| Bills |
Committee |
Last action |
Date |
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HB 201 -
Marshall, R.G. - Toll facilities; localities may have agreements
for construction and operation thereof. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(H) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
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notes: Allows adjoining
counties, cities, and towns to enter into agreements for the
construction and operation of toll highways, bridges, and ferries
within their boundaries. |
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HB 206 -
Cox - Road construction; expands powers of service districts to
include. |
(H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
(S) Committee on Local Government |
(S) Signed by President |
03/02/06 |
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notes: Expands the powers
of service districts to include the accumulation and setting aside
of annual tax revenue collected for road construction for such
reasonable period of time as is necessary to finance such
construction. |
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HB 226 -
Jones, D.C. - Transportation needs of populations with limited
mobility; specific mobility goals to be addressed. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/01/06 |
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notes: 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. |
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HB 317 -
Albo - Railroads; passenger rail service liability. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice |
(S) Signed by President |
03/13/06 |
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notes: Authorizes any
agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth that provides
public rail transportation services to contract with a railroad
company to allocate financial responsibility for claims related to
passenger rail services. The measure limits the aggregate liability
of the agency or political subdivision and the railroad company for
claims arising from a single accident or incident related to
passenger rail services to $250 million per incident or accident.
Provides for an adjustment to the cap for inflation starting in
2011, and removes willful and wanton conduct from the cap. |
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HB 496 -
Frederick - Highway; expands definition. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(H) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
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notes: Expands the
definition of "highway" in § 46.2-100 to include the entire width
between the boundary lines of every way or place used for purposes
of vehicular travel on any property owned, leased, or controlled by
the United States government and located in the Commonwealth. |
|
HB 666 -
Wardrup - Transportation Board; eliminates number and dollar
limitations on awarding design-build contracts. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/01/06 |
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notes: Eliminates the
number and dollar limitations on awarding of design-build contracts
by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. |
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HB 667 -
Wardrup - Interstate Highway System; all maintenance thereof to
be carried out under certain contracts. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(H) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
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notes: 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. |
|
HB 670 -
Wardrup - Vehicle license fees, etc., local; DMV to develop &
implement standardized procedures & fees. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/02/06 |
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notes: Requires the DMV
Commissioner to develop and implement standardized procedures and
fees whereby the Commissioner, when so requested in writing by the
treasurer or director of finance of any county, city, or town, will
refuse to issue or renew any vehicle registration of persons who owe
the locality any local vehicle license fees or delinquent tangible
personal property tax or parking fines. This bill becomes effective
January 1, 2007. |
|
HB 671 -
Wardrup - Design-build contracts; allows localities to award for
construction of transportation projects. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/01/06 |
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notes: Allows counties,
cities, and towns to award contracts for the construction of
transportation projects on a design-build basis. |
|
HB 672 -
Wardrup - Highways and bridges; Transportation Board to receive
resolutions in support of naming. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/02/06 |
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notes: 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. |
|
HB 673 -
Wardrup - Transportation Board; election of certain members by
General Assembly. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(H) Signed by Speaker |
03/10/06 |
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notes: Provides for
election of the non-at-large members of the Commonwealth
Transportation Board by the General Assembly. |
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HB 676 -
Wardrup - VDOT; Commissioner to report on actions & initiatives
that involve outsourcing & privatization. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/01/06 |
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notes: 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. |
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HB 677 -
Wardrup - VDOT; Transportation Commissioner to report on certain
accomplishments, actions, and initiatives. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(H) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
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notes: 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. |
|
HB 801 -
Fralin - Interstate Public-Private Partnership Compact; created. |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(H) VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N) |
03/10/06 |
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notes: Establishes the
Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact. |
|
HB 809 -
Fralin - Primary and secondary highway systems; projects
undertaken by counties. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/08/06 |
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notes: 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) that 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. |
|
HB 821 -
May - Rural Rustic Road program; roads with certain average
daily traffic volumes qualify therefor. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(H) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
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notes: 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. |
|
HB 1148 -
Orrock - Motor fuels tax; sets effective date for sales tax in
certain transportation districts. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance |
(H) Signed by Speaker |
03/10/06 |
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notes: Sets the effective
date for sales tax on fuels in certain transportation districts. |
|
HB 1282 -
Johnson - Industrial access roads; allocation of funds for those
leading to economic development sites, etc. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/02/06 |
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notes: Changes the term
"industrial" sites to "economic development" sites to include
nonmanufacturing as well as manufacturing developments. |
|
HB 1436 -
Lingamfelter - Transportation Trust Fund; dedication of certain
recordation tax revenue. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations |
(H) Incorporated by Appropriations (HB1257-Hugo) |
02/10/06 |
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notes: Dedicates to the
Transportation Trust Fund the additional recordation tax revenue
generated by the recordation tax increase enacted during the 2004
Special Session I. |
|
HB 1543 -
Fralin - Rural Addition Program; funds allocated to any county. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(H) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
|
notes: 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. Incorporates HB 792 and HB 1515. |
|
SB 192 -
Williams - Hampton Roads Bridge and Tunnel Authority; created. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) VOTE: (36-Y 0-N) |
03/09/06 |
notes: Changes the
composition of the Commission from 11 members appointed by the
Governor to 11 members chosen by certain local governments and gives
the Commission responsibility for the operation and maintenance of
the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, the James River Bridge, the
Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel, the Hampton Roads
Bridge-Tunnel, the Midtown Tunnel, and the Downtown Tunnel. The bill
also allows the Commission to charge tolls for use of these
facilities and use toll proceeds for operation, maintenance, and
improvements, and further provides for annual payments to the
Commission by the Commonwealth Transportation Board based on the
moneys that would otherwise flow from the Transportation Trust Fund
(TTF) and the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund (HMOF). The
amount of these latter payments would increase annually to reflect
increases in the moneys flowing into the TTF and HMOF.
The Commission is also authorized to construct new facilities if
necessary to carry out its other responsibilities under the bill. If
new facilities are to be constructed, the Commonwealth
Transportation Commissioner would exercise his power of eminent
domain in connection with the construction upon request of the
Commission. Any such construction project would be funded by the
Commonwealth Transportation Board from funds available for
allocation to construction projects in the highway system of which
the new facility would be a part. The Commission is also authorized
to construct additional facilities by acting as a responsible public
entity under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995.
See the bill for more details. |
|
SB 193 -
Williams - Highway construction funds; allocation for rail
projects. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/01/06 |
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notes: Allows the
Commonwealth Transportation Board to allocate up to 10% of funds
available for highway construction to undertaking and financing of
rail projects that, in its determination, will result in mitigation
of highway congestion. |
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SB 304 -
Williams - Commonwealth Transportation Board. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/08/06 |
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notes: Provides for
election of 11 of the 17 members of the Commonwealth Transportation
Board by members of the General Assembly on the basis of
congressional districts. |
|
SB 412 -
Houck - Intermodal Office; specific functions and goals in the
Office of Secretary of Transportation. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology |
(S) Signed by President |
03/08/06 |
|
notes: Provides more
specific functions and goals for the Intermodal Office in the Office
of the Secretary of Transportation. |
|
SB 425 -
Williams - Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership
Compact; created |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) |
03/11/06 |
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notes: Establishes the
Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact. |
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SB 614 -
Wagner - Interstate Transportation Compact; created. |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) VOTE: (38-Y 0-N 1-A) |
03/11/06 |
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notes: Establishes the
Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact to set, impose,
and collect tolls for use of Interstate Route 85 and Interstate 95. |
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SB 652 -
Saslaw - Passenger rail transportation liability; limitations. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice |
(S) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
|
notes: Defines authority as
a political subdivision of the Commonwealth that is comprised of two
transportation commissions collectively engaged in providing public
rail transportation services and allows such an authority to
contract with a railroad company to allocate financial
responsibility for claims related to passenger rail services. There
are provisions limiting aggregate liability. |
|
SB 663 -
Miller - Transportation needs of populations with limited
mobility; specific mobility goals to be addressed. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Signed by President |
03/01/06 |
|
notes: 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. |
|
SB 681 -
Colgan - Cash proffers; road improvements. |
(H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
(S) Committee on Local Government |
(H) Signed by Speaker |
03/10/06 |
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notes: Provides that a
locality may negotiate and award a contract without competition to
an entity that is constructing road improvements pursuant to a
proffered zoning condition in order to expand the scope of the road
improvements by utilizing cash proffers of others or other available
locally generated funds. The bill additionally provides that the
locality shall adopt a resolution stating the basis for awarding the
construction contract to extend the scope of the road improvements.
Furthermore, all road improvements to be included in the state
primary or secondary system of highways must conform to VDOT
standards. |
|
SB 720 -
Wagner - Highway user fees; localities may establish. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Bill text as passed Senate and House
(SB720ER) |
03/15/06 |
|
notes: Authorizes the
establishment of user fees for the systems of state highways and for
locally controlled highways outside any state highway system. |
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SB 721 -
Saslaw - Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing
fund program. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee on Transportation |
(S) Enrolled |
03/15/06 |
|
notes: 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. |
|
SJ 59 -
Puller - Route 1; Department of Rail & Public Transportation to
study need for improvements to public trans. |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Rules |
(H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) |
03/06/06 |
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notes: Requests the
Department of Rail and Public Transportation to conduct a study for
improved public transportation services to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax
County and the Marine Corps Base at Quantico in Prince William and
Stafford Counties. The Department of Rail and Public Transportation
shall conduct the study in consultation with Fort Belvoir, Quantico
Marine Corps Base, the Potomac Rappahannock Transportation
Commission, the Virginia Railway Express, and the counties of
Fairfax, Prince William, and Stafford. |
|
SJ 60 -
Williams - Road system; joint subcommittee to study role of
State in meeting future transportation needs. |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Rules |
(H) VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) |
03/11/06 |
|
notes: Establishes a
10-member joint subcommittee to conduct a two-year study of the role
of the Commonwealth and its agencies in meeting Virginia's future
transportation needs. |
