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HB 1999 Hampton Roads Bridge and Tunnel Authority; created.

Introduced by: Terrie L. Suit | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Hampton Roads Bridge and Tunnel Authority.  Establishes the Hampton Roads Bridge and Tunnel Authority and transfers from VDOT to the Authority control of and responsibility for the James River Bridge, the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (Interstate Route 664 bridge-tunnel across/beneath Hampton Roads between Newport News and Suffolk), the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (Interstate Route 64 and U.S. Route 60 bridge-tunnel across/beneath Hampton Roads between Hampton and Norfolk), the Midtown Tunnel (U.S. Route 58 tunnel beneath the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth), the Downtown Tunnel (Interstate Route 264 tunnel beneath the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth), the Interstate Route 64 bridge over the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (U.S. Route 13 bridge-tunnel across/beneath the Chesapeake Bay between Virginia Beach and Northampton County). The bill allows the Authority to impose and collect tolls for the use of these facilities. The Authority's creation is subject to an affirmative vote of six or more of the local governing bodies of localities embraced by the Authority. Any local governing body that has not voted on participation in the Authority by January 1, 2008, will be deemed to have voted in favor of participation. The bill also provides that nothing in the measure is to be construed to authorize the Authority to impose or collect any tax or fee except for the authorized tolls, nor are the bill's provisions to be construed as permitting the imposition and collection of any tax or fee for the benefit of the Authority by any local government represented on the Authority.

The bill additionally provides that on or before July 1, 2008, every agency of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof having control of or day-to-day responsibility for the operation of any toll facility in the Commonwealth shall take all necessary actions to ensure that every toll facility under its control is capable of fully automated electronic operation.


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