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Highways, Bridges and Ferries

P Passed

P HB60

Colvin Run Road. Designates Colvin Run Road in Fairfax County a scenic highway and Virginia byway. This bill is a duplicate of SB 21.

Patron - Callahan

P HB440

Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. Designates the entire length of I-295 in Virginia the "Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway." This bill is very nearly a duplicate of SB 322.

Patron - Hargrove

P HB495

Interstate System interchanges and exit control. Prohibits the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire any portion of or interest in the property of an existing commercial establishment if the sole purpose of such acquisition is to control or limit access to commercial establishments located within 300 feet of any segment of the interstate highway system, except to the extent necessary to meet federal requirements. At those interstate highway interchange locations where the value of land, buildings, and improvements has a fair market value of $1 million or more, the Commonwealth Transportation Board is required to designate those interchanges as "urban," provided such designation does not conflict with any federal statute or regulation. The act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, unless, prior to that date, the Virginia Department of Transportation receives notice from the federal government that the provisions of this act will reduce or jeopardize federal funding of interstate highway construction in the Commonwealth. This is a duplicate of SB 110.

Patron - Landes

P HB608

Transportation. Provides for the funding of specified transportation projects throughout the Commonwealth to be paid by the proceeds from the issuance of Virginia Federal Highway Reimbursement Anticipation Notes (FRANs) whose outstanding principal shall not exceed $800,000,000, by distribution from the Priority Amount Transportation Fund created by the bill, and by general fund appropriations. Required deposits to the Priority Transportation Fund include (i) additional revenues attributable to the Virginia Fuels Tax Act (HB 1275); (ii) Transportation Trust Fund and Highway Maintenance Operating Fund revenues above the amount currently forecast and programmed, and (iii) any other appropriations that may be provided. This bill is identical to SB 33.

Patron - Callahan

P HB642

Removal of illegal signs and other illegal advertising from highway rights-of-way. Repeals July 1, 2000, "sunset" on authorization for the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to enter into agreements with local government authorities for removal of illegal signs and other illegal advertising from highway rights-of-way.

Patron - Rollison

P HB708

Acquisition of real property for transportation purposes. Provides that property acquired by the Commonwealth for use by VDOT in relocating the town of Grundy, shall, if no longer needed for that project, be conveyed to the town of Grundy for use in connection with economic redevelopment. If the property is not used by Grundy for economic development, the property reverts to the Commonwealth.

Patron - Stump

P HB793

HOV lanes. Institutes a one-year pilot project for HOV facilities in the Hampton Roads Planning District, temporarily lifting HOV restrictions when one or more lanes of the same highway carrying traffic in the same direction are blocked for ten minutes or longer. The pilot project will terminate if it prompts the Federal Highway Administration to require repayment of any federal highway construction funds.

Patron - Wagner

P HB872

Directional signs on I-95. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to replace signs directing Miami-bound and New York-bound traffic around the Richmond-Petersburg metropolitan area.

Patron - McEachin

P HB897

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge. Designates the I-895 (Pocahontas Parkway) bridge over the James River as the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge" and designates the I-895 (Pocahontas Parkway) bridge over Virginia Route 5 as the "Powhatan Beaty Memorial Bridge." This bill is very similar to SB 288.

Patron - Cox

P HB918

Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority. Establishes the Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority to provide for the construction of a highway system (the Virginia Coalfield Expressway Corridor), with the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, along the southwestern boundary of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 661.

Patron - Phillips

P HB967

City street maintenance payments. Authorizes city street maintenance payments for otherwise eligible local streets that have speed bumps or rumble strips.

Patron - DeBoer

P HB1087

Eula W. Radcliffe Memorial Highway. Designates the entire length of U. S. Route 60 in James City County and York County the "Eula W. Radcliffe Memorial Highway."

Patron - Grayson

P HB1091

Outdoor advertising. Exempts on-premises advertisements or advertisement structures with messages displayed as scrolling words and/or numbers from the current prohibition on advertising that involves motion or rotation of any part of the structure, moving reflective disks, running animation, or intermittent lights visible from any highway.

Patron - Purkey

P HB1123

Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner; eminent domain. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to notify the owner of a building, structure or other improvement if the Commissioner intends to condemn property in a manner that would result in a taking of such improvement. This bill permits the owner of the improvement to present evidence of the fair market value of such improvement in condemnation valuation proceeding. This bill is identical to SB 452.

Patron - Bryant

P HB1172

U. S. Route 29 Corridor Development Fund. Establishes the U. S. Route 29 Corridor Development Fund, consisting of such moneys as are appropriated to it by the General Assembly and of all donations, gifts, bequests, grants, endowments and other moneys given, bequeathed, granted or otherwise made available to the Fund, for the purpose of highway construction in and improvements to the U. S. Route 29 Corridor. The bill will not become effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purpose of the bill is included in an appropriation act up through the 2005 appropriation act.

Patron - Bryant

P HB1223

Outdoor advertising. Prohibits the elimination of outdoor advertising structures along any highway in the Commonwealth by amortization without just compensation. This bill is a duplicate of SB 522.

Patron - McEachin

P HB1287

Route 28 transportation improvement district. Extends the term of the district 15 years beyond the presently specified 35-year maximum term.

Patron - Black

P HB1356

Conveyance of land by VDOT. Allows the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to acquire land to replace parkland taken for highway projects in Albemarle County and Charlottesville.

Patron - Van Yahres

P HB1409

Highway matching funds; utilities. Provides that, in Hampton and Newport News, costs associated with undergrounding of utilities, up to a total of $5 million, shall constitute an element of urban system construction project costs.

Patron - Crittenden

P SB21

Colvin Run Road. Designates Colvin Run Road in Fairfax County a scenic highway and Virginia byway. This bill is a duplicate of HB 60.

Patron - Howell

P SB33

Transportation. Provides for the funding of specified transportation projects throughout the Commonwealth to be paid by the proceeds from the issuance of Virginia Federal Highway Reimbursement Anticipation Notes (FRANs) whose outstanding principal shall not exceed $800,000,000, by distribution from the Priority Amount Transportation Fund created by the bill, and by general fund appropriations. Required deposits to the Priority Transportation Fund include (i) additional revenues attributable to the Virginia Fuels Tax Act; (ii) Transportation Trust Fund and Highway Maintenance Operating Fund revenues above the amount currently forecast and programmed, and (iii) any other appropriations that may be provided. This bill is identical to HB 608.

Patron - Stolle

P SB71

Membership of Commonwealth Transportation Board. Replaces reference to "Suffolk construction district" with "Hampton Roads construction district."

Patron - Schrock

P SB110

Commonwealth Transportation Board; eminent domain. Prohibits the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner from exercising eminent domain power to acquire any portion of the property of an existing commercial establishment, or any interest therein, if a purpose of the proposed acquisition is to control or limit access to commercial establishments located within 300 feet of an interstate highway. Designates interstate interchanges as "urban" if the value of land, buildings and improvements has a fair market value of $1 million or more. The bill becomes effective July 1, 2001, unless VDOT receives notice from the federal government that the bill will reduce or jeopardize federal funding. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the joint subcommittee studying eminent domain issues. This bill is a duplicate of HB 495.

Patron - Marye

P SB288

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge. Designates the I-895 (Pocahontas Parkway) bridge over the James River the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge" and the I-895 (Pocahontas Parkway) bridge over Virginia Route 5 the "Powhatan Beaty Memorial Bridge." This bill is very similar to HB 897.

Patron - Marsh

P SB313

VDOT drainage easements. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to perform repairs to permanent drainage easements.

Patron - Reynolds

P SB317

Littering; illegal trash dumping. Provides that an individual who illegally litters or dumps trash or garbage is subject to a fine of between $250 to $2,500 and a jail sentence of up to 12 months, either or both. Currently, a person who litters or dumps trash is subject to a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Patron - Reynolds

P SB322

Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. Designates the entire length of I-295 the "Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway." This bill is substantially the same as HB 440.

Patron - Stosch

P SB362

Kathleen K. Seefeldt Parkway. Designates the Prince William County Parkway the "Kathleen K. Seefeldt Parkway."

Patron - Colgan

P SB452

Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner; eminent domain. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to notify the owner of a building, structure or other improvement if the Commissioner intends to condemn property in a manner that would result in a taking of such improvement. This bill permits the owner of the improvement to present evidence of the fair market value of such improvement in condemnation valuation proceeding. Owner and fair market value are defined. Additionally, the provisions of the bill do not apply to condemnation proceedings filed prior to July 1, 2000.

Patron - Marye

P SB458

Location of highway routes. Requires that VDOT's route location hearings be "open forum" hearings. In addition, when requested in writing by either (i) a member of an affected local governing body or (ii) 25 citizens, the Department must conduct "traditional format" hearings that allows citizens an opportunity to address their comments directly to VDOT representatives in a structured, formal process. This bill is a duplicate of HB 1123.

Patron - Houck

P SB522

Outdoor advertising. Prohibits the elimination of outdoor advertising structures along any highway in the Commonwealth by amortization without just compensation. This bill is identical to HB 1223.

Patron - Forbes

P SB661

Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority. Establishes the Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority which is vested with the power, with the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, to provide for the construction of the Virginia Coalfield Expressway, a highway system that would run along the southwestern boundary of the Commonwealth. The Chairman of the Authority is the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The Authority may not issue bonds to finance the construction of the highway system.

Patron - Wampler

P SB689

Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission. Allows members of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission to take their oath of office either before a judge of a court of record (as provided by current law), or before a clerk or deputy clerk of a court of record, a district court judge, the Secretary of the Commonwealth or his deputy, or a member of the State Corporation Commission.

Patron - Schrock

F Failed

F HB33

Commonwealth of Virginia Federal Highway Reimbursement Anticipation Notes. Authorizes the Commonweath Transportation Board, by and with the consent of the Governor, to issue Commonwealth of Virginia Federal Highway Reimbursement Anticipation Notes pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 (§ 33.1-267 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 3.1 of the Code of Virginia and as permitted by Section 9(d), Article X of the Constitution of Virginia, provided that the principal amount outstanding at any time shall not exceed $590,000,000. The purpose of the notes is to provide funds, with any other available funds, for paying all or a portion of the costs for accelerated construction of projects included in the Commonwealth Transportation Board's Six-Year Improvement Program. The bill amends several provisions in Article 5 (§ 33.1-267 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 33.1 to accommodate issuance of the notes.

Patron - Callahan

F HB45

Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. Designates I-295 between its junction with I-64 in Henrico County and its junction with I-95 in Prince George County the "Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway."

Patron - Hargrove

F HB412

Flagpole. Authorizes erection of a flagpole on U. S. Route 58 right-of-way controlled by the Virginia Department of Transportation in Coeburn and the flying of an extra large American flag therefrom.

Patron - Phillips

F HB461

Laurel Shelter Bridges. Designates the twin bridges on U. S. Route 17 over Dragon Run at the Gloucester/Middlesex County boundary the "Laurel Shelter Bridges."

Patron - Morgan

F HB748

Roadside memorials. Requires VDOT to develop design and installation criteria for signs to mark locations of highway deaths. All sign costs are to be borne by persons requesting installation of the signs.

Patron - Cantor

F HB773

U. S. Route 58 Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Revenue Bonds. Increases the maximum principal amount of the Transportation Revenue Bonds for the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program by $100 million, from $704.3 million to $804.3 million. The proceeds from the issuance of this additional $100 million are not allocated to any specific portion of the project, but rather to finance further completion of the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program.

Patron - Day

F HB775

U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Project. Requires one-half of any funds deposited in the general fund from the national tobacco settlement be used to further the completion of the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program.

Patron - Day

F HB783

Transportation. Provides for the funding of specified transportation projects throughout the Commonwealth to be paid by the proceeds from the issuance of Virginia Federal Highway Reimbursement Anticipation Notes whose outstanding principal shall not exceed $800,000,000, and by distribution from the Priority Transportation Fund created by the bill. Required deposits to the Priority Transportation Fund include (i) additional revenues attributable to the Virginia Fuels Tax Act (HB 1275); (ii) 20 percent of all payments received by the Commonwealth from the tobacco settlement agreement; (iii) 25 percent of all corporate income taxes; and (iv) all motor vehicle insurance license taxes. The bill also appropriates 20 percent of the Commonwealth's tobacco settlement payments to health care.

Patron - Rollison

F HB890

Transportation revenue bonds; Northern Virginia Transportation District Program. Increases the maximum principal amount of transportation revenue bonds that may be issued for the Northern Virginia Transportation District Program by $29 million, from $471.2 million to $500.2 million, and designates the projects for the increased funding.

Patron - Rollison

F HB898

Secondary highway maintenance payments to Arlington and Henrico Counties. Changes from 1985 to 1999 the base year for calculating secondary highway maintenance payments made to Arlington and Henrico Counties and increases the base payment per lane mile to $10,953 for both counties. Hitherto, the base payment per lane mile was $7,201 for Arlington and $3,616 for Henrico.

Patron - Reid

F HB943

Lifting of vehicle access control. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) forthwith to lift vehicle access control on US 60 and US 15 within one-half mile of their junction in Buckingham County and not reimpose vehicle access control there without the General Assembly's authorization.

Patron - Abbitt

F HB1056

HOV lanes. Provides a mechanism by which certain vehicles with volunteer rescue squad member or firefighter special licenses can be exempted from vehicle occupancy requirements on HOV lanes in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 16th planning districts, pending completion of the I-66 upgrade and Springfield "Mixing Bowl" Interchange reconstruction.

Patron - Marshall

F HB1110

Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Bond Act of 2000. Authorizes, subject to approval by a majority of the qualified voters of the Commonwealth voting thereon at the November 7, 2000, general election, the issuance of Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (b) of the Virginia Constitution in an amount not exceeding $1,000,000,000. The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for paying, together with any other available funds, the cost of certain specified highway projects and the retirement of current debt on a highway project. The full faith and credit of the Commonwealth is pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and any bond anticipation notes or refunding bonds. The bill authorizes the Treasury Board, by and with the consent of the Governor, to fix the details of such bonds, to borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, and to issue refunding bonds. The bill shall not become effective and no bonds shall be issued unless voter approval is obtained.

Patron - Tate

F HB1118

Y2K Highway Project Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Revenue Bond Act of 2000. Authorizes the issuance of Y2K Highway Project Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Revenue Bonds pursuant to the provisions of §§ 33.1-267 through 33.1-295 and Article X, Section 9 (d) of the Virginia Constitution in an amount not exceeding $3,472,300,000. The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for paying, together with any other available funds, the cost of certain highway projects throughout the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes the Transportation Board to issue the bonds to be sold through the Treasury Board, either at public or private sale. The bonds are not backed by the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth.

Patron - McClure

F HB1119

Suffolk Transportation District Program; Suffolk Transportation District Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Revenue Bond Act of 2000. Creates the Suffolk Transportation District Program similar to the Northern Virginia Transportation District Program, and authorizes a treasury loan of $19 million to be deposited into the fund created for the Program on July 15, 2001, in the event that appropriations in that amount are not included for the fund in the appropriation act. The bill also authorizes the issuance of Suffolk Transportation District Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Revenue Bonds pursuant to the provisions of §§ 33.1-267 through 33.1-295 and Article X, Section 9 (d) of the Virginia Constitution in an amount not exceeding $100,000,000. The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for paying, together with any other available funds, the cost of two highway projects within the Suffolk Transportation District. The bill authorizes the Transportation Board to issue the bonds to be sold through the Treasury Board, either at public or private sale. The bonds are not backed by the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth.

Patron - Robinson

F HB1276

Routes 100 and 114 Transportation Revenue Bond Act of 1999. Authorizes the issuance of Transportation Revenue Bonds pursuant to the provisions of §§ 33.1-267 through 33.1-295 and Article X, Section 9 (d) of the Virginia Constitution in an amount not exceeding $60,000,000. The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for paying, together with any other available funds, the cost of the construction of highway projects along Route 100 in Giles County and Route 114 in Montgomery County. The bill authorizes the Transportation Board to issue the bonds to be sold through the Treasury Board, either at public or private sale. The bonds are not backed by the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth.

Patron - Shuler

F HB1512

Highways in Urbana. Allows the Urbana town council to close the highways in the town for up to 24 hours in connection with the annual Urbana Oyster Festival, and charge admission for persons and vehicles into the town during the time that the highways are closed.

Patron - Morgan

F SB226

No-truck route; US 17. Prohibits operation of trucks and truck/semitrailer combinations on US 17 in Fauquier County between US 50 and Interstate 66, except for local deliveries.

Patron - Potts

F SB283

Welcome signs along I-81 in Pulaski County. Provides for the installation and maintenance by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) of welcome signs along I-81 in Pulaski County if the county enters into a contract to pay for the signs, their installation, and their maintenance.

Patron - Marye

F SB472

Transportation revenue bonds; Northern Virginia Transportation District Program. Increases the maximum principal amount of transportation revenue bonds that may be issued for the Northern Virginia Transportation District Program by $29 million, from $471.2 million to $500.2 million, and designates the projects for the increased funding.

Patron - Puller

F SB536

Secondary highway maintenance payments to Arlington and Henrico Counties. Changes from 1985 to 1999 the base year for calculating secondary highway maintenance payments made to Arlington and Henrico Counties and increases the base payment per lane mile to $10,953 for both counties. Hitherto, the base payment per lane mile was $7,201 for Arlington and $3,616 for Henrico.

Patron - Stosch

F SB615

U. S. Route 58 Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Revenue Bonds. Increases the maximum principal amount of the Transportation Revenue Bonds for the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program by $900 million, from $704.3 million to $1.6 billion The proceeds from the issuance of this additional $900 million are not allocated to any specific portion of the project, but rather to finance further completion of the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program.

Patron - Wampler

F SB651

Directional signs on I-95. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to replace signs directing Miami-bound and New York-bound traffic around the Richmond-Petersburg metropolitan area.

Patron - Marsh

F SB710

Priority Transportation Fund. Creates the Priority Transportation Fund as a nonreverting fund to address critical high priority transportation needs throughout the Commonwealth in innovative ways.

Patron - Watkins

F SB747

Highway construction; relocation of utilities. Provides that the costs of all relocation of utilities undertaken in connection with any highway construction project are to be considered project costs, regardless of whether the utilities were above or below ground at the beginning of the project, or whether or not they were relocated above or below ground.

Patron - Maxwell

C Carried Over

C HB540

Railroad crossing. Requires Norfolk Southern forthwith to reopen the highway crossing of its tracks between Golf Course Drive (Virginia Route 630) and U. S. Route 460 in Prince George County.

Patron - Ingram

C HB565

Acquisition of real property by Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Requires that before VDOT can acquire certain real property it must provide certain notice of its intention to do so, offer to hold a hearing on the acquisition, hold the hearing if asked to do so, and, after the hearing, advise the local governing body within whose jurisdiction the property is located of VDOT's plans (if any) for compensating the locality for the loss of tax base that will result from VDOT's acquisition of the property.

Patron - Moran

C HB691

Highway construction allocations. Changes the formula for allocating primary system highway construction funds among the construction districts to vehicle-miles traveled weighted 65 percent; primary road lane mileage weighted 20 percent; density of use weighted 10 percent; and need weighted five percent, provided that no district receives an allocation less than it received in fiscal year 1999-00.

Patron - McClure

C HB814

Public-Private Transportation Act; imposition of tolls on certain facilities. Limits the number of Public-Private Transportation Act facilities that may be tolled by defining "reconstructed to provide for increased capacity."

Patron - Joannou

C HB851

Paving of unpaved secondary roads; "pave-in-place" program. Allows the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to consider paving roads with less than 40-foot rights-of-way if the land for the project is acquired by means other than by gift. This treatment is presently limited only to projects where the land is acquired by gift. For the "pave-in-place" program of paving other unpaved roads on less than 40-foot rights-of-way with limited vehicle travel volumes, the bill provides the following minimum specifications: pavement 18 feet wide, shoulders one foot wide on either side of the pavement, and adequate drainage ditches along the outer edge of each shoulder. Deviations from these standards toward greater pavement or shoulder widths may be made on a case-by-case basis.

Patron - May

C HB984

HOV facilities. Provides for issuance of HOV facility pass stickers and authorizes promulgation of regulations to cover validity period, method of display, and cost. Proceeds would be deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund. These stickers would allow vehicles on which they are displayed to use any HOV facility in Virginia regardless of the number of the vehicle's passengers. Commercial vehicles would not be eligible to use these stickers.

Patron - Rhodes

C HB1059

Referendum; Fairfax County. Provides for a referendum in the Kinross, Navy, Waples Mill and Lees Corner Precincts of Fairfax County on November 7, 2000, on the question of whether the voters are in favor of changes affecting Ox Road between Vale Road and Lawyers Road that raise the speed limit to more than 35 miles per hour and install sidewalks on both sides of that portion of Ox Road. If a majority vote for the changes, the Department of Transportation may proceed with the changes. If a majority vote against the changes, the Department is prohibited from proceeding. The referendum has no effect on alternative changes or improvements to Ox Road.

Patron - McClure

C HB1063

Northern Virginia Transportation District. Adds Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford counties and the cities of Fredericksburg, Manassas and Manassas Park to the District; adds representatives of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, and the Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority; increases the voting membership by adding one additional member of the Virginia Senate and one additional member of the House of Delegates to the District's Commission; allows all Commission members to participate equally in all Commission activities, but provides that only local government representatives and members of the House of Delegates and Virginia Senate may vote; and abolishes other transportation districts created within Northern Virginia and transfers their powers and responsibilities to the Northern Virginia Transportation District.

Patron - McClure

C HB1099

Kenny Wallace Highway. Designates the entire length of Hampton Roads Center Parkway in the City of Hampton, including any future extensions, the "Kenny Wallace Highway."

Patron - Christian

C HB1122

Virginia Transportation Facilities Authority. Creates the Virginia Transportation Facilities Authority, headed by a nine-member Board of Directors (with the chairman and vice chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board serving as the chairman and vice chairman of the Board) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating transportation facilities in the Commonwealth. The Authority may issue pledge bonds and other forms of debt, but may issue revenue bonds only with the approval of the General Assembly. The Authority cannot undertake construction of any transportation facility unless (i) specifically authorized to do so in a bill or resolution passed by each house of the General Assembly or (ii) requested to do so by resolution of the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The Authority is specifically authorized to acquire three existing toll facilities: the Dulles Toll Road, the Powhite Parkway Extension Toll Road and the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge. The bill also transfers to the Authority the unallocated balances in the Toll Facilities Revolving Account on July 1, 2000.

Patron - Robinson

C HB1273

Road maintenance. Provides that the Commonwealth Transportation Board, in distributing funds for road maintenance, shall take into consideration the high traffic volume in urban areas and the resulting disproportionate maintenance needs in such areas. This is a recommendation of the Commission on the Condition and Future of Virginia's Cities.

Patron - Rust

C HB1274

Mass Transit Fund. Increases the percentage of funding from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Mass Transit Fund from 14.7 percent to 15.1 percent. The minimum amount of local matching funds required for the capital expenses associated with various types of mass transit projects is reduced from five percent to two percent. This is a recommendation of the Commission on the Condition and Future of Virginia's Cities.

Patron - Rust

C HB1446

Highway maintenance and construction; Fairfax County. Provides, if so requested by a resolution adopted by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and transmitted prior to January 1, 2001, to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, that Fairfax County will be treated as a city for the purpose of highway construction and maintenance, beginning on July 1, 2001; requires the transfer to Fairfax County of land, structures, facilities, equipment, employees, and resources that had been involved with the programs thus transferred to Fairfax County; and provides that this shall not affect highway construction or maintenance contracts entered into prior to the effective date of the act for projects in Fairfax County.

Patron - Hull

C SB267

Logo sign program. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to promulgate detailed regulations on participation of restaurants in VDOT's roadside logo sign program.

Patron - Potts

C SB291

Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., Parkway. Designates the Franconia-Springfield Parkway in Fairfax County from Rolling Road to Beulah Street the "Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., Parkway."

Patron - Puller

C SB310

U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program and Fund. Increases, from $40 million to $75 million, the annual amount of state recordation tax revenues dedicated by statute to the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Fund.

Patron - Reynolds