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2006 SESSION
063372808Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 33.1-197 and 33.1-198 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 33.1-197. Connections over shoulders of highways for intersecting private roads.
The Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall permit, at
places where private roads leading to and from private homes intersect improved
highways, suitable connections from such points
of intersection, over and across the shoulders and unimproved parts of such
highways to the paved or otherwise improved parts thereof, so as to provide for
the users of such private roads safe and convenient means of ingress and egress
with motor vehicles to and from the paved or otherwise improved parts of such
highways.
§ 33.1-198. Connections over shoulders of highways for intersecting entrances to private property.
The Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall permit, at
places where commercial wherever requested by
the owner of adjoining private property, establishment of entrances
are
desired to intersect improved highways, suitable
connections from such points of intersection over and across the shoulders and
unimproved parts of such highways to the paved or otherwise improved parts
thereof, so as to provide for the users of such entrances safe and convenient
means of ingress and egress with motor vehicles to and from the paved or
otherwise improved parts of such highways; provided, however,
that any. Any
person desiring such an entrance shall first be required to obtain
a permit therefor from the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and shall
provide the entrance at his expense and construct or have constructed
the same, including such safety structures as are required by the Commonwealth
Transportation Commissioner, pursuant to "Minimum Standards of Entrances
to State Highways" on file in the central office of the Department of
Transportation and in the district and residency offices.
All commercial entrances,
whether or not constructed under this section, shall
be maintained by the owner of the premises at all times in a manner
satisfactory to the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100 for each offense. Following a conviction and 15 days for correction, each day during which the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and be punishable as such. Such person shall be civilly liable to the Commonwealth for actual damage sustained by the Commonwealth by reason of his wrongful act.