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2006 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chairman: Martin E. Williams

Clerk: Bonnie W. Shelhorse
Staff: Alan Wambold, Stephanie Bishop
Date of Meeting: February 2, 2006
Time and Place: 1/2 hour after adjournment/Senate Room B

S.B. 3

Patron: Williams

Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner.  Provides for election of the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner by the Commonwealth Transportation Board with the consent of the Governor for a term of four years. In the event of a vacancy, an Acting Commissioner would be appointed by the Governor until the vacancy is filled by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The salary of the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner would be fixed by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.1-3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the office of Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner; election by the Commonwealth Transportation Board; appointment of acting Commissioner by Governor in case of vacancy.

067642848

S.B. 4

Patron: Williams

Outdoor advertising.  Provides for adjustment or relocation of certain outdoor advertising structures in lieu of payment of just compensation in certain condemnation actions.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.1-95.2, relating to adjustment or relocation of outdoor advertising structures in lieu of just compensation in certain condemnation actions.

068721848

S.B. 87

Patron: Watkins

Outdoor advertising; vegetation control.  Establishes a consistent statewide standard for vegetation control throughout the Commonwealth, including inside municipalities. The bill would clearly establish applicability of the statewide standard inside municipalities and throughout the Commonwealth, but also respect the beautification projects of local governments, by granting VDOT the authority to impose on a billboard company requesting approval of a vegetation control permit, the obligation to relocate or replant vegetation according to a landscaping plan approved by VDOT, at the sole cost of the billboard company. The bill also extends the permit period from one year to three years and raises the fee for vegetation control permits from $400 to $500.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.1-371.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to permits for selective pruning of certain vegetation.

068736840

S.B. 148

Patron: Deeds

Integrated Directional Signing Program.  Requires VDOT to provide by regulation that businesses that do not provide public restroom facilities, food, lodging, fuel, or destination recreational opportunities will be included as eligible for signage under the Integrated Directional Signing Program.

A BILL to specify certain duties of the Commonwealth Transportation Board in connection with the Integrated Directional Signing Program.

066134724

S.B. 192

Patron: Williams

Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission.  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.

The bill also provides, in final clauses, that, in carrying out the provisions of this bill, the Commission cannot divert the proceeds derived from tolls on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to the support of any other facility or improvements to any other facility until all bonds and other financial obligations of the authority issued or entered into prior to July 1, 2006, have been paid in full and that no provision of this bill shall be so construed as to infringe any indenture or contract associated with any bonds or other financial obligations entered into by the Commissioner prior to July 1, 2006.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 5 and 6, as amended, of Chapter 693 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954 and to amend Chapter 693 by adding sections numbered 6-A and 6-B, relating to composition and responsibilities of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission; imposition, collection, and use of tolls; annual payments to Commission by Commonwealth Transportation Board; construction of additional facilities; exercise of the power of eminent domain; funding of new construction.

068819848

S.B. 256

Patron: Wagner

Motor vehicle dealers; transfer of dealerships.  Affords the buyer of a motor vehicle dealership the ability to contest the failure of a manufacturer to approve transfer of the dealership.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1569 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the ability of a buyer of a motor vehicle dealership to contest the failure of a manufacturer to approve transfer of the dealership.

068765832

S.B. 303

Patron: Williams

Vehicle licensing fees.  Allows motor vehicle renting companies to charge a "vehicle licensing fee," provided such fee is disclosed in the company's vehicle rental agreements.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-755 and 59.1-200 of the Code of Virginia, relating to imposition and collection of vehicle licensing fees by motor vehicle renting companies.

066089848

S.B. 304

Patron: Williams

Commonwealth Transportation Board.  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.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 33.1-1 and 33.1-2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to composition of the Commonwealth Transportation Board; election of certain members by the General Assembly.

068750848

S.B. 329

Patron: Wagner

Transportation construction and maintenance.  Revises Virginia's transportation construction and maintenance allocation system in accordance with recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to the 2002 Session of the General Assembly.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 33.1-1, 33.1-2, 33.1-12, 33.1-12.1, 33.1-23.1, 33.1-23.2, 33.1-23.4, 33.1-23.5:1, 33.1-25, 33.1-31, 33.1-32, 33.1-34, 33.1-35, 33.1-39, 33.1-41.1, 33.1-42, 33.1-44, 33.1-46, 33.1-46.1, 33.1-46.2, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, 33.1-46.4, 33.1-47, 33.1-47.1, 33.1-55, 33.1-56, 33.1-61, 33.1-67 through 33.1-69.2, 33.1-70.01, 33.1-70.1, 33.1-72.1, 33.1-75.1, 33.1-75.2, 33.1-75.3, 33.1-79, 33.1-84 through 33.1-88, 33.1-268, 33.1-269, 33.1-277, 33.1-285.1, 33.1-416, 33.1-436, 46.2-815, 46.2-1149.2, 58.1-815.1, and 58.1-2259 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1.1 of Chapter 1 of Title 33.1 a section numbered 33.1-23.001 and by adding sections numbered 33.1-23.03:3.1, 33.1-23.05, 33.1-23.3:1, and to repeal §§ 33.1-23.1:1, 33.1-23.1:2, 33.1-23.3, 33.1-23.5, 33.1-30, 33.1-49 through 33.1-54, and 33.1-70.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to membership and powers of the Commonwealth Transportation Board; division of the Commonwealth into regions for certain transportation purposes; the Northern Virginia Transportation District Program; the State Revenue Bond Act; and refunds of motor fuel taxes.

068715832

S.B. 346

Patron: Obenshain

Highway maintenance, construction, or reconstruction payments to Town of Broadway.  Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, subject to the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, to make payments for maintenance, construction, or reconstruction of highways to the Town of Broadway.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.1-41.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to payments by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to the Town of Broadway for maintenance, construction, or reconstruction of highways.

060817782

S.B. 425

Patron: Williams

Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact.  Establishes the Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact.

A BILL to establish the Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact.

067943848

S.B. 437

Patron: Devolites Davis

Commonwealth Transportation Board; election of certain members by legislative appointing authorities. Provides for the appointment of the five at-large citizen members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, who shall appoint three of the five members, and the Senate Committee on Rules, which shall appoint the other two members. The Governor shall continue to appoint the remaining citizen members who must be residents of the nine construction districts. The bill will take effect only upon approval of the voters of a consitutional amendment to provide a six-year term for the Governor. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Balance of Powers Between the Legislative and Executive Branches pursuant to HJR 707 (2005).

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 33.1-1 and 33.1-2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to composition of the Commonwealth Transportation Board; election of certain members by the General Assembly.

063216726

S.B. 606

Patron: Stolle

Commonwealth Transportation Board; election of certain members by General Assembly.  Provides for election of the non-at-large members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the General Assembly.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 33.1-1 and 33.1-2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to composition of the Commonwealth Transportation Board; election of certain members by the General Assembly.

068849820

S.B. 614

Patron: Wagner

Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact.  Establishes the Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact to set, impose, and collect tolls for use of Interstate Route 85 and Interstate 95.

A BILL to establish the Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact.

068809832

S.B. 645

Patron: Watkins

Airport fees and charges.  Limits authority to impose off-site fees.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 5.1-44 of the Code of Virginia, relating to airport fees and charges.

068857840

S.B. 663

Patron: Miller

Mobility goals for addressing the transportation needs of populations with limited mobility. 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.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.1-23.03:0001, relating to establishment of specific mobility goals for addressing the transportation needs of populations with limited mobility.

069829768

S.B. 671

Patron: Rerras

Department of Rail and Public Transportation.  Requires the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to provide sufficient state matching funds for the federal FTA Section 5311 Rural Public Transportation program to guarantee that the local match required by the program does not exceed 25%.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.1-391.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to duties of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation; state matching funds for federal FTA Section 5311 Rural Public Transportation program.

068832804

S.B. 720

Patron: Wagner

Highway user fees.  Authorizes the establishment of user fees for the systems of state highways and for locally controlled highways outside any state highway system.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 15.2-2001 and 33.1-12 of the Code of Virginia, relating to establishment of highway user fees.

065191129

S.B. 721

Patron: Saslaw

Revenue-sharing funds for systems in certain counties, cities, and towns.  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.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 33.1-72.1 and 33.1-75.3 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.1-23.05, and to repeal § 33.1-75.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to matching and revenue-sharing funds for highways in certain counties, cities, and towns.

065188129

S.B. 722

Patron: Reynolds

Assessment of fees by DMV on certain drivers; use of fees collected.  Requires the courts to impose, in addition to any other penalties imposed, an initial additional fee for each conviction as show on the driving record of certain motor vehicle law offenders. These fees, minus cost of collection, will be deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund for highway maintenance purposes.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-206.1, relating to certain additional fees imposed on certain drivers; and funding of asset management in the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund.

065193129