Highways, Bridges, And Ferries
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Cigarettes; deemed litter for purposes of criminal punishment for improper disposal of trash. [HB-1367]
Littering; cigarettes, civil penalty. Includes cigarettes specifically in the category of things deemed litter for purposes of criminal punishment for improper disposal of trash. The bill also provides that in lieu of the imposition of the Class 1 misdemeanor criminal penalty, the court may order the defendant to perform community service in litter abatement activities. If the offense involves a cigarette or cigarettes, the court shall order the payment of a $100 civil penalty payable to the Litter Control and Recycling Fund established in §10.1-1422.01
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Highways, Commissioner of; agreements with localities. [HB-1328]
Commissioner of Highways; agreements with localities. Adds Prince William County to existing provisions that allow Fairfax County to enter into agreements with the Commissioner of Highways regarding enforcement of provisions related to signs and advertisements within highway limits. The penalties and costs collected under such agreements are paid to the affected locality.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tolling fees; prevents VDOT from charging monthly fees for payment program and its transponders. [HB-1302]
Tolling fees. Prevents the Department of Transportation from charging monthly fees for the automatic electronic tolling payment program and its transponders.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Dulles Greenway; allowed to lease property for outdoor advertising, SCC to approve toll rates. [HB-1246]
Dulles Greenway; outdoor advertising; tolls. Allows the Dulles Greenway to lease property under its control for purposes of outdoor advertising. The bill also requires that the amount of toll vary according to distance traveled and take into consideration any income generated by the advertising leases.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference). [SJR-6]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, and other funds established by general law for transportation. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2013, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference). [SJR-2]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, and other funds established by general law for transportation. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2013, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Transportation; provides revenues for construction, maintenance, and funding. [SB-639]
Transportation construction, operation and maintenance, and funding. Provides for the construction, maintenance, and funding of transportation by (i) increasing transportation's share of year-end surpluses to 67 percent, and (ii) authorizing the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to name highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities for private entities if an annual naming rights fee is paid, with the revenue dedicated to highway maintenance and operation. The bill also charges the CTB with greater responsibilities involving
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commonwealth Tolling Assistance Program; established. [SB-619]
Commonwealth Tolling Assistance Program. Establishes a program that would allow certain low-income students to receive an electronic tolling transponder without paying a deposit. To be eligible, the student must attend a public institution of higher education in Virginia located within a planning district that is traversed by the Elizabeth River or the James River and that is adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay. Eligible students who receive the electronic tolling transponder may also submit toll receipts, on a quarterly basis, and receive reimbursement
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Back of Dragon; designates portion of Route 16 in Tazewell and Smyth Counties. [SB-593]
Virginia Route 16; Back of the Dragon. Designates Virginia Route 16 between Frog Level in Tazewell County and the Town of Marion in Smyth County the "Back of the Dragon."
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Low-income and student toll tax credit; established. [SB-567]
Low-income and student toll tax credit. Establishes a tax credit for students and low-income persons who have an E-ZPass or who pay tolls. The amount of the credit is capped at $1,000 per qualified taxpayer.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Northern Virginia Transportation District; responsibilities of Transportation Board. [SB-531]
Northern Virginia Transportation District; long-range planning. Establishes responsibilities for various entities for long-range transportation planning for the Northern Virginia Transportation District.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Colleges, etc., projects, certain; required to hold at least one public hearing before undertaking. [SB-530]
Public hearings prior to certain VDOT projects. Requires the institution of higher education to hold at least one public hearing before VDOT undertakes any safety-related or congestion management-related highway project requested by any college, university, or institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Interstate highway, etc.; fines and fees for violations of laws. [SB-500]
Fines and fees for violations occurring on interstate highways. Provides that when a warrant or summons is issued for a violation of law occurring on an interstate highway or a highway that receives federal-aid funds, a state statute must be charged.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Weighing of vehicles; exempts those owned or leased by City of Suffolk. [SB-479]
Weighing of vehicles. Exempts vehicles owned or leased by the City of Suffolk from being weighed at DMV-controlled weigh-stations along U.S. Route 58 in Suffolk.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Alcoholic beverage control; outdoor advertising regulations, etc. [SB-398]
Alcoholic beverage control; outdoor advertising; penalty. Requires all outdoor advertising of alcoholic beverages to be in compliance with ABC law, ABC Board regulations, and VDOT law and regulations concerning outdoor advertising. The bill also sets the general rule that no outdoor alcoholic beverage advertising shall be placed within 500 linear feet on the same side of the road, and parallel to such road, measured from the nearest edge of the sign face upon which the advertisement is placed to the nearest edge of a building or structure located
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Transportation Board; increases number of membership, residence requirement for redistricting. [SB-392]
Commonwealth Transportation Board; composition. Increases the number of members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to 18 and changes the areas of representation to the congressional districts. The bill also assigns the at-large members to specific transportation areas.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Advertising & advertisements; allows running animation on structures. [SB-339]
Advertisements and advertising structures. Allows running animation on advertisements and advertising structures. The bill also allows scrolling animation on on-premises advertisements and advertising structures.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Mopeds; prohibited on highways with speed limits in excess of 35 miles per hour. [SB-333]
Mopeds. Prohibits the operation of mopeds on highways with posted speed limits in excess of 35 miles per hour.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Dulles Greenway; SCC to hold a public hearing in Loudoun County prior to granting a toll increase. [SB-316]
Dulles Greenway; tolls. Requires the SCC, if it grants a toll increase for use of the Greenway, to vary the amount of the toll in accordance with vehicle miles traveled. The bill also requires the SCC to hold a public hearing in Loudoun County prior to granting a toll increase.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
VDOT; allowed to drive on portion of highway other than a roadway to/from scene of traffic accident. [SB-315]
Virginia Department of Transportation; incident management. Allows VDOT to drive on a portion of the highway other than a roadway at, en route to, or from the scene of a traffic accident, without direction from law-enforcement officers.