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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 19, 2014
Time and Place: Wednesday, 45 min. after adjournment, Senate Room A

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. 189 License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Surfrider Foundation.

Patron: Knight

Special license plates; Surfrider Foundation. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves, and beaches in Virginia through the Surfrider Foundation.

H.B. 263 License plates; repeals issuance to members of certain armed forces.

Patron: Scott

Special license plates; US Navy and Air Force. Repeals authorization for issuance of special license plates to members and former members of the US Navy and Air Force. These plates were authorized in 2013, but did not meet minimum order requirements.

H.B. 369 Parking management companies; expands powers of companies operating under contracts with localities.

Patron: Head

Parking management companies. Expands the powers of parking management companies operating under contracts with local governments to enforce local parking restrictions.

H.B. 377 Billboard signs; adjustment or relocation.

Patron: Anderson

Adjustment or relocation of billboard signs. Includes the erection of a sound barrier as an action that allows relocation of a billboard sign. The bill also allows a billboard to remain in its original location until the Commissioner of Highways or other condemnor gives notice to its owner that the sign must be removed.

H.B. 416 Loudoun County; unpaved rural road network.

Patron: Minchew

Unpaved rural road network in Loudoun County. Provides specific goals for VDOT's maintenance of the unpaved rural road network in Loudoun County.

H.B. 560 Land use permits; issued by VDOT to a company providing utility service solely for agricultural use.

Patron: Fariss

Issuance of land use permits by Department of Transportation in connection with certain utility service. Exempts companies providing utility service for their own agricultural use and persons providing utility service for their own agricultural or residential use from having to get permits from VDOT.

H.B. 608 License plates, special; amateur radio operators.

Patron: Robinson

Special license plates for amateur radio operators. Eliminates the requirement that vehicles must have radio transmitting and receiving equipment permanently installed in order to be eligible for special license plates for amateur radio operators.

H.B. 733 Ordinances, local; vehicle parking that blocks access to mailbox for delivery of mail prohibited.

Patron: Lingamfelter

Parking in front of mailboxes. Allows localities by ordinance to prohibit vehicle parking that blocks access to mailboxes.

H.B. 741 Antique motor vehicles; exmpted from exhaust system requirements.

Patron: Fariss

Vehicle exhaust systems. Exempts antique motor vehicles with exhaust systems in good working order from the requirement that motor vehicle exhaust systems "prevent excessive or unusual noise."

H.B. 761 Fare enforcement inspectors; appointed to enforce payment of fares for use of mass transit facility.

Patron: Rust

Fare enforcement inspectors. Provides for the appointment of fare enforcement inspectors to enforce payment of fares for use of mass transit facilities operated in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia). The bill also provides that failure of a transit user to pay the fare or produce proof of fare payment shall result in a civil penalty of not more than $100.

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. 840 License plates, special; issuance to support Eastern Shore business community.

Patron: Lewis

Special license plates supporting Eastern Shore business community. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates supporting education, charity, and scientific study for Virginia's Eastern Shore business community.

H.B. 904 Transportation projects; notice by VDOT.

Patron: Hugo

Notice of transportation projects. Requires VDOT, at least 30 days prior to any public hearing regarding a transportation project valued in excess of $100 million, to provide by regular mail notice of pending transportation projects to all owners of property within and adjacent to such project study corridor.

H.B. 925 Driver education; community colleges shall have authority to offer courses to become instructor.

Patron: Greason

Driver education instructors. Allows community colleges to offer courses required to become driver education instructors.

H.B. 957 Transportation commission membership; extends effective date of provisions to July 1, 2015.

Patron: Filler-Corn

Transportation commission membership.  Delays the effective date of House Bill 2152 (2013), to July 1, 2015. The bill gives the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee equal voting weight on the Virginia Railway Express oversight board. The bill also provides that the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee shall be included for purposes of constituting a quorum on certain transportation commissions and shall have voting rights equal to the appointees of component governments.

H.B. 996 Driver's licenses; applicants less than 19 years old.

Patron: Bulova

Driver's licenses; applicants less than 19 years old. Changes the requirements for driver's license applicants who are less than 19 years old but have been licensed in other U.S. states, U.S. territories, Canadian provinces, or Canadian territories.

H.B. 1120 Warning lights on privately owned vehicles; requirements relating to emergency response vehicles.

Patron: Edmunds

Warning lights on privately owned vehicles. Provides more detailed requirements relating to warning lights on privately owned vehicles used by firefighters, volunteer rescue squad members, certain ambulance drivers, and police chaplains to respond to emergencies.

H.B. 1241 Driver's licenses; issuance of original licenses to minors, etc.

Patron: Webert

Issuing original driver's licenses to minors. Provides that when a judge presides over a ceremony to issue original driver's licenses to minors, the judge shall notify the attorney for the Commonwealth of the time, date, and location of the ceremony and give the attorney for the Commonwealth the opportunity to participate in the ceremony and to address the licensees.

H.B. 1253 Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; created.

Patron: Jones

Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission created. Creates the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission to manage regional transportation planning in Planning District 23. The bill moves the responsibility for approval of projects and the priority of such projects pursuant to the Hampton Roads Transportation Fund from the Hampton Roads Planning Organization to the new Commission.