Larry Nicholas "Nick" Rush (born March 8, 1968, in Christiansburg, Virginia) is an American politician of the Republican Party.
[1] After graduating from Christiansburg High School, Rush served the United States Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division.
HB 1733 was introduced by Rush to create the Advanced Production Grant Program and Fund to make grant payments of $7 million over a five-year period to an eligible business transportation manufacturer and producer that engages in the production of business trucks, and that makes a capital investment of at least $58 million at a facility in Pittsylvania County and creates at least 703 new full-time jobs at the facility.
This bill creates a grant program to assist qualified public institutions of higher education (defined in the bill) in reaching, by 2039, a goal of increasing by at least 25,000 degrees the number of bachelor's and master's degrees awarded in computer science, computer engineering, and closely related fields, or that otherwise align with traded-sector, technology-focused growth opportunities identified by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority.
Through the acquisition of the Jefferson College of Health Sciences, the bill authorizes the Board of Visitors to (i) exercise the same powers with respect to the operation of the Division as are vested in the board regarding the University and (ii) offer at the Division all programs of instruction offered by Jefferson College of Health Sciences at the time of acquisition, including associate-degree programs.
HB2074 is a proposal that establishes an individual and corporate tax break for income earned from investments in venture capital accounts.
In order to qualify, an account must have 50% or more of its holdings in qualified portfolio companies, which is defined as a company that has its principal place of business in the Commonwealth of Virginia and that has a primary purpose of production, sale, research, or development of a product or service and provides equity in exchange for the investment.
The proposal establishes discounted tuition and fees for students pursuing degrees in high demand fields.
[8] This bill was utilized on January 30, 2015, when an internal power disruption temporarily interrupted DMV electronic services provided by the Commonwealth's data center.