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2015 SESSION
15103565DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-878.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-878.2. Maximum speed limits in certain residence districts of counties, cities, and towns; penalty.
Operation of any motor vehicle in excess of a maximum speed
limit established for a highway in a residence district of a county, city, or
town, when indicated by appropriately placed signs displaying the maximum speed
limit and the penalty for violations, shall be unlawful and constitute a
traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $200, in addition to other penalties
provided by law. No portion of the fine shall be suspended unless the court
orders 20 hours of community service. The Commissioner of Highways or any local
governing body having jurisdiction over highways shall develop criteria for the
overall applicability for the installation of signs. Such criteria shall not
exclude highways, that [ are not part of the Interstate
System and are either functionally classified as major arterials or functionally
classified as have a federal functional classification of other
principal arterials or have a federal functional classification of ] minor
arterials, serving areas that either (i) were built as residential developments
or (ii) have grown to resemble residential developments, provided, in either
case, (a) such highways are experiencing documented speeding problems and (b)
the local governing body requests the application of this section to such
highway. Such signs may be installed in any town and shall not require the
approval of the county within which such town is located. Any such signs
installed in any town shall be paid for by the town requesting the installation
of the signs, or out of the county's secondary system construction allocation.