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HOUSE BILL NO. 2379 Offered January 13, 2011 A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.1-152.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to use of discontinued state secondary highway components. ---------- Patron-- Pogge ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 33.1-152.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 33.1-152.1. Permissible uses by counties of certain discontinued secondary system highways.

Whenever a secondary system highway is discontinued under § 33.1-150, the county governing body may by ordinance provide for use of the property for any of the following purposes: (i) hiking or bicycle trails and paths or other nonvehicular transportation and recreation purposes; (ii) greenway corridors for resource protection and biodiversity enhancement, with or without public ingress and egress; and (iii) access to historic, cultural, and educational sites, provided such ordinance (a) identifies a public health, safety, or transportation need to be served by such discontinued highway and (b) acknowledges and accepts the county’s responsibility for maintenance of such discontinued highway.