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By JEFF NELSON
AiCom New«papen Staff Writer
RICHMOND—Gov. L. Douglas Wilder signed into law April 6 a controversial measure allowing landowners to veto two existing historic districts and all new districts.
Gov. Wilder also signed a bill allowing off-track betting in Virginia, a move that is seen as a boost to building a large race track in the state.
The historic districts bill allows a majority of landowners in a proposed new state historic district to kill the district by voting against it. Landowners in two districts, Brandy Station, which is mostly in Culpeper County with a small portion across the Rappahannock in Fauquier, and Bristoe Station in Prince William, may opt out of existing designations.
The bill sailed through both the Senate and House while both proponents and opponents packed public hearings on the measure. Gov. Wilder had earlier hinted vaguely at problems with the bill but signed it just before the midnight deadline April 6 without comment.
According to the bill’s patron, Sen. Charles Colgan, D-Prince William, some of Gov. Wilder’s staff proposed amend
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