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gates, the law-making process began in June, when they were asked to submit ideas, suggestions or problem areas which they felt should be addressed by the body. These suggestions were assimilated, modified and/or combined by legislative aides in Richmond into 15 proposed bills, which were then assigned to each of the five standing committees: Social Services, Health, Courts of Justice and General Laws, Housing and Education, and Labor, Commerce and Finance. Each delegate was assigned to a committee based on their request.
Committee sessions had all the realism of regular law-making procedures. Expert witnesses were called to testify on the pros and cons of the proposed legislation, and an open discussion among the committee members followed the testimony.
Sallie Morgan of Sperryville, coordinator of aging services in the Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Center, which serves the five counties of Planning District 9, was among the witnesses. She testified on the merits of a bill to exempt up to $3,000 spent annually by a taxpayer to care for an elderly or disabled person in their home, and the
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