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2014 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chairman: R. Creigh Deeds

Clerk: Maribeth Turner
Staff: Nicole Brenner, Alan Wambold
Date of Meeting: February 12, 2014
Time and Place: Wednesday, 45 min. after adjournment, Senate Room A

H.B. 9 Parking of certain vehicles; adds Town of Blackstone to list of towns that may regulate or prohibit.

Patron: Wright

Regulation or prohibition of parking of certain vehicles. Adds the Town of Blackstone to the list of counties and towns that may regulate or prohibit the parking of certain vehicles.

H.B. 64 Stephen L. Thompson Memorial Highway; designating as a portion of Va. Route 24 in Town of Rustburg.

Patron: Fariss

Stephen L. Thompson Memorial Highway. Designates a portion of Virginia Route 24 in Rustburg the Stephen L. Thompson Memorial Highway.

H.B. 82 Driver of motor vehicle following too closely; includes non-motor vehicles.

Patron: Comstock

Following too closely. Includes non-motor vehicles (bicycles, electric assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds) among vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reasonable.

H.B. 122 Autocycle; defines a new class of vehicle and provides for examination of drivers, fees, etc.

Patron: Scott

New vehicle classification; autocycle. Defines a new class of vehicle, known as an autocycle, and provides for examination of drivers, registration fees, safety, inspection, and other requirements pursuant to creating this new class of vehicle. The bill contains technical amendments.

H.B. 123 Petroleum transport vehicles; amber warning lights allowed when parked or delivering products.

Patron: Scott

Amber warning lights; petroleum and propane transport vehicles. Allows amber warning lights on petroleum and propane transport vehicles to be lit when the vehicle is parked or delivering petroleum or propane products.

H.B. 166 Inoperable, abandoned, and salvage vehicles; salvage vehicle dealers.

Patron: Scott

Salvage vehicles. Enhances and clarifies certain requirements and practices relating to the licensing and activities of vehicle demolishers, rebuilders, salvage dealers, salvage pools, and vehicle removal operators, including: (i) requiring that vehicle records be kept at and license and business hours be displayed at the licensed place of business; (ii) expanding the authorization of DMV to deny, suspend, or revoke licenses for certain violations; (iii) codifying a 30-day grace period for license renewals; and (iv) authorizing DMV to impose civil penalties for violations where a conviction is not sought.

H.B. 176 Tow truck drivers; registration after conviction of violent crimes.

Patron: Farrell

Tow truck drivers; violent crimes. Current law prohibits the registration as a tow truck driver of any person convicted of a violent crime. This bill grandfathers those that already held a tow truck driver authorization under the former Board of Towing and Recovery Operators and who have not committed a subsequent violent crime.

EMERGENCY

H.B. 255 Photo-monitoring; systems to enforce traffic light signals.

Patron: Lingamfelter

"Photo-red" traffic light enforcement systems. Requires that all "photo-red" systems have yellow light signal lengths of at least three seconds.

H.B. 341 Natural gas vehicles; weight limit exception, allowance for Interstate highways.

Patron: Taylor

Natural gas vehicles; weight limit exception. Allows vehicles fueled, wholly or partially, by natural gas to weigh up to 2,000 pounds more than the applicable weight limit on non-Interstate highways. The bill requires the operator of the vehicle to be able to demonstrate that the vehicle uses natural gas.

H.B. 396 Rail and Public Transportation, Department of; funding.

Patron: O'Bannon

Funding of Department of Rail and Public Transportation. Codifies appropriation act language dealing with funding of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation.

H.B. 411 Vehicle safety inspection approval; increases grace period for certain members of armed services.

Patron: Anderson

Vehicle safety inspection approval; armed services grace period. Increases the grace period for vehicle safety inspection from five business days to 14 calendar days for members of the armed services on active duty.

H.B. 415 Truck cranes; permits authorizing operation over highways for those that exceed maximum weight.

Patron: Scott

Overweight permits for truck cranes. Allows the DMV Commissioner and cities and towns to authorize overweight permits for truck cranes.

H.B. 428 Registration of vehicles; false statement or affidavit and revocation.

Patron: LeMunyon

Registration of vehicles; false statement or affidavit and revocation. Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel or revoke registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer for false statements or affidavits.

H.B. 488 Golf carts and utility vehicles; Town of Clifton allows on their highways.

Patron: Hugo

Golf carts and utility vehicles. Adds the Town of Clifton to the list of towns without their own police departments that may permit operation of golf carts and utility vehicles on their highways.

H.B. 509 Specialized construction equipment; Commissioner of Highways may issue permits for operation.

Patron: Scott

Permits for operation of specialized construction equipment. Authorizes the Commissioner of Highways to issue permits for operation of specialized construction equipment on and across structures maintained by VDOT.

H.B. 582 Motor vehicle dealers; amends definition of franchise.

Patron: Habeeb

Motor vehicle dealers; definitions. Amends the definitions of "franchise," "manufacturer," and "relevant market area" as those terms are used in Chapter 15 (Motor Vehicle Dealers) of Title 46.2.

H.B. 662 Commercial driver's licenses, etc.; compliance with federal requirements.

Patron: Brink

Commercial driver's licenses, etc.; compliance with federal requirements. Amends several sections relating to commercial driver's licenses to comply with new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration requirements relating to commercial motor vehicles and prohibited use of handheld mobile telephones in commercial motor vehicles. The bill also requires distracted driving to be included as a part of the driver's license knowledge examination to comply with MAP-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, P.L. 112-141). In addition, the bill provides that DMV may continue to disclose personal information from crash reports, but only if otherwise authorized by law in order to comply with federal law.

H.B. 672 Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Program; expands existing program.

Patron: Poindexter

Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Program. Expands the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone into a statewide grant program. The bill incorporates HB 871.

H.B. 771 Mature driver crash prevention course; option for court in adjudicating defendants.

Patron: Hugo

Mature driver crash prevention. Provides for a course in mature driver motor vehicle crash prevention and provides that such course is an option for the court in adjudicating defendants. The bill also lowers the age at which drivers are required to appear before the DMV for renewal from 80 to 75 and requires that licenses issued to persons age 75 or older be valid for no more than five years. The bill contains a delayed effective date.

H.B. 854 Speed limits; maximum limit on nonsurface-treated highways in certain counties.

Patron: Garrett

Maximum speed limit on nonsurface-treated highways. Applies statewide the 35 mph maximum speed limit on nonsurface-treated highways that is currently applied only in Albemarle, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Montgomery, Nelson, Page, Rappahannock, Warren, and Wythe Counties and in any other county whose governing body adopts an ordinance to do so.

H.B. 929 Emergency vehicles; Virginia National Guard vehicles exempt from certain situations.

Patron: Greason

Emergency vehicles of the Virginia National Guard. Provides that, for the purposes of exemptions granted to emergency vehicles in certain situations, the term "emergency vehicle" shall include any Virginia National Guard Civil Support Team vehicle when responding to an emergency. The bill additionally permits such vehicles to be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating red or red and white combination warning lights.

H.B. 986 Master Trooper Jerry L. Hines Memorial Bridge; designating as I81 bridge over Maury River.

Patron: Cline

Designating the Master Trooper Jerry L. Hines Memorial Bridge. Designates the Interstate Route 81 bridge over the Maury River in Rockbridge County the "Master Trooper Jerry L. Hines Memorial Bridge."

H.B. 1048 Highway systems; funding.

Patron: Rust

Funding among highway systems. Includes primary state highway system extensions, the part of the primary highway that runs through a city or town, in the list of highways that receive the 25 percent for reconstruction of deteriorated highways of the amount allocated each year by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The bill also reduces the number of vehicles per day on unpaved roads from 200 to 50 for the unpaved roads that may be considered for five percent of the annual allocation.

H.B. 1144 Private roads; designation as highways for law-enforcement purposes in Greene County.

Patron: Bell, Robert B.

Law enforcement of private roads in Greene County. Provides that the governing body of Greene County may designate private roads in residential developments with 25 or more lots as highways for law-enforcement purposes.

H.B. 1164 Speed limits; reduction of speed limit on Route 23 and Route 58.

Patron: Chafin

Maximum speed limits. Permits the increase of the maximum speed limit on U.S. Route 23 and U.S. Alternate Route 58 to 60 miles per hour subsequent to a traffic study.