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  • 2007 - HJ 589 Rail transportation; study feasibility thereof along Washington & Old Dominion Rail Trail.
  • 2007 - HJ 603 Personal rapid transit; Sec. of Transp. to study benefits, etc. thereof as public transp. option.
  • 2007 - HJ 607 State highway, passenger rail, and mass transit programs; joint subcommittee to study financing.
  • 2007 - SB 1348 Rail Enhancement Fund; certain projects to be exempt from 30 percent match requirement.
  • 2007 - SB 1389 TransDominion Express Commission; created.
  • 2007 - SB 1423 Mobile work camps; establishes standards therefor provided by railroad company for employees.
  • 2008 - HB 260 Abandoned railroad corridors; allows Department of Conservation and Recreation to acquire.
  • 2008 - HB 856 Rail Enhancement Fund; allows Director to waive certain requirements regarding project funding.
  • 2008 - HB 1412 Railroad corporations; prohibits foreign control without approval of State Corporation Commission.
  • 2008 - HB 1531 Railroad corporation and railway company; liability for injury.
  • 2008 - HJ 64 DC Metro; Secretary of Transportation to study extension from Woodbridge and Potomac Mills.
  • 2008 - SB 11 Rail Enhancement Fund; allows Director to waive certain requirements regarding project funding.
  • 2008 - SB 122 Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
  • 2008 - SB 371 Statewide Rail Plan; Transportation Board to establish.
  • 2008 - SB 719 Railroad corporations; prohibits foreign control without approval of State Corporation Commission.
  • 2008 - SJ 83 Mass transit; Department of Rail & Public Transportation to study for Northern Virginia.
  • 2008 (ss2) - HB 6020 PPTA of 1995; issuance of requests for proposals thereunder for Hampton Roads highway projects.
  • 2008 (ss2) - HB 6028 Light rail system; General Assemby determines expansion from Norfolk to beachfront in VA Beach.
  • 2009 - HB 1835 Rail Enhancement Fund; may be used to subsidize railroad operations.
  • 2009 - HB 1880 Rail & Public Transportation, Dept. of; carry out state safety & security oversight responsibility.
  • 2009 - HB 2011 Pedestrians; prohibits crossing of railroad grade crossings if train is present or approaching.
  • 2009 - HB 2088 Rail and Public Transportation, Dept. of, etc.; develop process to evaluate safety issues, etc.
  • 2009 - HB 2350 Transportation of troops by railroad; repeals obsolete section.
  • 2009 - HB 2598 Conservation and Recreation, Department of; purchasing certain abandoned railroad rights-of-way.
  • 2009 - HJ 714 Passenger and freight rail transportation programs; JLARC to study long-term funding needs of State.
  • 2009 - HJ 783 Virginia's Rail Heritage Region; established to promote and encourage rail tourism.
  • 2009 - SB 122 Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
  • 2009 - SB 719 Railroad corporations; prohibits foreign control without approval of State Corporation Commission.
  • 2009 - SB 807 Mobile camps; establishes standards for rooms at terminals, etc. provided by a railroad company.
  • 2009 - SB 864 Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
  • 2009 - SB 1066 Trains; fine for boarding or riding with fraudulent or counterfeit ticket, etc.
  • 2009 - SB 1238 Rail and Public Transportation, Department of; Director may procure architectural, etc. services.
  • 2009 - SJ 314 Virginia's Rail Heritage Region; established to promote and encourage rail tourism.
  • 2010 - HB 19 VRE; allows Potomac-Rappahannock Transportation Commission to charge higher fares.
  • 2010 - HB 55 Virginia Railway Express service; assessment of localities.
  • 2010 - HB 474 Public utility lines; procedure municipality may obtain to place across a railroad right-of-way.
  • 2010 - HB 564 Norfolk/Virginia Beach light rail project; funds will be expended in accordance with FTA.
  • 2010 - HB 808 State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with DRPT.
  • 2010 - HB 850 Roadways; authorizes Buchanan County Board of Supervisors to maintain those within right-of-way.
  • 2010 - HB 1098 State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with DRPT.
  • 2010 - HB 1365 Motor carriers; regulation of transportation of railroad employees by contract carriers.
  • 2010 - HJ 25 Virginia Rail Heritage Region; designating various counties, cities, and towns to be included.
  • 2010 - HJ 151 Norfolk's Light Rail project; Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct financial audit, report.
  • 2010 - SB 25 Trains; unlawful to board or ride with fraudulent or counterfeit ticket, penalty.
  • 2010 - SB 33 Mobile camps and other railway work facilities; establishes standards therefor.
  • 2010 - SB 372 Roadways; authorizes Buchanan County Board of Supervisors to maintain those within right-of-way.
  • 2010 - SB 546 Railroad rights-of-way; passage permitted for access to lands used for recreational purposes, etc.
  • 2010 - SB 550 State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with DRPT.
  • 2010 - SJ 63 DRPT; study funding of high-speed and intercity passenger rail operations in State.
  • 2010 - SJ 98 Regional rapid transit network; continues mandate of study.
  • 2011 - HB 474 Public utility lines; procedure municipality may obtain to place across a railroad right-of-way.
  • 2011 - HB 808 State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with DRPT.
  • 2011 - HB 1648 Rail Enhancement Fund; allocation and use of funds.
  • 2011 - HB 1789 Norfolk/Virginia Beach light rail project; clarifies extension of system.
  • 2011 - HB 2164 Railroad tracks; funding for construction of industrial access.
  • 2011 - HB 2233 Transportation agency efficiencies & cost recoveries; exempts VDOT, etc., paying remote access fee.
  • 2011 - HB 2385 Income tax, state; barge and rail usage tax credit.
  • 2011 - HB 2418 Virginia Railway Express; passenger surcharge when boarding in Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
  • 2011 - SB 550 State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with DRPT.
  • 2011 - SB 1004 Transportation agency efficiencies & cost recoveries; exempts VDOT, etc., paying remote access fee.
  • 2011 - SB 1282 Income tax, state; barge and rail usage tax credit.
  • 2011 - SB 1300 DCR; authorized to divest itself of certain properties conveyed to it by Norfolk Southern Railroad.
  • 2011 - SB 1468 Rail Transportation Development Authority; established, abolishes Rail Advisory Board.
  • 2011 - SJ 292 Public transportation; DRPT to evaluate level of study for improved services in Route 1 corridor.
  • 2011 - SJ 297 Transit-related issues; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study those in State.
  • 2012 - HB 2 Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of Project, etc.
  • 2012 - HB 407 Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
  • 2012 - HB 627 Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; use of state funds.
  • 2012 - HB 761 Recording deeds; statement of preparation.
  • 2012 - HJ 185 Highway and monorail transportation, combined; Congress to support funding for hybrid systems, etc.
  • 2012 - SB 3 Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of Project, etc.
  • 2012 - SB 595 Railroad grade crossings; vehicles who are required to stop for trains.
  • 2012 - SB 657 Boarding or riding transportation district train with fraudulent ticket; penalty.
  • 2013 - HB 407 Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
  • 2013 - HB 1650 Retail Sales and Use Tax; revenue distributed to certain localities.
  • 2013 - HB 1696 Dulles Toll Road; authorizes VDOT to enter into an agreement with MWAA.
  • 2013 - HB 1828 Rail transportation; DRPT to purchase land for construction of lines.
  • 2013 - HB 1887 Rail-to-Dulles Project; places limitations and conditions on expenditure of revenues of State.
  • 2013 - HB 2152 Transportation district commissions; membership.
  • 2013 - HB 2172 Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.