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and the handicapped provided through local agencies for the aging; establishing a residential repair and renovation program; and repealing the state sales tax on food and nonprescription drugs.
Another proposal which engendered considerable debate was one to split any future profits from the Virginia lottery, if approved by the voters in November, between the state Departments of Aging and Education.
All of the above measures will be presented to the Virginia' General Assembly next January for its consideration, and possible enactment into law.
In addition to their legislative duties, the Silver-Haired delegates were addressed by the state’s highest elected officials.
Governor Gerald L. Battles opened the three-day session by charging the delegates to use their imaginations to marry the state’s strong and growing economy with the real needs of the people. Our society is growing older, the governor reminded the delegates. Society must support our seniors, he said,
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