VIRGINIA IS GIVING TAX EVADERS AND DELAYERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY UP WITHOUT PENALTY IN AN AMNESTY PROGRAM THAT OFFICIALS HOPE WILL BRING 41-MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CASH STRAPPED STATE. JANIE BOWEN, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, TOLD HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THE TAX DEPARTMENT IS TAKING A KINDER, GENTLER APPROACH BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HURTING FROM THE RECESSION. THE PROGRAM WILL START SOON.