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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 26, 2014
Time and Place: Wednesday, 45 minutes after adjournment, Senate Room A
Updated to add HB 597

H.B. 2 Commonwealth Transportation Board; statewide prioritization process for project selection.

Patron: Stolle

Allocations within highway construction districts. Provides for the development of a prioritization process for projects funded by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1.1 of Chapter 1 of Title 33.1 a section numbered 33.1-23.5:5, relating to prioritization of projects funded by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

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H.B. 311 Highways, bridges, ferries, rail transportation, etc.; recodifying and revising laws.

Patron: LeMunyon

Revision of Title 33.1.  Creates proposed Title 33.2 (Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems) as a revision of existing Title 33.1 (Highways, Bridges and Ferries), as well as portions of Titles 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), 56 (Public Service Companies), and 58.1 (Taxation). Proposed Title 33.2 consists of 32 chapters divided into four subtitles: Subtitle I (General Provisions and Transportation Entities); Subtitle II (Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation); Subtitle III (Transportation Funding and Development); and Subtitle IV (Local and Regional Transportation). This bill organizes the laws in a more logical manner, removes obsolete and duplicative provisions, and improves the structure and clarity of statutes pertaining to highways, bridges, ferries, rail and public transportation, transportation funding, and local and regional transportation. This bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2014. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.

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A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a title numbered 33.2, containing a subtitle numbered I, consisting of chapters numbered 1 and 2, containing sections numbered 33.2-100 through 33.2-285, a subtitle numbered II, consisting of chapters numbered 3 through 14, containing sections numbered 33.2-300 through 33.2-1400, a subtitle numbered III, consisting of chapters numbered 15 through 18, containing sections numbered 33.2-1500 through 33.2-1824, and a subtitle numbered IV, consisting of chapters numbered 19 through 32, containing sections numbered 33.2-1900 through 33.2-3202 and to repeal Chapters 48.2 (§§ 15.2-4829 through 15.2-4840), 70 (§§ 15.2-7000 through 15.2-7021), and 71 (§§ 15.2-7022 through 15.2-7035) of Title 15.2, Title 33.1 (§§ 33.1-1 through 33.1-465), Chapters 18 (§§ 56-529 and 56-530) and 22 (§§ 56-556 through 56-575) of Title 56, and §§ 58.1-815 and 58.1-815.1 of the Code of Virginia and Chapter 693 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, Chapters 462 and 714 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, Chapter 24 of the Acts of Assembly of 1959, Extra Session, Chapters 228 and 605 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, Chapter 348 of the Acts of Assembly of 1964, Chapter 203 of the Acts of Assembly of 1990, Chapter 548 of the Acts of Assembly of 1998, Chapters 238 and 705 of the Acts of Assembly of 2000, and Chapters 270 and 297 of the Acts of Assembly of 2005, relating to revising and recodifying laws pertaining to highways, bridges, ferries, rail and public transportation, transportation funding, and local and regional transportation.

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H.B. 597 Richmond Metropolitan Authority; renamed, composition of Board of Directors.

Patron: Loupassi

Richmond Metropolitan Authority; name; composition of Board of Directors; powers. Renames the Authority as the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority and equalizes Board representation among the City of Richmond, Chesterfield County, and Henrico County. The bill requires that certain actions of the Authority related to construction or acquisition of limited access highways or acquisition of rights to operate existing toll roads receive approval from the local governing bodies and the Richmond Mayor. Local approval also is required for the issuance of bonds by the Authority. The bill allows the governing body of each locality to appoint one of its own members as a member of the Board of the Authority, clarifies the appointment process for the three Richmond representatives on the Board, and prohibits Board members from receiving health insurance or other benefits as compensation for their service on the Board.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 15.2-1535, 15.2-7000, 15.2-7001, 15.2-7002, 33.1-23.03:1, 33.1-252, 33.1-287, and 33.1-288 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Richmond Metropolitan Authority; composition of Board of Directors; powers.

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

Patron: Fariss

Vehicle exhaust systems; antique motor vehicles. Exempts antique motor vehicles with exhaust systems in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise from the requirement that they have an exhaust system that is standard factory equipment or comparable to standard factory equipment.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1049 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicle exhaust systems.

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H.B. 1090 Statewide transportation technology programs; STO & VDOT shall revise and update programs.

Patron: Villanueva

New technologies and innovations in statewide transportation programs. Requires the Secretary of Transportation and VDOT to incorporate new smart road technologies and innovations in statewide transportation technology programs.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 33.1 a section numbered 33.1-223.2:30, relating to incorporation of new technologies and innovations in statewide transportation programs.

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H.B. 1098 Smart transportation pilot zone; STO and VDOT shall establish zone to test certain road technology.

Patron: Anderson

Smart transportation pilot zone. Requires the Secretary of Transportation and VDOT to establish a smart transportation pilot zone to test state-of-the-art smart road technology.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 33.1 a section numbered 33.1-223.2:30, relating to creation of a smart transportation pilot zone.

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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.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1024 of the Code of Virginia, relating to warning lights on certain privately owned vehicles.

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H.B. 1183 Virginia Transportation Solutions Working Group; name change.

Patron: Comstock

Virginia Transportation Solutions Working Group. Changes the name of the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability to the Virginia Transportation Solutions Working Group and authorizes it to advise the Commonwealth Transportation Board on matters pertaining to transportation policy, transportation innovation and technologies, and traffic congestion relief strategies.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 30-282 through 30-286 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability and the Virginia Transportation Solutions Working Group.

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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.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.1-23.5:4 of the Code of Virginia and the fifth enactment of Chapter 896 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007, as amended by Chapter 871 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 33.1 a chapter numbered 19, consisting of sections numbered 33.1-466 through 33.1-476, relating to establishment of the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; funding.

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