Highways, Bridges, And Ferries
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Transportation Commissioner; contracts for grounds keeping, mowing, etc. on highways in Reston. [HB-347]
Powers of CTC. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner (CTC) to enter into contracts with Reston for grounds keeping, mowing, and litter removal on highways within Reston.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum House: Stricken From Docket By Transportation By Voice Vote on 01/31/2008
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VDOT; supplying information to and soliciting comments from Reston. [HB-348]
Supplying information to and soliciting comments from Reston by VDOT. Requires that whenever any provision of Title 33.1 requires the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to supply information to or solicit comments from the governing body of any county, city, or town, VDOT must, under similar circumstances, supply such information to or solicit comments from Reston.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes; use by vehicles bearing special fuel vehicle license plates. [HB-342]
HOV lanes; use by vehicles bearing clean special fuel vehicle license plates. Extends the July 1, 2008, "sunset" on use of HOV lanes by vehicles bearing clean special fuel vehicle license plates, regardless of the number of their passengers, until July 1, 2012. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum House: Incorporated By Transportation (hb1014-hugo) By Voice Vote on 01/31/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Handbills, etc.; distribution in highway rights-of-way in certain localities. [HB-337]
Distribution of handbills, etc., in highway rights-of-way. Allows Arlington and Henrico Counties and the Town of Vienna to regulate distribution of handbills, etc., in all highway rights-of-way within their boundaries. Present law restricts this power to secondary and urban highway system components. This bill is the same as
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0120) on 03/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Vehicle weight limit enforcement; county enforcement on highways within its boundaries. [HB-293]
Weight limit enforcement by counties. Provides for county enforcement of weight limits on highways within its boundaries. This measure is similar to existing provisions of §§ 46.2-1138.1 and 46.2-1138.2.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Poisson House: Tabled In Transportation By Voice Vote on 01/22/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Traffic control measures; allows installation and application on secondary system components. [HB-277]
Traffic control measures. Allows installation and application of traffic control measures on secondary system components in residence districts even if those components also provide access to business districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0468) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Motor fuels tax; rate increase. [HB-275]
Motor fuel tax; rate increase. Increases the tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and alternative fuel by $0.10 per gallon; increases the motor carrier road tax by an equivalent of $0.10 per gallon of fuel used in the Commonwealth. All motor fuels taxes will be indexed every two years beginning July 1, 2009, by an amount equal to the percentage change in the U.S. Department of Labor's Producer Price Index for Highway and Street Construction. The revenue generated is used for transportation purposes as required by existing law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes; violations in Hampton Roads Planning District. [HB-268]
HOV lanes. Imposse the same penalties for HOV lane violations in the Hampton Roads Planning District as are presently imposed for HOV violations in Northern Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paula Miller House: Read Third Time And Defeated By House (42-y 55-n) on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Trucks and combination vehicles; Transportation Board to impose fee for use in maintaining highways. [HB-185]
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.
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Sponsored by: No sponsors House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Traffic crimes; mandatory minimum fines. [HB-161]
Increased fines for traffic offenses. Imposes mandatory minimum fine of $2,250 for DUI offenses and mandatory minimum fines of $2,500 to $3,000 for vehicle-related felonies.
Sponsored by: No sponsors Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (15-y 0-n) on 03/03/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Littering; illegal dumping or disposal of unsightly matter from motor vehicle. [HB-158]
Highways; littering unsightly matter. Provides when the matter illegally dumped or disposed of was ejected from a motor vehicle or transported to the disposal site in a motor vehicle, the court, in addition to the criminal penalty provided, may suspend the defendant's license to operate a motor vehicle for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Sponsored by: No sponsors House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Comprehensive highway access management standards; Commissioner to promulgate in phases. [HB-1572]
Comprehensive highway access management standards; implementation. Requires that the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner promulgate comprehensive highway access management standards in phases. Those standards relating to principal arterial roads shall become effective on July 1, 2008, and those relating to minor arterial roads shall become effective on October 1, 2009. The Commissioner will be subject to the Administrative Process Act for those regulations effective on October 1, 2009. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Hull Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0454) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Lance Corporal Daniel Todd Morris Bridge; designating as bridge over I-81 at Steeles Tavern. [HB-1555]
Lance Corporal Daniel Todd Morris Bridge. Designates the Virginia Route 620 bridge over Interstate Route 81 at Steeles Tavern the "Lance Corporal Daniel Todd Morris Bridge."
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0200) on 03/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Overweight and overload permits; creates fee schedules therefor to help recover maintenance costs. [HB-1551]
Vehicle overweight and overload permits; fee structure. Requires the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Motor Vehicles, to review the current fee structure applied to overload and overweight vehicles. From July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, the annual overweight permit fee will be $265.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bowling Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0864) on 04/23/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Weight limit; town ordinance thereof on certain roads. [HB-1546]
Town weight limit ordinance on certain roads. Provides that the governing body of any town that purchases town-owned and maintained weight scales for the purpose of enforcing weight limits may adopt ordinances for the assessment of liquidated damages.
Sponsored by: Rep. Clifford Athey House: Passed By Indefinitely In Transportation By Voice Vote on 01/31/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Public-Private Transportation Act; prohibits private entity from imposing tolls on Interstate 81. [HB-1515]
Public-Private Transportation Act; tolls on Interstate 81. Provides that a private entity may not impose tolls under the Public-Private Transportation Act on passenger cars, pickup or panel trucks, and motorcycles if the qualified transportation facility is Interstate Route 81. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Todd Gilbert House: Incorporated By Transportation (hb1516-gilbert) By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Public-Private Transportation Act; prohibits private entity from imposing tolls on Interstate 81. [HB-1516]
Public-Private Transportation Act; tolls on Interstate highways. Prohibits a private entity from imposing tolls or user fees under the Public-Private Transportation Act on any rural portion of I-81 without the prior approval of the General Assembly. This bill incorporates
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0602) on 03/18/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Changeable electronic variable message signs; imposes a moratorium on erection of advertisements. [HB-1511]
Changeable electronic variable message signs. Imposes a moratorium on the erection or conversion of advertisements and advertising structures into changeable electronic variable message signs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe May House: Continued To 2009 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Trooper Charles Mark Cosslett Memorial Highway; designating as portion of Fairfax County Parkway. [HB-1507]
Trooper Charles Mark Cosslett Memorial Highway. Designates a portion of Virginia Route 7100 (Fairfax County Parkway) the "Trooper Charles Mark Cosslett Memorial Highway."
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0199) on 03/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Transportation Plan; to include regional goals and performance measures for highway districts. [HB-147]
Statewide Transportation Plan. Requires VDOT to collect and report certain statistical information. This bill incorporates HB 977 (Shannon).
Sponsored by: No sponsors House: Stricken From House Calendar on 03/06/2008