Highways, Bridges, And Ferries
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Transportation Board; changes composition, Governor shall appoint or remove members, etc. [HB-864]
Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB); composition. Changes the composition of the CTB so that one member will be appointed from each of Virginia's congressional districts and three more will be at-large appointees. The three ex officio members remain unchanged. The bill also replaces the term metropolitan statistical areas with metropolitan planning areas with populations greater than 200,000.
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Income tax, state; deduction for tolls. [HB-862]
Individual income tax deduction for tolls. Establishes an individual income tax deduction beginning with the 2013 taxable year for tolls paid for the use of a publicly owned and publicly operated highway located in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Solar photovoltaic power production projects; VDOT to lease space within highway rights-of-way. [HB-660]
Lease of highway space for solar electric production. Provides for VDOT analysis of desirability of leasing space within highway rights-of-way for solar photovoltaic power production projects.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created. [HB-407]
Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District. Creates the Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District to provide a means of financing an extension of commuter rail service from Fairfax County into Prince William County.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Transportation Revenue Fund; established, report. [HB-2335]
Transportation Revenue Fund. Establishes the Transportation Revenue Fund and dedicates revenues attributable to economic growth from Virginia's cargo marine terminals to the Fund. The bill also provides that if the operations at one or more ports of Virginia are turned over to a private entity, the money paid by the private entity to the Commonwealth shall be deposited to the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the construction of new roads in any locality in which a port is located and for the extension of such roads into other localities
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Transportation; funding and administration. [HB-2333]
Transportation funding and administration. Provides additional funding for transportation by (i) imposing a motor fuels sales tax rate of five percent for highway maintenance and (ii) increasing the additional registration fee on electric vehicles from $50 to $102 and imposing it on hybrid electric motor vehicles, with all revenue from such fee distributed to the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund (owners of hybrid electric motor vehicles would be eligible for a refund of motor fuels taxes paid). The bill also reduces the sales
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Revenues and appropriations of State; changes to revenues collected and distribution, report. [HB-2313]
Revenues and appropriations primarily for transportation. Makes several changes to the revenues collected by the Commonwealth, and the distribution of such revenues, primarily for the benefit of transportation. The changes are as follows: The bill eliminates the $0.175 per gallon tax on motor fuels, and replaces it with a percentage-based tax of 3.5% for gasoline and 6% for diesel fuel. The bill provides for a refund of an amount equal to a 2.5% tax paid on diesel fuel for passenger cars, pickup or panel trucks, and trucks having a gross vehicle
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Eminent domain; current assessed value of real property, tax assessments. [HB-2306]
Eminent domain; just compensation; tax assessments. Provides that just compensation paid for real property taken pursuant to eminent domain shall not be less than the greater of (i) the appraisal of the fair market value of such property, if such an appraisal is required, or (ii) the current assessed value of such property for real estate tax purposes when the entire parcel for which the assessment has been made is to be acquired, provided that the property has not physically changed in a material and substantial since the current assessment was
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Billboards; establishes conditions under which certain signs may be adjusted or relocated, etc. [HB-2298]
Billboards. Establishes conditions under which certain billboard signs may be relocated if land on which the billboard sign is located is acquired by eminent domain in connection with a highway project.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Railroad right-of-way access; allocation of funds. [HB-2297]
Allocation of funds for railroad right-of-way access. Provides that funds for contract fees paid by the Virginia Railway Express for access to the rights-of-way of CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation are to be allocated from the public transportation portion of federal Surface Transportation Program funds.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia Port Authority; reform by adding Chief Executive Officer to Board of Commissioners, etc. [HB-2276]
Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Implements reforms of the Virginia Port Authority by adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the Board of Commissioners, adding the Virginia Port Authority Executive Director to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and preventing the Commonwealth and the Virginia Port Authority from accepting any unsolicited proposal under the Public-Private Transportation Act or the Public-Private Education
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Transportation; makes several changes to state & local taxes & fees to acct. for & provide funding. [HB-2253]
Transportation funding. Makes several changes to state and local taxes and fees to account for and provide funding for transportation. The bill makes several changes to the individual and corporate income tax. The bill (i) decreases all individual income tax rates by 0.2%; (ii) adopts market-based sourcing for corporate income tax for the sourcing of services, marketable securities, and property; and (iii) repeals (a) the land preservation tax credit, (b) the long-term care insurance tax credit, and (c) the coalfield employment enhancement tax credit,
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; sanitary districts. [HB-2250]
Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; sanitary districts. Exempts employees of any sanitary district that maintains at least 20 miles of its own streets and roads from certain provisions of the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Overweight vehicle permits; engineering analysis prior to issuance not to exceed three hours. [HB-2228]
Overweight vehicle permit fees. Provides that the fee for engineering analysis performed prior to issuance of an overweight vehicle permit is not to exceed three hours.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Banister River; designates a portion of as a component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System. [HB-2220]
Banister River; state scenic river. Designates a 38.4-mile segment of the Banister River as a state scenic river.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Pedestrians, etc; local government may adopt ordinances requiring to stop at marked crosswalks. [HB-2217]
Crossing highways. Allows local governing bodies to adopt ordinances requiring users of shared-use paths to stop before crossing highways at marked crosswalks.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charles K. "Pete" Estes Memorial Bridge; designating newly replaced U.S. Route 522 bridge. [HB-2215]
"Charles K. 'Pete' Estes Memorial Bridge." Designates the newly replaced U.S. Route 522 bridge in Sperryville as the "Charles K. 'Pete' Estes Memorial Bridge."
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tolls; Interstate Highway System components. [HB-2196]
Tolls on Interstate Highway System components. Requires approval by the General Assembly prior to tolling any Interstate Highway System component in operation prior to July 1, 2013, except for HOV lanes and HOT lanes and continued tolling on toll facilities in operation prior to January 1, 2013.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities. [HB-2179]
Establishing and adjusting sources of revenue for appropriations of the Commonwealth and its localities. Makes several changes to sources of revenue of the Commonwealth: Establishes a five percent tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded regular gasoline. The revenues would be distributed to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, the Transportation Trust Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund, and the localities to be used for transportation purposes; Increases
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created. [HB-2172]
Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District. Creates the Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District to provide a means of financing an extension of commuter rail service from Fairfax County into Prince William County.