills relating to legislation proposed for consideration in 1980 and 1981 General Assembly session. File includes materials from Virginia Association of Counties, materials relating to regulation of barbers and hairdressers, material from Delegate Johnny Joannov regarding his bill to amend Virginia tax laws, and legislative agendas of Medical Society of Virginia and Virginia Poverty Law Center.
Correspondence, memoranda, bills and legislative agendas from lobbying organizations relating to legislation proposed for 1982 General Assembly session, including materials from Association for Retarded Citizens, City of Newport News, Newport News Public Schools, York County Schools, Virginia Association of Community Action Agencies, Inc., League of Women Voters, and Riverside Hospital.
Carbons and photocopies of Bateman's requests to legislative services [division] to draft bills on a variety of subjects for 1982 General Assembly session.
Including appropriations bill, bill pertaining to motor vehicle insurance, transportation/highway funds allocation, and salaries of county court clerks.
Including reports on teacher preparation programs, fishing ladders along James River, and on feasibility of requiring thumbprints on drivers' licenses.
Including reports on division of motor vehicles, mental health and feasibility of a new mental hospital.
See also Proposition 13, series 154.
Including materials from Virginia Beer Wholesaler's Association, R. J. Reynolds Aluminum, City of Lynchburg, and the Environmental Protection Agency, reports on litter control in Washington State and Virginia, copies of Assembly bills and Senate report, and floor speech [by Senator Waddell] denouncing Bateman's position.
Items include undated report (ca. 1976) of Senate subcommittee on container legislation on so-called "bottle bill" which figured in 1976 Assembly debates.
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.
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.
Items include legal memo prepared by Bateman for VMHA and material to YMHA's fund-raising efforts for Bateman's 1975 re-election campaign.
Including 1969 Times-Herald report on dangers to Chesapeake Bay, copies of 1974 agreement between Virginia Marine Resources Commission and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, and 1977 JLARC report on marine resources management programs in Virginia.
Including memorandum from May 1975 Medical Malpractice Conference, background articles, minutes of and statements before July 1975 meeting of Commission on the Costs and Administration of Health Care Services, copies of July 1975 draft legislation, and copy of September 1975 report on malpractice crisis by Virginia Hospital Association.
Especially items pertaining to work of Senate Courts of Justice subcommittee studying medical malpractice insurance which Bateman chaired. File includes material on legislation or other states, especially the "Indiana Plan."
Including excerpts from federal report, May-June 1975 issue of Virginia Bar News , and unidentified packet of articles and memoranda (possibly from November 1975 conference in San Francisco).
Including November 1975 report of State Corporation Commission, statement by William Read Miller, attorney for the Medical Society of Virginia, and Bateman's handwritten notes from Conference of Insurance Legislators, November 1975.
Including copies of bills, amendments, substitutes, and roll call vote tallies, 2 February 1976 summary of legislation introduced, 12 March 1976 summary of action on two bills, statements by representatives of insurance and medical professions, and Bateman's correspondence with Attorney General's office and SCC Bureau of Insurance.
including undated acts, amendments and reports from 1976 Assembly session, approved copy of Act (S. 115), and letters of 1977 and 1978 discussing further proposals for amending malpractice insurance laws.
Including Bateman's position paper [ca. 1970] on state funding for abortion and constituent letters on this issue, copies of congressional bills and excerpts from Congressional Record on proposed "Radiation Health and Safety Act," 1970 and 1971, report on needs of the handicapped in Virginia, and 1972 legislative program of Virginia Hospital Association.
Mostly pertaining to state Medicaid deficit and cost containment options, including 7 September 1980 report by Virginia Health Care Association (VHCA) and 7 November 1980 rebuttal of it, cost containment option package, materials relating to 7 November 1980 meeting and several copies of VHCA November 1980 brochure on Medicaid and Virginia nursing homes.
Including correspondence from constituents, hospitals, and Virginia Poverty Law Center, Assembly agendas of Virginia Hospital Association (VHA), memoranda and statistical material relating to work of Medicaid subcommittee and meeting of 25 February 1982.
Enclosed in January 1981 report by Commissioner of Virginia Health Department on nursing home bed need, and reports and memoranda on Medicaid from Virginia Health Care Association, Virginia Pharmaceutical Association, Virginia Optometric Association, and Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
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 .
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.
Including reports of USDA, Directory of Virginia Dairy Products Association, and history of Virginia State Dairyman's Association.
including 1974 rules and regulation for milk industry, December 1975 final report of Commission to study Virginia Milk Commission, undated booklet, The Study of Milk , and 1978 memorandum from state Milk Commissions.
Including background on legislation and NCSL proposals, and agendas and minutes of and background information from several committee meetings.
Including copy of relevant 1979 Congressional bill, copy of and comments on state Senate Bill 299, and newsletter of Outer Banks, [Virginia] Civic League .
Items include resolutions by city officials, commentaries on pending legislation affecting the city, proposed changes in city charter, background information on taxation and planning in city and on Virginia Peninsula and Bateman's inquiries and action on behalf of city.
Including city council resolutions on problems and pending legislation, planning commission commentary on proposed statewide building code, Port Authority statistics for 1972, information from Virginia Municipal League, and numerous memoranda, 1976-1979, from Progress Committee for Newport News.
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.
Including agendas for 1979 and 1980, Bateman's notes on several meetings of school board and agenda of Virginia School Boards Association.
See also School Distribution Formula, series 168; and Sex Education, series 180.
Most items are from a packet of information provided by legislative liaison "Ned" Carr, and include statements on teachers' salaries and driver education.
Items include Bateman's 1974 correspondence with Virginia Senators William Scott and Harry F. Byrd, Jr., lobbying for increased supply of steel to allow NNS & DO Co. build special fuel tankers for U.S. Merchant Marine, 1977 correspondence with Virginia's Congressional delegation lobbying for payment of outstanding government contracts to NNS & DO Co., and copies of replies and correspondence of Congressmen with other government officials.
Including Bateman's 1977 letter to President Jimmy Carter urging support of a bill requiring that at least 30% of U.S. oil imports be carried in American ships, testimony of NNS & DO Co. Board Chairman John P. Diesel, 1978 NNS & DO Co. report, A Decade of Progress , and undated memoranda and draft legislation regarding security at shipyard.
See also Service Life Extension Program, series 178.
Including 1971 packet of background information, letters and memoranda from lawyers' groups, letters from constituents and a copy (14 February 1973) of Bateman's form letter response, copy of bill and roll call voting tally for S. 300 (January 1975), and lobbying materials from several insurance agencies.
Including several issues of Trial Magazine and State Legislatures Magazine, commentary on no-fault legislation in other states, and commentary by Kemper Insurance Co.
Items include 1974 and 1978 correspondence regarding obscenity laws, copies of 1974 Newport News laws, copies of 1974 Newport News obscenity ordinances, and photocopies of court decisions regarding obscenity, 1956-1964.
Including constituent correspondence (some with Bateman's reply), and memoranda on environmental impact of refinery.
Including copy of bill (H.R. 205), copies of newspaper clippings, undated statement by Virginia Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and packet of information on optometrist profession.
Including correspondence with Or. Bernard Morewitz, who instigated the protest and State Attorney General Marshall Coleman, and draft of FTC regulation.
Items include copy of bill and voluminous letters, enclosures, and telegrams from optometrists and constituents.
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.
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.
Including proposed budget list of proposed officers for 1977 and amended by-laws for Council.
Including voluminous correspondence between officials of NNIC and VEPCO, summary report of NNIC, and draft (undated) of Bateman's letter to VEPCO president questioning the final decision. Items also include undated notes and a report on tourism on Virginia Peninsula by Peninsula Chamber of Commerce.
Items include resolutions of Progress Committee of Newport News to merge into PEDC, proposed by-laws, lists of members and officers, and minutes of initial PEDC meetings, and information on economic conditions on Peninsula.
See also Newport News Downtown, series 123.
Including agendas and minutes of board meetings and Director's reports, July-December 1980, summaries of VPEDC activities and marketing strategies, documents relating to July 1980 agreement between VPEDC and Peninsula Port Authority of Virginia for marketing of industrial revenue bonds, and agenda, minutes, and reports for 1982 VPEDC "Competitive Factors" workshop.
See also Industrial Revenue Bonds, series 81.
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.
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.
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).
Including correspondence of Bateman, VPA officials, tobacco company officials, officials of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and of storage facilities.
See also series on Virginia Port Authority for information of Virginia ports, series 147, 204, 219.
Items contain extensive information on tobacco industry, including several industry magazines and information on tobacco industry conventions of 1971, 1974, and 1976.
See also Tobacco Association Meetings, series 195.
Items contain two copies of undated survey of funding for other Atlantic coast port agencies, 1969 report of Virginia Ports Study Commission, second draft (undated) of items recommended for unification agreement, and copy of 1972 unification agreement and exhibits between the VPA and the Norfolk Port and industry Authority.
Items include Bateman's 20 May 1970 statement to VPA and other items pertaining to completion of Pier C, and materials relating to study committee (on which Bateman served) investigating reactivating the ore discharging berth (Pier 9) which the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad deactivated in June 1971.
Items feature discussions of decline in shipping tonnage, proposed establishment of container ramp point at Newport News, and of railroad shipping charges.
Including correspondence between Bateman and VPA and railroad officials discussing proposal to establish Newport News as container ramp point for Virginia ports, memorandum on terminal charges at Hampton Roads ports, and photocopies of acts of Assembly dealing with issuance of industrial revenue bonds.
Items consist of tariff schedules and voluminous correspondence between Bateman and officials of Port Authority and railroad ultimately (1 July 1976) resulting in withdrawal of tariff increase.
Items pertain to several issues relevant to Virginia ports: (1) 1976 report on impact of Virginia ports on state economy; (2) Senator Peter Babalas's February 1977 speech and photocopy of Virginian Pilot article on continuing competition between Virginia ports; and (3) materials relating to Port Authority's request to be included in Virginia public facilities bond issue.
Including 1978 marketing analysis of factors affecting container cargo growth, copies of documents sent to Federal Maritime Commission Illustrating damage to Virginia ports by the South Atlantic-North Europe Rate Agreement (SANE), documents relating to Norfolk Bulk Liquid Storage Terminal, and assessments of competitiveness of Virginia ports.
Items include correspondence with state Senator Alan Diamonstein, Chairman of the Peninsula Ports Authority of Virginia and officials of Lavino Shipping Company, operators of the Marine Terminal, discussing such matters as the possible location of a latex processing plant and storage facility at the terminal.
Items include correspondence of Newport News Mayor Joseph C. Ritchie, VPA Commissioner Robert Bray, other Port Authority officials and Congressman Paul Trible, regarding disadvantages of the Port of Newport News, proposals to enhance competitiveness, and the lease of the port terminal. Mayor Ritchie (29 March 1979) complained to Commissioner Bray of the VPA's treatment of Newport News, and to Bateman (12 April 1979) of possible conflict of interest by VPA member who was also a board member of Norfolk's Port Authority.
Copies of several acts approved during the 1976 Assembly session and incorporated into the code of Virginia, including copy of Appropriations Act.
Digest of acts of Assembly of 1978 regular session.
Summary of the regular 1979 legislative session of the Virginia General Assembly.
Including copies of several acts, summary of legislative action affecting higher education, "Weekly Patron Reports" of 18 March, 27 March, and 9 April detailing action on Bateman sponsored bills, numerical summary of regular session, list of bills not yet signed by Governor, and copy of appropriations bill for fiscal year 1981-1982.
Including summary of regular session, digest of acts of Assembly of the regular session, "Weekly Patron Report" of 17 March 1982 detailing, action on Bateman-sponsored bills, and analysis of 1982-1984 transportation funding.
Including tables and summaries of major budget and tax issues of regular session, weekly patron reports and approved bill reports of 1 April, 8 April, 14 April, and 3 May 1982, and copy of address by Governor Charles Robb to agency heads, 9 June 1982.
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.
Most items have no discernible relevance to legislative matters. Also contains photocopy of Bateman's completed questionnaire about priorities for 1981 session.
See also Senate Bills, 1982; series 173.
Including copy of joint resolution requesting the committee, notes on July 1977 committee hearing, and packet of information from the insurance information institute.
Including background report on statistical and rating procedures, position paper of Defense Research Institute, article on insurance pricing, review of 1977 Oregon law, and membership list of Industry Advisory Committee of Virginia Market Assistance Program.
Including copy of paper presented at American Bar Association Convention, memoranda on Virginia liability insurance laws by American Insurance Association (AIA) and AIA product liability legislative package.
Including letters and reports from insurance industry representatives, summary of final report of the Federal Interagency Task Force on Product Liability, American Machine Tool Distributors Association publication, "A State Legislator's Guide to Product Liability Problems ", and joint industry committee on product liability data sources draft.
Including copies of several September 1978 bills, copies of addresses, articles and memoranda collected and distributed by Delegate George E. Allen, Jr.
Including several issues of State Legislatures , background material on tax limits in other states, and memo from a state economist.
Including several news releases from the Virginia taxpayers Association, September 1978 issue of State Legislatures , November 1978 bulletin, "Tax Revolt Digest," and several drafts of January 1979 report by state Revenue Sources and Economic Commission.
Including proposed Senate Joint Resolution embodying the principle, tables and graphs showing taxation in Virginia, January 1979 working paper on real property tax levies and Bateman's 12 March 1979 letter explaining to a constituent why he voted against proposed constitutional amendment to limit state spending.
Issues include employee compensation, workmen's compensation laws, proposed salary increases for specific positions (especially commonwealth attorneys), the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, and Virginia's Blue Cross/Blue Shield Plan.
Including letters from Virginia Education Association officials, and correspondence with Boyd F. Collier, Director of Virginia's Supplemental Retirement System, regarding Bateman constituents.
See also Retirement, series 162.
File includes minutes of 9 September 1978 and 4 October 1978 meetings and correspondence from Virginia College and University Employees regarding grievance procedures.
Including 1970 opinion of Attorney General Andrew Miller on conditions of teachers negotiations with local school boards, two copies of 1970 council of state governments booklet on state-local employee labor relations, copy of 1971 (federal) state public labor-management relations Act, 1971 booklet on employee relations in state and local government by the Institute of Government of the University of Virginia, and December 1972-January 1973 constituent correspondence supporting the professional negotiation bill.
See also Right to Work Law, series 164.
Items relate to bills to allow and regulate collective bargaining for public employees, including copies of bills (S. 906 and H.R. 1891), January 1974, amendments to bills and commentaries on them from constituents and from such organizations as the Virginia Manufacturers Association, copy of (January 1974) Proposed collective bargaining bill from the Newport News School System, copy of H.R. 550, 1974-1975, and recommendations of the (federal) advisory state-wide Task Force on Uniform Employee Selection Guidelines, October 1973.
Including March 1974 issue of the Wake Forest Law Review , newsletter and memorandum from Virginia Conference of the American Association of University Professors, and October 1974 publication by the Virginia Association of School Executives on Collective Bargaining and Virginia Schools .
Including booklet on legislation likely to be introduced in 1975 Assembly session, copy of 1975 bill, 1975 interim report of the commission. to study the rights of public employees, 1975 booklet on Public Sector Labor Relations , and March 1975 excerpt from the Congressional Record .
Including conference working paper, program and addresses and papers presented by officials from Texas, Massachusetts, and Hawaii.
File includes correspondence between Bateman and Newport News School Board Chairman M. M. Overman, copy of address by Andrew Miller, several copies of a 1976 bill, and 29 January 1976 memoranda by Bateman sent to all members of the Senate with responses from several state senators, including Madison Marye, Richard Boucher, Elliot Schewel, and Peter Babalas.
Including copies of August 1976 issue of State Government , Public Service Research Council booklet, Public Sector Bargaining, and Strikes , Summer 1977 issue of State Government , and transcripts of speeches by Governor Mills Godwin.
Including copy of October 1977 issue of State Government News , booklets by Virginia Education Association, letters opposing collective bargaining from national Right to Work Committee and the Virginia Manufacturers Association, constituent letters with Bateman's (form letter) relies, and undated copy of Bateman's form letter reply.
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.
Including court decisions, findings of Reapportionment Study Commission, district maps, and Bateman's 1 February 1971 memo regarding reapportionment plan for Newport News.
See also medium oversize and oversize, series 249.
Including two reports by Attorney General on effects of judicial decisions on congressional and state reapportionment, brief by state Senators Henry Howell and Peter Babalas challenging constitutionality of reapportionment for City of Norfolk, "Population Panotama" of Newport News, Council of State Governments booklet, Reapportionment in the Seventies , 1973 court decision in case of City of Virginia Beach v. Henry E. Howell, Jr., et. al.
See also maps in oversize file, series 249.
Including packet of photocopies of news releases and clippings concerning effects of 1980 elections on reapportionment and housing issues, several copies of census figures and senatorial districts sent by Senator Hunter Andrews.
Including bills and court decisions regarding Virginia's reapportionment plan, proposed new House of Delegates districts, and proposed amendments for redistricting in Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Hampton.
Including appointment-vacancy lists, for 1982, solicitations in the administration of Governor-elect Charles Robb, and Bateman's correspondence with Robb regarding nominees.
Including information on parole and prison population and October 1980 report by the Association for Retarded Citizens.
Including JLARC report and "Action Agenda" on Title XX in Virginia and commentaries on "Action Agenda" and report of the Virginia Health Services Cost Review Commission.
Including report on audit for period 1 July 1972-30 June 1977.
See also Public Employees, series 155-156.
Including documents on Bateman's personal benefits, booklets for members, booklet, "A Legislator's Guide to Public Pensions," and October 1978 JLARC report on the VSRS.
Including 1979 and 1980 reports of the Virginia Retirement Study Commission.
Especially reports to and minutes of meetings of state Senate Finance Committee.
See also Vending Machine Taxes, series 210
File contains minutes of meetings, committee and commission membership lists, interim report of study commission, report of subcommittee (which Bateman chaired) and proposed constitutional revisions.
Including distribution figures for 1961 and 1968-1969, report on North Carolina schools, copy of Bateman's 6 December 1969 address and draft of commission report, with statistics and Bateman's concurring opinion.
Including copy of commission report, packet of statistical tables, and Bateman's correspondence pertaining to formula and Newport News Public Schools.
See also Newport News Public Education, series 124.
Including copy of 1975 Senate resolution to postpone publication of certain federal shellfish sanitation regulations, 1976-1977 state Marine Resources Commission report, correspondence of Bateman with Governors Mills Godwin and John Dalton and with officials of Virginia Seafood Council regarding promotion of Virginia seafood industry.
See also Kepone, series 93.
Including correspondence between Bateman and officials of City of Newport News and officials of Virginia Seafood Council (VSC), newsletters of VSC, Virginia Institute of Marine Science report on the Virginia oyster industry, and correspondence relating to Newport News Daily Press Reporter's use of Virginia Freedom of Information Act to get access to reports on sanitation in Virginia shellfish processing plants.
Regarding work of Virginia Seafood Products Commission and Menhaden licensing. File consists of correspondence with officials of Virginia Seafood Council (VSC), statistics on Menhaden licenses furnished by Marine Resources Commissioner, and materials relating to Bateman's bill (S. 479) for funding of Products Commission.
See also VIMS, series 216.
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.
Copies of House and Senate bills and resolutions introduced into General Assembly session of January 1981, and copies of several Assembly reports on such matters as the Rehabilitative School Authority, Real Property Management, Bicycle Safety, initiative and referendum, home improvement certification.
Legislative materials and correspondence relating to progress of several Senate bills in 1982 General Assembly, especially S. 96 (procurement bill), S. 145 (jury sentencing bill), and S. 305 (definitions of Virginia income tax).
See also Procurement Bill, series 152; and Sentencing, series 177.
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.
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.
Including photocopies of 1949 court decision, 1967 article in the Virginia Law Review , American Bar Association standards and briefs from and to the Young Lawyers section of the Virginia Bar Association on indeterminate sentencing.
File includes information pertaining to 1974 bill (S. 176), issues of Judicature and Senate Government and judicial statistics report for 1971-1972.
Including 1978 bill for and speech by Attorney General Marshall Coleman on presumptive sentencing, 1978 report on sentencing guidelines, and handwritten and final drafts of Bateman's undated speech (probably 1978) presenting S. 458 for judge sentencing in criminal trials.
File includes copies of bills and substitutes, 1980 report of joint committee studying sentencing and same documents compiled for use in 1982.
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.
Including statistics, questionnaire, transcripts of testimony, constituent correspondence, and Bateman's (form letter) reply, and copies of bill (S. 291).
Including interim report of advisory task force (February 1978), critiques of S. 291, and 1979 substitutes for S. 291.
Including several copies of competing bills, statements oh and comparisons of them, and analysis by Virginia State Criminal Commission Task Force.
Including comparisons of rival bills, substitutes for one bill (S. 258), and position paper by University of Virginia Law School.
including minutes of school board meetings, proposed revisions in curriculum, copies of the curriculum, and other information furnished by the school superintendent, and a 1976 Heritage Foundation pamphlet, "Secular Humanism and the Schools ".
Including letters from constituents, updated curriculum and a citizen's committee "Report to the People ".
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.
File contains status report and 9 attachments which summarize water law proposals, plan of action, minutes from meetings, and comments on proposals.
See also Water Resources, series 222-224; Water Study of Virginia and North Carolina, and other files under "Water."
Including 1971 booklet on local tax rates, 1973 bill for exemptions from retail tax, 1973 booklet on state and local taxes in the South, several January 1974 proposed amendments to tax laws by Bateman, and two copies of Volume I of 1974 report on Reforming the Virginia Property Tax .
Including digest of 1974 bills affecting taxation, correspondence between Bateman and State Tax Commissioner William H. Forst, 1974 Tayloe Murphy Institute Report on Virginia's Real Property Tax, and Department of Taxation 1976 reports on Virginia assessment/sales ratio and 1976 legislative digest.
Including 1975-1976 annual report of Department of Taxation, copies of two 1978 statements on taxation issues by Governor John Dalton, 1978 Department of Taxation legislative digest copy of 1980 tax "set-off" bill, and 1981 presentation to Senate Finance Committee on Virginia's Capital Tax.
Including copies of authorizing resolution and membership list, report of state tax law revision task force and initial staff report on practices and procedures of collection.
Including minutes of meetings, Department of Taxation's response to task force report, memorandum comparing task force and Department of Taxation positions, and copy of relevant court decision.
Including draft legislation, two drafts of committee reports (1980), Bateman's "concurring statement," Bateman's handwritten notes from unspecified meeting, and other correspondence regarding tax collection, 1980 and 1982.
Including studies of tax expenditures in Maryland, California, and Wisconsin.
Including copies of substitute for bill, voting tally sheet, analysis of bill, and copies of tax forms.
Including 1971 Newport News City Ordinance, 1972 report of the Equity and Real Estate Taxation Study Commission, and copies of bills, amendments, substitutes, excerpts from Senate and House journals, and Bateman's comments on bill (S. 607), January-February 1973.
Especially S. 397 (1974), and Bateman's S. 459 (1980). File includes voluminous statistical information to accompany S. 459.
File contains duplicates of items in other files on S. 607, S. 397, and Bateman's S. 459, plus 1974 correspondence, 1979 Finance Committee report on property tax relief for the elderly, and miscellaneous undated newsletters and memoranda on tax relief.
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.
Including copy of bill, and draft of article in the University of Richmond Law Review on " "A Re-examination of Sovereign Tort Immunity in Virginia. ""
Especially materials pertaining to subcommittee studying bill (S. 196), 1982.
File includes copies of several bills introduced into 1976 Assembly session, drafts of proposed act, and correspondence with Congressman Thomas Downing, and officials of the Virginia Seafood Council.
See also Kepone, series 93.
File includes synopses and assessments of several bills, message from Governor Mills Godwin, and undated speech [by Bateman?] on Kepone's impact on Virginia watermen.
Including correspondence For and about delegate [later governor] Gerald Baliles, copies of bills, recommendations from Reynolds Aluminum Co., and from Standard Oil Co. and Amoco.
Including proposed roles and regulations, final act is incorporated into the Code of Virginia, agenda For and notes and exhibits from 29 November 1976 meeting of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources, and updates on status of act.
File contains rules and regulations, several analyses of the act, and packet of memoranda specifying details of act.
Including minutes of and exhibits from 4 January 1977 Senate Committee meeting, rules and regulations under Toxic Substances Act, September 1977 bulletin, and May 1978 revisions of rules and regulations.
1969 report appendices on urban transportation in Virginia; 1977 report, "Head Protection for the Cyclist "; and 1977 correspondence regarding motorist services signs along Interstate 64.
See also Highway Funds, series 72, for materials relating to work of Joint subcommittee.
See also Trucks, series 204; and Gas Tax, series 62.
See also Highway Funds, series 72.
Including minutes of and exhibits from 23 October 1980 Joint meeting of House and Senate committees, memorandum on 1980 proposal per child seat belt law, lobbying materials from Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, Co., January 1981 executive summary of statewide transportation facilities inventory and local transportation issues.
Including minutes of meetings, statistical information, copies of resolutions mandating the study, correspondence between Governor Mills Godwin and Theodore C. Lutz of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, memoranda from Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, and itinerary for August 4-5 visit of Committee to Northern Virginia.
File contains minutes, documents, and data from August 1977 visit of joint committee to Northern Virginia, especially brochures and pamphlets on the Washington Area Metro.
See also Metro, series 116.
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. "
File consists primarily of transcripts of presentations and resumes of presenters at 9 June 1980 Highway Cost Allocation Workshop.
Including documents on use of consultants by state agencies, statement by Federal Transportation Secretary, and spiral-bound report on 12 September 1980 public hearing on transportation.
See also JLARC, series 86, for related materials.
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.
File contains 1973 correspondence about trucks carrying containers to and from ports; Bateman's 1974 sponsorship of S. 505 to issue special permits to trucks carrying containers to and from ports and exceeding the legal weight limit including correspondence with the Commissioner of the State Highway Department and with tobacco company officials, and 1975 and 1976 memoranda on highway revenues and truck taxes.
Most items concern Bateman's bill (S. 774) allowing trucks carrying closed containers to exceed weight limits. Materials include copies of bills, amendments, and substitutes, correspondence with J. Robert Bray of the Virginia Port Authority, and John E. Harwood, State Highway Commissioner, regarding interpretations of the approved bill. File also includes 1977-1978 bills providing tax breaks for the trucking industry and complaints from spokesmen for Virginia railroads.
See also Highway, series 70-72; and Gas Tax, series 62.
Most materials concern bill (S. 533), sponsored by Senator Ray Garland, to increase licensing fee for trucks. File includes copies of bills, substitutes, and amendments, statistical analyses of bill and alternatives, and statements by representatives of the Virginia Manufacturer's Association, Virginia Building Materials Association, and The American Automobile Association. File also includes 1980 and 1982 statements by railroad industry spokesman on truck weight limits.
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.
Including transcripts of December 1980 public forum in Culpeper, Virginia with Marline Oil Corporation, and transcripts of presentations by Marline Uranium Company, mining experts, and spokesman for Cities in Rappahannock Valley Region at 28 April 1981 NCEC hearing.
Including May 1981 report on uranium exploration, mining, and milling in Minnesota.
Including November 1981 draft of proposed legislation by private agency, unidentified packet of photocopies of clippings and state statutes, 1981 annual report and January 1982 newsletter of Marline Uranium Corporation, proposed addition to Virginia Code by Delegate Mary Sue Terry [?], and undated public opinion poll study of Virginian's attitudes toward uranium mining.
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.
File contains Bateman's correspondence with John H. Cameron of Newport News Amusement Company and the office of Attorney General Marshall Coleman, and copies of bill, amendments, and voting tally sheets for H.R. 1718.
See also Sales Tax on Vending Machines, series 165.
Regarding taxation of vending machine receipts of charitable organizations.
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.
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.
Working papers of committee consisting of members of Assembly, JLARC, and state departments, studying procedures of Virginia health care system.
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.
Including December 1976 list of research projects, and 1975 annual report on the Sea Grant program, and March 1977 VIMS report on research on the Chesapeake Bay sent to Bateman by VIMS Director William Hargis in May 1977.
See also Sea Grant Consortium, series 171.
Including April 1977 VIMS report on marine science and engineering, advisory, and educational program (sent to Bateman by VIMS Director William Hargis), correspondence from Hargis and officials of the College of William and Mary (W&M) regarding the status of VIMS, photocopies of 1980 monthly and quarterly reports on VIMS furnished to the Governor's office by W&M President Dr. Thomas A. Graves, and Graves' February 1980 progress report on VIMS forwarded to Bateman.
File consists of letter and enclosed documents from Thomas A. Graves, President of the College of William and Mary (W&M), to college Board of Visitors concerning controversy with Director of State Council of Higher Learning Gordon Davies, including state Council report of December 1978 on graduate marine science education.
Including bill (S. 740) and amendments related to administration of VIMS, November 1979 study and follow-up study of VIMS by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC), January 1980 letters from Thomas A. Graves, President of the College of William and Mary (W&M) regarding the "very serious" financial management problem at VIMS, and a photocopy of Graves' April 1980 progress report.
File contains correspondence of officials of the VPA and of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co. concerning transportation to ports, VPA contract procedure and right of VPA to condemn land.
See also Ports of Virginia, series 147.
Materials concern such matters as labor contracts, railroad transportation to ports, taxation of containers, port competition, and access of Soviet Bloc merchant ships to Hampton Roads.
File contains letters and accompanying statistics from VPA Executive Director on debt picture of the VPA, correspondence between Bateman, the VPA legal counsel, and the Attorney General's office regarding proposed retroactive tax exemption for Hampton Roads ports, and proposed VPA budget for 1976-1978.
Including Bateman's request for legislation expanding authority of VPA to issue industrial revenue bonds, correspondence with office of Governor Mills Godwin and Virginia's Congressional delegation regarding the Norfolk and Western Railway's proposed charge for empty cars moving inland, July 1977 report on history of VPA, and VPA's 1976-1977 annual report.
File contains letters and resolutions of Hampton Roads Maritime Association to Governor John Dalton, materials relating to Bateman's bill (S. 298) for reorganizing VPA Board, and draft and final copy of Virginia Advisory Legislative Council study of the VPA.
File also contains letter from Welfare Commissioner William Lukhard.
Including Virginia Water Resources Research Center Special Report #1, and the Center's 1974 report, "Guarding Our Water Resources. "
File contains announcement of public meeting on water supply study for Southside Hampton Roads, bulletins on Virginia water laws and quality control, proposed changes in state Water Code, and correspondence regarding possible violations.
Including notification of Bateman's appointment to committee, and agendas, exhibits, and minutes for meetings of 5 June 1978 and 12 June 1978.
Including agendas, minutes, and working papers for meetings of 21 June and 18 July 1978, and Bateman's handwritten notes of meetings, and reports on Virginia Water Law and long-range water supply needs for Southside of Hampton Roads.
Including agendas and minutes of meetings, reports of subcommittees, and publication on southeast United States water resources.
Including agendas, minutes and working papers for meetings of 22 May 1979 and 15 December 1981.
Including June 1982 draft report, undated summary report on the Chowan River Project, Bateman's handwritten notes on unidentified Committee meeting, and drafts of undated letter to Committee Chairman Maurice B. Rowe.
Including Potomac River Flow Agreement and February 1977 report on potential solutions to water supply problems of Northern Virginia.
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.
File contains copy of 1966 Housing Bill, copy of 1966 updated section of Virginia Code pertaining to housing, excerpts from Congressional Record (1967) relating to racial ghettos sent to Bateman by U.S. Senator Charles Percy, copy of 1968 paperback book, The Terrible Choice: The Abortion Dilemma , testimony and bulletins on prison reform, and 1969 letter on juvenile delinquency.
See also files on Abortion, series 1; Corrections, series 29; Juveniles, series 89-92; and Housing Bills, series 77.
See also Rehabilitation and Social Services, series 160.
File includes memorandum regarding training school for the mentally retarded, report of the Ecumenical Church Task Group on Equal Opportunity Employment, analysis of President Nixon's welfare proposals by the office of U.S. Senator William Spong, 1969 report on education for hearing impaired children in Virginia, 1970 study of Virginia Corrections Division, and letters and bulletins about abortion.
See also files on Abortion, series 1; Corrections, series 29; and Rehabilitation and Social Services, series 160.
Including constituent letters on abortion, testimony on welfare services, prepared by the Virginia League of Social Services Executives, and Department of Welfare's reply to Bateman's inquiry about responsibility of adult children for their needy parents.
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.
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.
See also Coastal Zone Land Management Act/Bill, series 21-22.
See also Coastal Zone Land Management Act, series 21.
File contains Bateman's letter of 16 July 1970 explaining his position, copies of College of William and Mary (W&M) regulations, photocopies from dormitory visitation books, and other "exhibits" sent to Bateman by R. Harvey Chappell, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Student Affairs, 1970 and 1972 letters from State Attorney General Andrew Miller, copy of 17 March 1971 W&M Flat Hat , and transcripts of Bateman's remarks upon introducing Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24).
See also Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24), series 175 and Photograph, series 248.
File contains correspondence between Bateman and W&M President Thomas A. Graves, concerning a fire at College library, Bateman's 15 May 1972 complaint against approval of dormitory visitation policy contrary to Bateman's earlier efforts, Graves' 24 May 1972 reply, and bulletins concerning inauguration of the College's special programs.
See also files for Senate Joint Resolution 24 (S.J.Res. 24), series 175; and VIMS, series 216.
Including 1974 letters to Bateman supporting state appropriations for construction of a new law school building, 1976 letters from William B. Spong, Dean of the Law School, updating affairs at the school, and transcript of Bateman's undated speech (probably 1970-1972) on problems facing Virginia's institutions of higher learning.
See other issues that are located in the Research series.
Most correspondence pertains to Bateman's efforts on behalf of constituents with legal and financial problems and problems with governmental and corporate bureaucracies.
Also contains solicitations for contributions to charitable organizations and Bateman's replies.
Letters concern a wide variety of issues, but largest portion pertain to legislation affecting education and rights of retarded citizens. File contains numerous position papers and legislative agendas from lobbying groups.
Most letters concern salaries for teachers and other state employees. Also includes correspondence soliciting Bateman's assistance for constituents.
Most letters concern tuition assistance grants, veterans' cemeteries, court filing fees, coal severance tax, and, especially, beginning in February 1982, the Assembly vote on the Equal Rights Amendment. File contains some copies of bills and lobbyists' position papers.
See also other correspondence folders and files on particular subjects.
Most prominent are an intensive campaign on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment, a few letters on state funding for abortions, teachers' salaries, legal aid for the poor, and a bill regarding United Parcel Service. File includes many copies of bills and mailings from such groups as the League of Women Voters and "Moral Majority."
Largest portion of letters are mass mailings opposing state aid for abortions and regarding bill on taxation of parochial schools. Letters on a variety of legislative issues.
See also Abortion, series 1.
Correspondence from lobbyists and constituents on wide variety of issues, resumes for legislative aide positions, background memoranda from National Conference of State Legislatures, and forms for travel reimbursement.
File includes letters on specific issues, such as the Equal Rights Amendment and veterans' cemeteries and correspondence seeking Bateman's assistance on behalf of constituents.
File contains Robb's remarks to Assembly committees on 1982-1984 budget; sequence of events and related exhibits pertaining to proposed amendments to state constitution; and correspondence on such issues as Virginia's Conflict of Interest Act, the Reagan "New Federalism" programs and Medicaid cost containment.
Grouped by issue.
Including requests not to raise state taxes, letters concerning care for housing for the mentally retarded and extensive statistical materials from and about Newport News Public Schools.
Contains letter and bills from Virginia Chapter of Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, letters from agricultural groups on agricultural education and research funds in 1982-1984 budget, letters from Virginia Municipal League and Virginia Retail Merchants Association, and handwritten letter from death row inmate inquiring about Bateman's position on the death penalty.
Contains draft legislation from subcommittee to study revision of Family Trust Fund section of Virginia Code, letters and reports on funding needs of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, letter and transcript of statement from Northern Virginia Service Station Dealers Association on proposed gas tax, and letters from governments of Spotsylvania County and City of Virginia Beach.
File contains letters from professors and administrators at state colleges concerning funding; copy of American Transportation Report on transportation needs of the 1980's; correspondence and photocopies of clippings opposing abortion; and packet of promotional materials on the City of Roanoke.
Items concern tax bill (S. 305) which religious groups claimed would subject churches and Christian schools to government surveillance. Most items are signed form letters.
Items include taxation on theater receipts, personal property, and cigarettes; workmen's compensation; psychiatric care; and commonwealth attorney's "relief bill."
Items request action on specified legislation. Materials were designated "might be worth looking at" by Bateman's staff. File contains materials concerning length of trucks allowed on state roads, gross receipt taxation, state spending limitations, and Alexandria, Virginia apartments.
Items marked by Bateman's staff as "not worth much." File contains information on sentencing by judges; taxation on fuels, motor homes, distilleries, advertising, and meals and rooms for transients; northern Virginia condominium conversion, regulation of occupational therapists; and regulation of "look-alike" drugs.
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).
All maps were removed from the reapportionment series except the finial map, which was removed from the ports of Virginia series.