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2017 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chairman: Charles W. Carrico, Sr.

Clerk: Eric Bingham, Eric Barton
Staff: B. Jamerson, C. Noonann
Date of Meeting: February 1, 2017
Time and Place: 15 minutes after Adjournment/Senate Room A

S.B. 950 Nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles.

Patron: Ruff

Nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles. Eliminates the requirement that nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles have incurred damage that exceeds 90 percent of their cash value prior to such damage to meet the definition of nonrepairable and rebuilt.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1600 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles.

17103017D

S.B. 954 Toll violations.

Patron: DeSteph

Toll violations. Relocates Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles) provisions relating to driving a motor vehicle from an establishment where motor fuel is dispensed into the vehicle's tank without payment, and smoking in proximity to gas pumps, from their current location in Article 1.1 (Toll Violations and Enforcement) of Chapter 8 to a more logical placement in Chapter 1 (General Provisions). The bill combines Code sections relating to electronic toll facilities. The bill requires a court to consider extenuating circumstances in assessing civil penalties for toll violations, which have been updated to reflect the technological advancements in collecting tolls. The bill makes the procedure for contesting toll violations via affidavit on toll facilities uniform.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-208, 46.2-819, 46.2-819.1, and 46.2-819.3 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 46.2 sections numbered 46.2-120 and 46.2-121, and to repeal §§ 46.2-819.2, 46.2-819.3:1, and 46.2-819.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to toll violations and enforcement.

17100661D

S.B. 1004 Judicial discretion for toll violations.

Patron: Ebbin

Judicial discretion for toll violations. Requires a court to consider extenuating circumstances in assessing civil penalties for toll violations.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 33.2-503 and 46.2-819 of the Code of Virginia, relating to judicial discretion for toll violations.

17100820D

S.B. 1170 Specially constructed vehicles for general transportation purposes; registration.

Patron: Ruff

Registration of specially constructed vehicles for general transportation purposes. Provides a process by which the Department of Motor Vehicles may register specially constructed vehicles that do not meet requirements for on-road use to operate on the highways of the Commonwealth for general transportation purposes. Such vehicles may be operated only on an intrastate basis and must have a valid Virginia safety inspection. The owner of such specially constructed vehicle must complete an acknowledgement that such vehicle may not be operated on an interstate basis. Such vehicles do not have to meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-100 and 46.2-711 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-602.5, relating to titling and registration of specially constructed vehicles for general transportation purposes.

17102177D

S.B. 1184 Motor vehicles; prohibits leaving vehicles unattended and running.

Patron: Dance

Leaving vehicles unattended and running; prohibition. Prohibits a person operating a motor vehicle from allowing such vehicle to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, and effectively setting the brake.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-1215.1, relating to leaving vehicles unattended and running; prohibition.

17102140D

S.B. 1187 Law-enforcement vehicles; permits vehicles to be equipped with steady-burning blue or red lights.

Patron: Dance

Steady-burning blue or red lights on law enforcement vehicles. Permits law enforcement vehicles to be equipped with steady-burning blue or red lights in addition to being equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating blue, blue and red, blue and white, or red, white, and blue combination warning lights of types approved by the Superintendent of State Police.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1022 of the Code of Virginia, relating to steady-burning blue or red lights on law-enforcement vehicles.

17102138D

S.B. 1219 Property transportation network companies; required to provide motor vehicle liability coverage.

Patron: Stanley

Property transportation network companies. Requires property transportation network companies to provide motor vehicle liability coverage in the same amounts as are currently required for transportation network companies.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-2100, 46.2-2101, and 46.2-2143 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-2143.2, relating to regulation of property transportation network companies.

17102115D

S.B. 1229 Driver's license or learner's permit; issuance, minimum standards for vision tests.

Patron: Dunnavant

Issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit; minimum standards for vision tests. Increases the minimum visual acuity an applicant must possess for issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit from a field of 100 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes to a field of 120 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes and increases the minimum visual acuity for a license permitting the driving of motor vehicles during a period beginning one-half hour after sunrise and ending one-half hour before sunset from a field of 70 degrees of horizontal vision to a field of 90 degrees of horizontal vision.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-311 of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit; minimum standards for vision tests.

17101110D

S.B. 1251 Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; Virginia authorized to become signatory.

Patron: Barker

Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact. The compact establishes a state safety oversight authority for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Rail System, pursuant to the mandate of federal law, to review, approve, oversee, and enforce the safety of the WMATA Rail System.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 33.2 a chapter numbered 31.1, consisting of a section numbered 33.2-3101, relating to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact.

17102737D

S.B. 1316 Trucks; overweight permits for hauling asphalt.

Patron: Carrico

Overweight permits for trucks hauling asphalt. Adds trucks hauling asphalt to those vehicles whose owner or operator may obtain an overweight permit from the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to operate in counties that impose a severance tax on gases or a severance license tax on coal producers. The bill specifies that vehicles with six axles must have no less than 40 feet between extreme axles to exceed gross weight limitations.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1143 of the Code of Virginia, relating to maximum gross weight and overweight permits for trucks hauling asphalt.

17101226D

S.B. 1364 Property and bulk property carriers; regulation, combines authorities.

Patron: Newman

Department of Motor Vehicles; regulation of property carriers. Combines the current property carrier and bulk property carrier authorities and eliminates the current license requirement for property brokers. The bill eliminates the requirement for the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specially designated license plates for property-carrying vehicles operated for hire. The bill reduces insurance limits for carriers operating vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 7,500 pounds but not in excess of 10,000 pounds from $750,000 to $300,000. The bill reduces current liability coverage requirements for property carriers from $750,000 to $50,000 per person, $100,000 per incident for death and bodily injury, and $25,000 for property damage for passenger cars, motorcycles, autocycles, and vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 7,500 pounds or less. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2017.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-613.1, 46.2-711, 46.2-2100, 46.2-2101, 46.2-2108.2, 46.2-2108.4 through 46.2-2109, 46.2-2115, 46.2-2118, 46.2-2120, 46.2-2121, 46.2-2122, 46.2-2124, 46.2-2125, 46.2-2126, 46.2-2129 through 46.2-2140, 46.2-2143, 46.2-2143.1, and 46.2-2144 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 46.2-2121.1 and 46.2-2143.2, and to repeal § 46.2-2108.3 and Article 5 (§§ 46.2-2174, 46.2-2175, and 46.2-2176) of Chapter 21 of Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles; regulation of property carriers.

17101780D

S.B. 1367 F. W. "Wakie" Howard, Jr., Bridge; designating as State Route 155 bridge in New Kent County.

Patron: Norment

Designating the F.W. "Wakie" Howard, Jr., Bridge. Designates the State Route 155 bridge in New Kent County the "F.W. 'Wakie' Howard, Jr., Bridge."

A BILL to designate the bridge on Virginia State Route 155 in New Kent County the "F.W. 'Wakie' Howard, Jr., Bridge."

17102218D

S.B. 1396 Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way; public transit or multimodal transportation projects.

Patron: Wagner

Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way; public transit or multimodal transportation projects. Provides that the right-of-way of the Norfolk Southern Railway acquired by the City of Virginia Beach may be used for construction of a public transit or multimodal transportation project instead of a Light Rail project.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 6 of the Acts of Assembly of 2008, Special Session II, as amended by Chapter 130 of the Acts of Assembly of 2010 and Chapter 100 of the Acts of Assembly of 2011, relating to the Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way.

17103115D

S.B. 1417 Commercial air service plan; Virginia Aviation Board to develop and review.

Patron: Newman

Commercial air service plan. Requires the Virginia Aviation Board to develop and review every five years a commercial air service plan and requires airports to comply with such plan prior to allocation of funds from the Commonwealth Airport Fund.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 5.1-2.2:2, relating to Virginia Aviation Board; commercial air service plan.

17102153D

S.B. 1435 Motor Vehicles, Department of; regulation of property carriers.

Patron: Obenshain

Department of Motor Vehicles; regulation of property carriers. Combines the current property carrier and bulk property carrier authorities and eliminates the current license requirement for property brokers. The bill eliminates the requirement for the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specially designated license plates for property-carrying vehicles operated for hire. The bill reduces insurance limits for carriers operating vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 7,500 pounds but not in excess of 10,000 pounds from $750,000 to $300,000. The bill reduces current liability coverage requirements for property carriers from $750,000 to $50,000 per person, $100,000 per incident for death and bodily injury, and $25,000 for property damage for passenger cars, motorcycles, autocycles, and vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 7,500 pounds or less. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2017.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-613.1, 46.2-711, 46.2-2100, 46.2-2101, 46.2-2108.2, 46.2-2108.4 through 46.2-2109, 46.2-2115, 46.2-2118, 46.2-2120, 46.2-2121, 46.2-2122, 46.2-2124, 46.2-2125, 46.2-2126, 46.2-2129 through 46.2-2140, 46.2-2143, 46.2-2143.1, and 46.2-2144 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-2121.1, and to repeal § 46.2-2108.3 and Article 5 (§§ 46.2-2174, 46.2-2175, and 46.2-2176) of Chapter 21 of Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles; regulation of property carriers.

17104031D

S.B. 1494 Transportation network company; brokers allowed to arrange rides with TNC.

Patron: McClellan

Transportation network company; brokers. Allows brokers to arrange rides with transportation network company (TNC) partner vehicles. The bill requires such brokers to be licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles and includes insurance requirements for TNC partner vehicles operating at the request of a broker.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-2000, 46.2-2001, 46.2-2001.1, 46.2-2011.11, 46.2-2011.14, 46.2-2011.16, 46.2-2011.22, 46.2-2099.17, 46.2-2099.18, 46.2-2099.19, 46.2-2099.48, and 46.2-2099.52 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 10 of Chapter 20 a section numbered 46.2-2099.19:1, relating to transportation network company brokers.

17103832D

S.B. 1507 Safety inspections; appointments.

Patron: Cosgrove

Safety inspections; appointments. Allows any motor vehicle inspection station to accept appointments for safety inspections and removes the requirement that inspections take place on first-come, first-served basis. Under current motor vehicle safety inspection rules and regulations, 19VAC30-70, a motor vehicle inspection station may accept appointments for safety inspections under certain conditions but only if it has at least one inspector and inspection lane that remain available for inspections on a first-come, first-served basis.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1166 of the Code of Virginia, relating to safety inspection stations; appointments.

17103268D

S.B. 1514 Parking of certain vehicles; local regulation.

Patron: Wexton

Local regulation of parking of certain vehicles. Adds Leesburg to the towns that are permitted to regulate or prohibit the parking on any public highway of watercraft, boat trailers, motor homes, and camping trailers and to regulate or prohibit the parking of commercial vehicles on any public highway in a residence district.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1222.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local regulation of parking of certain vehicles.

17103751D

S.B. 1532 Motor vehicle license fees; exemption of antique vehicles.

Patron: Lewis

Motor vehicle license fees; exemption of antique vehicles. Exempts a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is licensed as an antique vehicle from the imposition of local license fees.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-755 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle license fees; exemption of antique vehicles.

17104074D

S.B. 1536 Toll facilities; operator in Northern Virginia to inform motorists of toll price.

Patron: McPike

Toll facility operators in Planning District 8. Requires the operator of a toll facility located in Planning District 8 that uses dynamic pricing to notify motorists using smart roadway technologies of the toll price and estimated travel time for each posted destination.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 33.2-503, 46.2-819.1, and 46.2-819.3:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to toll facility operators in Planning District 8.

17103238D

S.B. 1554 Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission; membership.

Patron: Cosgrove

Transportation district commissions; Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission. Provides that the membership of the Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission shall consist of nine nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly and serving at the pleasure of the Governor, including two members of the Accomack County Board of Supervisors, two members of the Northampton County Board of Supervisors, and five members representing local businesses. The Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transit, or his designee, shall serve ex officio with voting privileges.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-1907 of the Code of Virginia, relating to transportation district commissions; Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission.

17104082D

S.B. 1568 Buses and taxicabs; digital advertisements.

Patron: Reeves

Digital advertisements on buses and taxicabs. Allows digital advertisements to be displayed on buses operating as public carriers and on the roof of any taxicab.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-1021 and 46.2-2059.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to digital advertisements on buses and taxicabs.

17103504D