Highways, Bridges, And Ferries
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
VDOT; authority to account for workforce housing. [HB-803]
VDOT to account for workforce housing. Grants VDOT full authority to account for workforce housing when negotiating the sale price of property being sold after it has acquired it in the course of any project. This accounting is to be made available to the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Englin House: Tabled In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/07/2008
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Highway maintenance payments; Arlington and Henrico Counties receive payments for roads. [HB-788]
Highway maintenance payments to counties. Allows counties that maintain their own secondary highways (Henrico and Arlington) and are more than 100 square miles in size to receive the same per-lane-mile maintenance payments provided for roads within urban transportation service districts in other counties.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon Senate: Failed To Report (defeated) In Finance (7-y 9-n) on 02/26/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Tranpsortation Board; naming of highways, etc., and cost of construction. [HB-73]
Naming highways, etc. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Board to name a highway, bridge, or interchange for a living person, group, or business entity if the cost of construction of the bridge, highway, or interchange is paid by the person, group, or business entity.
Sponsored by: No sponsors House: Passed By Indefinitely In Transportation (14-y 6-n) on 01/15/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway welcome and exit signs; localities may put up within highway rights-of-way. [HB-692]
Highway "welcome" signs and exit signs. Allows local governing bodies to put up "welcome" signs within highway rights-of-way or within sight of highway rights-of-way to welcome travelers. These signs may include statements or phrases such as "birthplace of __________," "site of the __________," or "home of the __________." Such signs may also display the Internet web address of the locality's official website. The bill also provides for display of the Internet address of a locality's official website on exit signs on controlled access highways.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ward Armstrong House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Impact fees; expands existing road impact fee provisions to include school improvements, etc. [HB-635]
Impact fees. Expands existing road impact fee provisions to include school improvements and extends the applicability of such provisions from localities that meet certain population and growth criteria to all localities. "Impact fee" is defined as a charge or assessment imposed against new development in order to generate revenue to fund or recover the costs of public facilities necessitated by and attributable to the new development. The value of any dedication, contribution, or construction from the developer for off-site road improvements and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joe May House: Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway construction; power of Transportation Commissioner includes construction of sidewalks. [HB-618]
Eminent domain; highway construction. Clarifies that the power of eminent domain exercised by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner for highway construction includes construction of sidewalks and lighting therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristen Amundson House: Continued To 2009 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Income tax, state; toll payment tax credit. [HB-612]
Income tax; toll payment tax credit. Provides a tax credit against individual income tax for taxpayers making electronic toll collection payments, such as Smart Tag, in an amount equal to 10% of the total amount paid annually for tolls on Virginia highways, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2008.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Poisson House: Left In Finance on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway systems; revenue-sharing funds for certain counties. [HB-571]
Revenue-sharing funds for certain counties. Eliminates the four-tier allocation system and also eliminates the authority for counties to use proffers for up to one-half of the local government's contribution to revenue-sharing fund projects. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Crockett-Stark House: Incorporated By Transportation (hb111-scott, E.t.) By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Tractor-trailer combinations; local ordinances prohibiting use of certain highways. [HB-568]
Local ordinances prohibiting use of certain highways by tractor-trailer combinations. Allows the governing body of any county, city, or town by ordinance to prohibit the use of any highway within its boundaries by tractor-trailer combinations when, in the sole judgment of the local governing body, tractor-trailer combinations are unable safely to negotiate such highway.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Shuler House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Richmond Metropolitan Authority (RMA); powers and duties of Authority. [HB-544]
Composition of RMA Board. Revises the composition of the Board of Directors of the Richmond Metropolitan Authority (RMA).
Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware Senate: Continued To 2009 In Local Government (9-y 6-n) on 02/26/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; revises number of members needed for quorum at meetings. [HB-507]
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority. Revises the number of members needed for a quorum at meetings of the Authority and the number of affirmative votes required to impose taxes, fees, or tolls. The bill also eliminates references to phase two projects and adds improvements to the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel to the list of Authority projects. Additionally, it eliminates, for Hampton Roads, the 5 percent sales and use tax on vehicle repairs, the initial vehicle registration fee, the congestion relief fee, and the increased commercial real estate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Hamilton House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Motorcycles; driving two abreast in a single lane. [HB-48]
Motorcycles; driving two abreast in a single lane. Allows two motorcycles to travel abreast in a single lane.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole House: Failed To Report (defeated) In Transportation (9-y 9-n) on 01/15/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway construction, primary system; funds allocation. [HB-471]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Passed By Indefinitely In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Loitering; prohibited in right-of-way of certain highways with posted signs. [HB-470]
Loitering in the rights-of-way of certain highways. Prohibits loitering in the right-of-way of any highway where it has been determined that loitering presents a public safety hazard and the VDOT Commissioner or the local governing body has posted signs prohibiting such activity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0503) on 03/17/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes; revises procedures for enforcing violations. [HB-454]
HOT Lanes. Revises procedures for enforcement of High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes violations. This bill is the same as
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Rust Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0167) on 03/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
School bus stops; local school boards may install signs or other devices to indicate. [HB-453]
School bus stop indicators. Provides that local school boards may install signs or other devices to indicate school bus stops. Installation of these signs or devices is subject to VDOT approval if installed on any state-maintained highway. Maintenance, repair, and replacement of these school bus stop signs is to be the responsibility of the local school board. VDOT, in conformance with its current policies for emergency snow removal operations, must use its best efforts to ensure that signed school bus stop areas will not be obstructed by snow
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Poisson Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0291) on 03/11/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Interstate Routes 64 & 664; prohibits imposition & collection of tolls for use of certain portions. [HB-405]
Tolls. Prohibits imposition and collection of tolls for use of (i) Interstate Route 64 between the Virginia Route 143 (Jefferson Avenue) interchange in the City of Newport News and the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel and (ii) Interstate Route 664 between Interstate Route 64 and the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel.
Sponsored by: Rep. G. Glenn Oder House: Continued To 2009 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway systems; allocation of maintenance funds. [HB-389]
Allocation of maintenance funds among highway systems. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to utilize the estimated budget required to meet performance standards for asset management under § 33.1-13.02 in determining the total amount of funds that are reasonable and necessary for maintenance of roads; the allocation of the total amount of funds made available for maintenance shall be based on achieving a minimal level of disparity in meeting asset management performance standards established under § 33.1-13.02; such provision to be fully
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway welcome and exit signs; localities may put up within highway rights-of-way. [HB-373]
Highway "welcome" signs and exit signs. Allows local governing bodies to put up "welcome" signs within highway rights-of-way or within sight of highway rights-of-way to welcome travelers. These signs may include statements or phrases such as "birthplace of __________," "site of the __________," or "home of the __________." Such signs may also display the Internet web address of the locality's official website. The bill also provides for display of the Internet address of a locality's official website on exit signs on controlled access highways.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
CHILD WITH AUTISM signs; VDOT to post within an area in which child resides. [HB-374]
"CHILD WITH AUTISM" signs. Requires VDOT, when requested by the child's parent or legal guardian, to post within an area in which a child with autism who is less than 18 years old resides signs bearing the legend "CHILD WITH AUTISM."
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico House: Continued To 2009 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008