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Highways, Bridges and Ferries

Passed

P HB1

Adjustment of claims resulting from certain contracts. Repeals Chapter 8 of Title 33.1, which relates to adjustment of claims resulting from contracts entered into prior to July 1, 1976, for construction of state highways. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
Patron - Landes

P HB2

Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority; Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission. Eliminates from Title 33.1 (Highways, Bridges, and Ferries) obsolete references to the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority and the Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
Patron - Landes

P HB143

Naming highways, bridges, and interchanges. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Board to name highways, bridges, and interchanges that are part of any state highway system, provided they are not named for living people.
Patron - Cole

P HB201

Local toll facilities. Allows adjoining counties, cities, and towns to enter into agreements for the construction and operation of toll highways, bridges, and ferries within their boundaries.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

P HB226

Mobility goals for addressing the transportation needs of populations with limited mobility. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board, in cooperation with other local, regional, or statewide agencies and entities vested with transportation planning responsibilities, to establish specific mobility goals for addressing the transportation needs of populations with limited mobility and incorporate such goals in the development and implementation of the Statewide Transportation Plan required by § 33.1-23.03.
Patron - Jones, D.C.

P HB511

Worrell Family Bridge. Designates the Virginia Route 662 bridge over Burks Fork Creek the "Worrell Family Memorial Bridge."
Patron - Armstrong

P HB589

Blue Star Memorial Highway. Designates a portion of Old Keene Mill Road in Fairfax County a "Blue Star Memorial Highway."
Patron - Watts

P HB643

Maintenance of certain private roads in Dickenson County. Adds Dickenson County to an existing provision allowing county maintenance of private roads serving certain cemeteries.
Patron - Phillips

P HB665

Outdoor advertising; vegetation control. Establishes a consistent statewide standard for vegetation control throughout the Commonwealth, including inside municipalities. The bill would clearly establish applicability of the statewide standard inside municipalities and throughout the Commonwealth, but also respect the beautification projects of local governments, by granting VDOT the authority to impose on a billboard company requesting approval of a vegetation control permit, the obligation to relocate or replant vegetation according to a landscaping plan approved by VDOT, at the sole cost of the billboard company.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB666

Awarding of design-build contracts by Commonwealth Transportation Board. Eliminates the number and dollar limitations on awarding of design-build contracts by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB667

Contracts for maintenance of components of Interstate Highway System. Requires that, with a few exceptions, all maintenance on components of the Interstate Highway System in Virginia be carried out under contracts awarded by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and approved by the Commonwealth Transportation.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB671

Design-build contracts. Allows counties, cities, and towns to award contracts for the construction of transportation projects on a design-build basis.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB672

Naming highways and bridges. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to receive resolutions from affected local governing bodies in support of a highway or bridge naming before naming a highway or bridge and requires that costs of producing, placing, and maintaining signs indicating the names of highways and bridges be borne by the locality in which they are located. Highways and bridges are not to be named for living people.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB673

Commonwealth Transportation Board; election of certain members by General Assembly. Provides for election of the non-at-large members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the General Assembly.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB676

Annual report by CTC to General Assembly. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner (CTC) annually to report in writing to the General Assembly, no later than November 30 of each year, on all actions, accomplishments, achievements, and initiatives of the Virginia Department of Transportation in the preceding fiscal year that involved outsourcing, privatization, and downsizing. The bill further requires the CTC to provide, in writing to the General Assembly, detailed and specific plans for outsourcing, privatization, and downsizing in the current fiscal year.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB677

Annual report by Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner certain accomplishments, actions, and initiatives of the Virginia Department of Transportation. Requires that the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner annually report in writing to the General Assembly, no later than November 30 of each year, on all actions and initiatives of the Virginia Department of Transportation in the preceding fiscal year that involved outsourcing, privatization, and downsizing. The Commissioner is further required to provide, in writing to the General Assembly, detailed and specific plans for outsourcing, privatization, and downsizing in the current fiscal year, including, but not limited to, appropriate asset management and intelligent transportation system functions and services.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB801

Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact. Establishes the Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact.
Patron - Fralin

P HB809

Primary and secondary system highway projects undertaken by counties. Grants counties carrying out construction projects under § 33.1-75.3 the same power to enter property to survey transportation projects granted the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner. The bill also provides that (i) any county without an existing franchise agreement shall have the same authority as the Department pertaining to the relocation of utilities and (ii) whenever so requested by any county, funding of any project may be supplemented solely by state funds to avoid complying with additional federal requirements, provided that a determination has been made by the Department that adequate state funds are available to fully match federal funds and the Department can meet its federal obligation authority.
Patron - Fralin

P HB821

Rural Rustic Road program. Allows roads with average daily traffic volumes of no more than 1,000 vehicles to qualify for the Rural Rustic Road program. Present law limits roads in the program to average daily traffic volumes of no more than 500 vehicles.
Patron - May

P HB824

Installation and maintenance of certain signs. Authorizes any town to request and pay for the installation of "children at play" signage by the Virginia Department of Transportation without the approval of the county in which the town is located.
Patron - May

P HB843

High-occupancy vehicle lanes; penalties. Increases the fine for first-time HOV lane violations in Northern Virginia to $125. The fine for a second violation within five years of the original violation is increased to $250. Additionally, any subsequent violation within five years of the original violation carries a penalty of three demerit points.
Patron - Frederick

P HB877

Construction by state and local employees. Provides that the Commonwealth Transportation Board may enter into written agreements with localities for the building and maintenance of any of the roads in any system of state highways by local employees provided that: (i) the locality has obtained a cost estimate for the work of not less than $300,000 nor more than $650,000 and (ii) the locality has issued an invitation for bid and has received fewer than two bids from private entities to build or maintain such roads.
Patron - Frederick

P HB977

Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. Creates a Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund to foster retention, maintenance, and improvement of shortline railways and development of railway transportation support facilities that are essential to the Commonwealth's continued economic growth, vitality, and competitiveness in national world markets.
Patron - Abbitt

P HB1219

James B. Tabb Sr. Memorial Highway. Designates the portion of Virginia Route 615 from the intersection with Virginia Route 616 to the intersection with Virginia Route 5000 as the "James B. Tabb Sr. Memorial Highway."
Patron - Barlow

P HB1248

HOV lanes; exemption for clean special fuel vehicles. Extends the "sunset" to 2007 authorizing the use of HOV lanes by vehicles bearing clean special fuel vehicle license plates. This bill also provides that all clean special fuel vehicle license plates issued after July 1, 2006, be issued with a new design distinctively different from the design of the previous plates. Also, on HOV lanes serving the I-95/395 corridor, only vehicles registered with and displaying clean special fuel vehicle license plates prior to July 1, 2006, shall be treated as vehicles displaying special license plates issued under this section. This bill also directs the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles to develop procedures to ensure that all potential purchasers of clean special fuel vehicle license plates receive adequate notice of the benefits, risks and timelines required for the issuance of these plates. In addition, this bill raises the annual fee for clean special fuel vehicle license plates from $10 to $25, with funds being paid to the HOV Enforcement Fund for use by Virginia State Police for enhanced HOV enforcement. This bill also increases first and second offense fines in Planning District Eight to $125 and $250 respectively.
Patron - Hugo

P HB1282

Industrial access roads. Changes the term "industrial" sites to "economic development" sites to include nonmanufacturing as well as manufacturing developments.
Patron - Johnson

P HB1543

Rural Addition Program. Provides that neither the Commonwealth Transportation Board nor the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall promulgate regulations diminishing funds allocated or allocable to any county for use under the Rural Addition Program if the county has taken private roads or constructed roads not built to standards set forth by the Department of Transportation. The bill further provides that, in those counties where the bill is applicable, a local ordinance must state that any and all streets that are not constructed to meet the standards necessary for inclusion in the system of state highways must be privately maintained and will not be eligible for acceptance into the system of state highways unless improved to current Department of Transportation standards with funds other than those appropriated by the General Assembly and allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. This bill incorporates HB 792 and HB 1515.
Patron - Fralin

P HB1547

Alma C. White Memorial Bridge. Designates the Virginia Route 631 bridge at Little Creek Dam Road the "Alma C. White Memorial Bridge."
Patron - Rapp

P HB1581

Interstate Route 81 Corridor; diversion of truck traffic. Requires the Commonwealth of Virginia, through the Secretary of Transportation and the Rail Advisory Board, to complete a comprehensive feasibility plan to define the conditions that would be necessary to divert the maximum amount feasible of the long-haul, through-truck freight traffic to intermodal rail in the Interstate Route 81 Corridor.
Patron - Cline

P HB1582

Transportation agreements between local governments and local school divisions. Provides that any local government or combination of governments within planning district 16 may enter into cooperative agreements with a local school division for the use of school vehicles for public transportation purposes during non-school hours. Such agreements may utilize public or private funds for addressing the costs of the program. An enactment clause provides that if no such agreements are entered into by July 1, 2010, the provisions of the act will expire on July 1, 2010.
Patron - Orrock

P HB1597

Blue Star Memorial Highway. Designates the entire portion of U.S. Route 236 and Braddock Road between U.S. Route 123 and U.S. Route 28 the "Blue Star Memorial Highway."
Patron - Hugo

P SB13

Industrial access roads. Changes the term "industrial" sites to "economic development" sites to include nonmanufacturing as well as manufacturing developments.
Patron - Reynolds

P SB87

P SB193

Allocation of highway construction funds for rail projects. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Board to allocate up to 10 percent of funds available for highway construction to undertaking and financing of rail projects that, in its determination, will result in mitigation of highway congestion.
Patron - Williams

P SB196

P SB198

Rail Advisory Board. Provides that the members of the Rail Advisory Board are not subject to the provisions of § 2.2-3112 (prohibited conduct concerning personal interest in a transaction).
Patron - Williams

P SB213

O. Winston Link Trail. Establishes the O. Winston Link Trail.
Patron - Edwards

P SB304

Commonwealth Transportation Board. Provides for election of the non-at-large members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by majority vote of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.
Patron - Williams

P SB425

Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact. Establishes the Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact.
Patron - Williams

P SB454

P SB484

Jimmy Maloney Memorial Highway. Designates the portion of U.S. Route 60W between Virginia Route 646 and Virginia Route 1611 the "Jimmy Maloney Memorial Highway."
Patron - Norment

P SB485

Jack L. Massie Memorial Bridge. Designates each of the Virginia Route 199 twin bridges over College Creek the "Jack L. Massie Memorial Bridge."
Patron - Norment

P SB532

Blue Star Memorial Highway. Designates a portion of Old Keene Mill Road in Fairfax County a "Blue Star Memorial Highway."
Patron - O'Brien

P SB614

Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact. Establishes the Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact to set, impose, and collect tolls for use of Interstate Route Interstate 95.
Patron - Wagner

P SB650

Nicely Memorial Bridge. Designates the Interstate 64 bridge over the Cowpasture River in Alleghany County the "Nicely Memorial Bridge."
Patron - Deeds

P SB663

P SB721

Revenue-sharing funds for systems in certain counties, cities, and towns. Expands the present revenue-sharing fund program for counties to include cities and towns as well. The annual match limit is raised to $1 million per locality, and the total limit on state funds is raised to $50 million. Up to half of local contributions may take the form of proffers. Since the program now applies to all localities (not just counties), the present section embodying the program is repealed, and the new program is relocated to the article of Chapter 1 of Title 33.1 dealing with overall allocations of highway improvement funds.
Patron - Saslaw

Failed

F HB88

Traffic-calming studies. Requires that the Virginia Department of Transportation, at the request of county boards of supervisors, conduct traffic-calming studies and implement measures based on the results of such studies.
Patron - Cole

F HB117

Primary highway system construction funds allocation. Replaces primary system lane miles with vehicle registrations as a factor in allocating primary highway system construction funds among the nine highway construction districts.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB119

Primary highway system construction funds allocation. Replaces primary system lane miles with vehicle registrations as a factor in allocating primary highway system construction funds. The bill also allocates primary system construction funds among the Commonwealth's 23 planning districts, rather than among the nine highway construction districts.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB133

Tolls on U.S. Route 17 in Chesapeake. Requires VDOT to impose and collect tolls for use of U.S. Route 17 in Chesapeake.
Patron - Cosgrove

F HB165

Primary and secondary highway construction funds allocations. Revises the formulas used to allocate primary and secondary highway construction funds so that such funds are allocated on the basis of population.
Patron - Lingamfelter

F HB166

Virginia Defense Facility and Transportation Improvement Fund and Program. Establishes the Virginia Defense Facility and Transportation Improvement Fund and Program. The Fund is to consist of $250 million of annual collections of state recordation taxes. Its proceeds are to be allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board to highway construction districts wherein federal defense facilities or bases are expanded as the result of actions of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, and are to be used for transportation infrastructure improvements. The provisions of the bill would expire on July 1, 2011.
Patron - Lingamfelter

F HB198

Interstate Route 81 Development Authority. Creates the Interstate Route 81 Development Authority to identify, undertake, and finance construction of rail and highway projects in the Interstate Route 81 corridor that will improve highway safety in the Interstate Route 81 corridor and facilitate the movement of cargo within and through the Interstate Route 81 corridor by rail rather than by truck. The activities of the Authority will be financed through the imposition and collection of tolls for the operation of trucks and tractor-trailer combinations in the Interstate Route 81 corridor.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB200

Fees on trucks. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to impose a fee on trucks and combination vehicles for use in maintaining state highways. The Board is to calculate, impose, and collect a fee for damage done to highways by certain vehicles. The amount of the fee is to be based on the difference between the amount received annually by the Commonwealth from the federal government for highway maintenance and the annual cost to the Commonwealth of repairing damage done to the highways of the Commonwealth by vehicles subject to the fee. The amount of the fee and the method of payment are to be determined by the Board. The fee is to be imposed on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis and no vehicle upon which a fee is assessed is to be operated on any highway of the Commonwealth if the fee is not paid in full on or before the date upon which payment of the fee is due.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB236

Virginia Regional Transportation Authority. Establishes the Virginia Regional Transportation Authority to plan, finance, construct, and operate transportation projects and improve air quality. The bill is patterned on the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority established in Georgia in 1999.
Patron - Jones, D.C.

F HB309

Alternative fuel vehicles; high-occupancy lanes; penalty. Extends the sunset authorizing HOV lane use by vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates to July 1, 2007. This bill was incorporated into HB 1248.
Patron - Rust

F HB399

Littering on highways; community service; penalty. Requires any person convicted of littering on any highway to perform a mandatory minimum of 100 hours of community service, administered by the Department of Transportation, picking up litter/trash while wearing a blaze orange vest with the phrase "I AM A LITTERBUG." Unsuccessful completion shall result in a misdemeanor conviction of up to 12 months in jail and/or a fine of $2,500.
Patron - Wittman

F HB409

Dulles Toll Road; tolls. Imposes certain conditions on the increase and use of tolls on the Dulles Toll Road.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB440

Integrated Directional Sign Program. Requires that whenever any county, city, town, or any agency or instrumentality thereof applies for signage as part of the Integrated Directional Sign Program (IDSP) administered by the Department of Transportation or its agents and the signage is denied by the Department or any of its agents, all moneys expended by the county, city, or town in connection with any such application must be refunded in full by the Department.
Patron - Crockett-Stark

F HB446

Interstate Route 81 Corridor; diversion of truck traffic. Requires the Commonwealth of Virginia, through the Secretary of Transportation and its Rail Advisory Board, to complete a comprehensive feasibility plan to define the conditions that would be necessary to divert at least 60 percent of the long-haul, through-truck freight traffic to intermodal rail in the Interstate Route 81 Corridor. This bill was incorporated into HB 1581.
Patron - Shuler

F HB490

Publication of notice of certain local decisions required. Requires that whenever a governing body approves a change in zoning or takes any similar action that involves or potentially will involve construction of new structures or expansion of existing structures whose construction or expansion would require or reasonably be expected to require the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or expansion of any transportation facility, and such transportation facility construction, reconstruction, improvement, or expansion is not provided for in the most recent six-year improvement plan of the Department of Transportation, the local governing body must publish a notice to that effect at least once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published or having general circulation in the affected locality.
Patron - Frederick

F HB494

HOV lanes. Prohibits imposition and collection of tolls for use of HOV lanes by vehicles having the required number of occupants.
Patron - Frederick

F HB495

High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities. Permits law-enforcement vehicles to use HOV facilities only when responding to an emergency call or in an emergency situation, unless occupied by the otherwise required minimum number of occupants.
Patron - Frederick

F HB580

Primary system highway construction funds allocation. Allocates primary system highway construction funds among the nine highway construction districts on the basis of the ratio of vehicle miles traveled on primary highways divided by the lane miles of primary highways in each highway construction district, weighted 90 percent, and a need factor, weighted 10 percent.
Patron - Watts

F HB604

Alternative fuel vehicles; high-occupancy lanes. Alternative fuel vehicles; high-occupancy lanes. Extends the sunset authorizing HOV lane use by vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates to July 1, 2008. This bill was incorporated into HB 1248.
Patron - Amundson

F HB640

Low-water bridge in Pound. Requires Dickenson County to transfer ownership of the low-water bridge in the Town of Pound to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and requires VDOT to take the bridge into the secondary highway system.
Patron - Phillips

F HB655

Alternative fuel vehicles; high-occupancy lanes. Extends the sunset authorizing HOV lane use by vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates to July 1, 2008. The bill also amends the definition of "clean special fuel" by adding that such vehicles must average more than 50 miles per gallon. This bill was incorporated into HB 1248.
Patron - Plum

F HB669

State/local "revenue-sharing" transportation improvement projects. Increases the project cap from $500,000 to $1 million and the amount of the Commonwealth's participation in the "revenue-sharing" programs from $10 million to $20 million annually. This bill was incorporated into HB 681.
Patron - Wardrup

F HB675

Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact. Establishes the Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact with North and South Carolina. This bill was incorporated into HB 801.
Patron - Wardrup

F HB681

Special funds for highway improvements in localities. Expands the present revenue-sharing fund program for counties to include cities and towns as well. The annual match limit is raised to $4 million per locality, and the total limit on state funds is raised to $100 million. Since the program now applies to all localities (not just counties), the present section embodying the program is repealed, and the new program is relocated to the article of Chapter 1 of Title 33.1 dealing with overall allocations of highway improvement funds.
Patron - Scott, E.T.

F HB716

Highways; dumping litter; penalty. Authorizes a court to order, in addition to other penalties, the suspension of the driver's license of the defendant convicted of a second or subsequent offense of dumping litter on the highway.
Patron - McQuigg

F HB724

State-Local Intersection Partnership Program. Establishes the State-Local Intersection Partnership Program under which the Commonwealth Transportation Board will annually allocate $100 million to local governments to be used exclusively for the purpose of undertaking highway improvement, construction, reconstruction, expansion, reconfiguration, and alteration projects to address issues associated with intersection congestion and safety by providing funding to counties, cities, and towns, subject to a local contribution of at least 25 percent of project cost, for the construction of turn lanes, extension of existing turn lanes, and construction of roundabouts and pedestrian safety facilities, including but not necessarily limited to pedestrian overpasses and underpasses.
Patron - McQuigg

F HB792

Subdivision streets; taking of streets into state secondary highway system. Provides that subdivision streets do not need to meet VDOT standards if they serve fewer than three families per mile, and that VDOT cannot refuse to honor any request to take a subdivision street into the state secondary system because the street does not meet VDOT standards if the street serves fewer than three families per mile. This bill was incorporated into HB 1543.
Patron - Abbitt

F HB810

Funds involving construction, reconstruction, and improvement of the "Smart Road." Provides that if allocations are not made in this year's budget bill to fund any future construction, reconstruction, or improvement of the "Smart Road" in the Salem Highway Construction District, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall reimburse the Salem Highway Construction District for any and all funds expended to date on the "Smart Road."
Patron - Fralin

F HB876

HOV lane penalties; hiring of State Police officers to enforce HOV lane restrictions. Changes all fines imposed for HOV lane violations to civil penalties and provides for deposit of all these penalties in a special fund. Requires the State Police to calculate how many State Police officers can be paid out of this fund and to hire that number of officers and assign them solely to HOV lane enforcement.
Patron - Frederick

F HB911

Urban Highway Congestion Mitigation Fund. Establishes the Urban Highway Congestion Mitigation Fund, consisting of an annual allocation by the Commonwealth Transportation Board of $250 million from funds available for highway construction projects. The Fund would be used to make allocations and grants to cities and urban counties for the construction of highway projects that would result in substantial mitigation of local and regional highway congestion.
Patron - Oder

F HB947

George P. Coleman Bridge; tolls. Requires that the tolls be removed from the George P. Coleman Bridge.
Patron - Morgan

F HB989

Prohibition on transportation of hazardous materials; penalty. Bans transportation of hazardous materials on VA Rte. 674 in Fairfax County between VA Rte. 123 and VA Rte. 606.
Patron - Shannon

F HB1085

Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund. Increases the percentage of Transportation Trust Fund revenues flowing to the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund from 14.7 percent to 19 percent.
Patron - Scott, J.M.

F HB1104

Special funds for highway improvements in localities. Expands the present revenue-sharing fund program for counties to include cities and towns as well. The annual match limit is raised to $4 million per locality, and the total limit on state funds is raised to $100 million. Any local contributions may take the form of proffers. Since the program now applies to all localities (not just counties), the present section embodying the program is repealed, and the new program is relocated to the article of Chapter 1 of Title 33.1 dealing with overall allocations of highway improvement funds.
Patron - Athey

F HB1127

Rail Enhancement Fund. Requires that 50 percent of expenditures from the Rail Enhancement Fund in any calendar year be for intermodal rail projects.
Patron - Cline

F HB1195

Statewide Transportation Plan; inadequacy of local or regional system. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish and apply an impact fee in any locality or region where pursuant to a comprehensive review, it determines that transportation needs are not being adequately met. The bill requires the Board to collect a fee from the builder of each new residential or commercial unit constructed in the locality or region until it determines that the transportation needs in the locality or region are being adequately met and are likely to remain so for at least the next five years. The fee shall be based on standards and criteria established by the Board, including but not limited to (i) average levels of traffic congestion and vehicle miles traveled by residents in such locality or region, (ii) the pro-rata impact of each residential or commercial unit on the existing transportation network, and (iii) the pro-rata impact of each additional residential or commercial unit on the costs of improving, expanding or developing new transportation systems in order to adequately meet the needs of such new development. The Board shall allocate all fees collected under these provisions to a special account within the Transportation Trust Fund on behalf of the locality or localities subject to the fee requirement. The Board shall make disbursements from such account for the improvement, maintenance or expansion of the transportation system in such locality or region. Upon a determination by the Board that the local or regional transportation system is adequate and is likely to remain adequate for at least the next five years, the Board shall release to the locality or localities all funds that may remain in the Transportation Trust Fund on their behalf.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB1257

Transportation funding for Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. Provides funding for transportation projects in Northern Virginia (i.e. the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park, and the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William, and Hampton Roads (i.e. the Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg, and the Counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, and Surry) as follows: (i) dedicates a pro-rata portion of one-third of all insurance license tax revenues, based on population, to Northern Virginia and to Hampton Roads, and (ii) dedicates $20 million in FY 07 and $25 million annually thereafter in state recordation tax revenues to Northern Virginia, and dedicates $10 million in FY 07 and $15 million annually thereafter to Hampton Roads. The funds for each region are deposited into separate, newly created special funds, and are dedicated solely for transportation projects in each region. Bonds are authorized to be issued annually with a face value up to two-thirds of the amount estimated to be deposited into each fund for each respective fiscal year, with the proceeds to be used for transportation projects in each region. The transportation projects to be funded in Hampton Roads shall be determined by the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Organization with the advice and consent of the members of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committee members residing in Planning District 23.
Patron - Hugo

F HB1395

Tolls; motorcycles. Allows motorcycles toll-free use of VDOT-controlled toll facilities.
Patron - Gear

F HB1397

Department of Rail and Public Transportation. Requires the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to provide sufficient state matching funds for the federal FTA Section 5311 Rural Public Transportation program to guarantee that the local match required by the program does not exceed 25 percent.
Patron - Wittman

F HB1466

Plan for use of HOT lanes by bus rapid transit operators in the Washington-Fredericksburg Corridor. Requires the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transit, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Transportation and in consultation with local providers of bus rapid transit services in the Washington-Fredericksburg Corridor, to develop and implement a plan that allows bus rapid transit service providers to take maximum advantage of HOT lanes.
Patron - Eisenberg

F HB1479

Transportation; Smart Tag and EZ Pass discount. Requires that Smart Tag and EZ Pass users be given a 10 percent discount when using such devices to pay for roadway tolls.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB1515

Rural Addition Program. Provides that neither the Commonwealth Transportation Board nor the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall promulgate regulations diminishing funds allocated or allocable to any county with a population of less than 40,000 for use under the Rural Addition Program by reason of not having met subdivision ordinance requirements. This bill was incorporated into HB 1543.
Patron - Kilgore

F HB1580

Interstate Route 81 improvements. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) forthwith to halt all negotiations with STAR Solutions under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 for the construction of improvements to Interstate Route 81 in Virginia. The bill also requires VDOT to identify those areas along the Interstate Route 81 Corridor that have higher traffic volumes and congestion levels and solicit proposals from private entities to plan for and construct improvements accordingly.
Patron - Cline

F HB1613

Insurance license tax revenue; dedication to mass transit. Dedicates an amount equal to the difference between one-third of the estimated revenue to be collected for all insurance license taxes for each fiscal year and the estimated revenue from the motor vehicle insurance license tax; and increases the motor vehicle insurance license tax from two and one-fourth percent to four and one-half percent.
Patron - Ebbin

F SB3

Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner. Provides for election of the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner by the Commonwealth Transportation Board with the consent of the Governor for a term of four years. In the event of a vacancy, an Acting Commissioner would be appointed by the Governor until the vacancy is filled by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The salary of the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner would be fixed by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. This bill has been referred for study under SJR 60.
Patron - Williams

F SB10

Secondary highway system; rural additions. Allows any road in Wythe County to be taken into the secondary system as a rural addition if such road was recorded in the Wythe County Circuit Court Clerk's Office prior to November 1, 1999.
Patron - Reynolds

F SB11

Highway ingress and egress. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to permit the construction and maintenance of ingress and egress to and from highways to intersecting private roads and adjoining private property.
Patron - Reynolds

F SB14

HOV lanes. Prohibits imposition and collection of tolls for use of HOV lanes by vehicles having the required number of occupants.
Patron - Puller

F SB103

Industrial access grants. Extends the terms of an October 9, 2001, access grant made by VDOT to Floyd County until March 30, 2007.
Patron - Reynolds

F SB124

F SB126

Highway maintenance and construction by state employees. Increases the limit on the value of highway maintenance and construction projects that may be carried out by state employees from $300,000 to $1 million. This bill was incorporated into SB 196.
Patron - O'Brien

F SB163

George P. Coleman Bridge; tolls. Requires that the tolls be removed from the George P. Coleman Bridge.
Patron - Norment

F SB192

Hampton Roads Bridge and Tunnel. Establishes the Hampton Roads Bridge and Tunnel Authority and transfers from VDOT to the Authority control of and responsibility for seven facilities in Hampton Roads. The bill allows the Authority to impose and collect tolls for the use of these facilities and provides for the eventual transfer to the Authority control of and responsibility for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel as well.
Patron - Williams

F SB297

Environmental impact study; Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Requires the Secretaries of Transportation and Natural Resources to conduct an environmental impact study including an analysis of the impact of HOT lanes and any other strategies used to expedite the movement of traffic between the Springfield Interchange and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
Patron - Cuccinelli

F SB307

F SB329

Transportation construction and maintenance. Revises Virginia's transportation construction and maintenance allocation system in accordance with recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to the 2002 Session of the General Assembly. This bill has been referred for study under SJR 60.
Patron - Wagner

F SB397

Interstate Route 81 improvements. Directs the Virginia Department of Transportation to immediately halt all negotiations with STAR Solutions under the Public-Private Transportation Act for the construction of improvements to Interstate Route 81 in Virginia. This bill contains an emergency clause.
Patron - Hanger

F SB423

Highway construction districts. Replaces VDOT's current nine highway construction districts with seven and specifies the territory embraced within each district. The size of the Commonwealth Transportation Board is also reduced by two to accommodate the reduction in the number of Board members appointed on a district-residence basis. This bill has been referred for study under SJR 60.
Patron - Williams

F SB437

Commonwealth Transportation Board; election of certain members by legislative appointing authorities. Provides for the appointment of the five at-large citizen members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, who shall appoint three of the five members, and the Senate Committee on Rules, which shall appoint the other two members. The Governor shall continue to appoint the remaining citizen members who must be residents of the nine construction districts. The bill will take effect only upon approval of the voters of a constitutional amendment to provide a six-year term for the Governor. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Balance of Powers Between the Legislative and Executive Branches pursuant to HJR 707 (2005). This bill was incorporated into SB 304.
Patron - Devolites Davis

F SB476

Local road indebtedness; state funds. Requires the Commonwealth to match dollars generated by a local transportation referendum. However, such state funds may not be used by the locality for debt service, nor shall the funds be deemed to constitute the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth.
Patron - Colgan

F SB512

Low-water bridge in Pound. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to reimburse Dickenson County for expenses incurred in reconstructing the low-water bridge in the Town of Pound.
Patron - Puckett

F SB555

Commonwealth Transportation Safety Fund; court-ordered payments for certain offenses related to the operation of motor vehicles. Establishes the Commonwealth Transportation Safety Fund, to be used to fund capital projects and operations necessary to improve the safety of the Commonwealth's roads, and to provide for increased law-enforcement on Virginia's interstates and roads through the Highway Safety Corridor Program. Upon conviction of certain dangerous driving offenses and traffic infractions for which the Department of Motor Vehicles assigns 6 demerit points, a court shall order the offender to make a payment into the Fund. The court shall collect the payments on behalf of the Commonwealth, and remit the payments to the Fund. This bill was incorporated into SB 393.
Patron - Stolle

F SB606

F SB642

Route 610 bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way in Wythe County. Requires the Norfolk Southern Railway to repair and maintain the Virginia Route 610 bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way 2.25 miles east of Virginia Route 712 and 1.6 miles west of the intersection of Virginia Route 613 in Wythe County so as to allow the structure to be posted by the Department of Transportation for a 16-ton weight limit.
Patron - Puckett

F SB671

F SB686

Transportation Future Fund. Establishes the Transportation Future Fund (the Fund) to support the design and construction of surface transportation infrastructure of long-term statewide significance. Fund investments include: design and construction of the Third Crossing of Hampton Roads; construction of the Southeastern Parkway and improvements to U.S. Route 460 and Interstate Route 64 in Hampton Roads; expansion of Metrorail service to Tyson's Corner; completion of environmental impact studies associated with the Eastern and Western Bypasses in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.; completion of location studies and reservation of rights-of-way in connection with a Potomac River bridge between the American Legion Bridge (Interstate Route 495) and the U.S. Route 15 bridge; establishment of high-occupancy toll lanes on Interstate Routes 95, 395, and 495 in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., in the Fredericksburg-Washington corridor; expansion of Interstate Route 66 both within and outside the Capital Beltway; and completion of environmental impact studies associated with improvements to rail service, additional truck lanes, and improvements to choke points and dangerous locations in the Interstate Route 81 corridor. The Fund is to be financed through a $0.01 cent increase in the sales and use tax and through establishment of toll roads. This bill was incorporated into SB 708.
Patron - Potts

F SB725

F SJ165

Interstate Route 81 improvements. Requests the Virginia Department of Transportation to address urgently needed improvements to the Interstate Route 81 Corridor. In so doing, the Department of Transportation shall expeditiously take the following actions: (i) subject to federal law and regulation, plan for and construct additional capacity as needed to accommodate increasing traffic and address safety concerns; (ii) direct federal highway construction aid that may be available or may become available for Interstate Route 81 in Virginia under the recently passed SAFETEA-LU and other federal legislation, to critical safety and capacity improvements including, where appropriate, additional lanes to assist trucks in climbing steep grades; and (iii) plan and develop, with the cooperation of the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation and private rail companies, an east-west rail project that will have the effect of reducing the number of trucks traveling the Interstate Route 81 Corridor.
Patron - Hanger

Carried Over

C HB662

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Requires the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission to obtain authorization from the General Assembly before undertaking the construction and operation of any tunnel paralleling an existing tunnel or making provision for the financing of any such project.
Patron - Wardrup

C HB767

Transportation Trust Fund; dedication of certain surplus revenue. Dedicates to the Transportation Trust Fund 75 percent of any annual general fund surplus revenues remaining after any required deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund and to the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund.
Patron - Sickles

C HB841

Local Partnership Programs. Requires the Department of Transportation and localities to agree upon a payment schedule for reimbursement of funds to the locality for moneys expended on projects under any Local Partnership Program.
Patron - Frederick

C HB1184

C HB1254

Outdoor advertising. Provides for adjustment or relocation of certain outdoor advertising structures in lieu of payment of just compensation in certain condemnation actions.
Patron - Hugo

C HB1287

Rural Rustic Road Program. Limits the discretion of the Department of Transportation in paving roads as part of the Rural Rustic Road Program when such paving is requested by a local governing body.
Patron - Saxman

C HB1481

C HB1574

Integrated Directional Sign Program. Allows localities, upon written request to the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, to opt out of the Integrated Directional Sign Program administered by the Department of Transportation.
Patron - Barlow

C SB4

Outdoor advertising. Provides for adjustment or relocation of certain outdoor advertising structures in lieu of payment of just compensation in certain condemnation actions.
Patron - Williams

C SB148

Integrated Directional Signing Program. Requires VDOT to provide by regulation that businesses that do not provide public restroom facilities, food, lodging, fuel, or destination recreational opportunities will be included as eligible for signage under the Integrated Directional Signing Program.
Patron - Deeds

C SB222

Integrated Directional Signing Program. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation, to the maximum extent not inconsistent with federal law, to provide for signage under the Integrated Directional Signing Program directing motorists traveling on Interstate Route 264 to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and the Children's Museum of Virginia.
Patron - Quayle

C SB285

Highway construction districts; Gloucester County. Transfers Gloucester County from the Fredericksburg highway construction district to the Hampton Roads highway construction district.
Patron - Norment

C SB346

Highway maintenance, construction, or reconstruction payments to Town of Broadway. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, subject to the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, to make payments for maintenance, construction, or reconstruction of highways to the Town of Broadway.
Patron - Obenshain

C SB431

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