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2018 SESSION

18101048D
HOUSE BILL NO. 901
Offered January 10, 2018
Prefiled January 9, 2018
A BILL to direct the Department of Transportation to develop and submit for approval an expedited land use permit process; rights-of-way.
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Patron-- Freitas
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Transportation (Department) shall develop and submit for approval to the Federal Highway Administration an expedited land use permit process by which public or private utility companies that offer communication services can apply to use any right-of-way of the Department. Such process shall be designed to apply only when the proposed use of the right-of-way does not make substantial changes to such right-of-way. The Department shall complete the requirements of this act by November 30, 2018, and shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an executive summary and a report on the expedited land use permit process and, if possible, the response from the Federal Highway Administration for publication as a House or Senate document. The executive summary and report shall be submitted as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports no later than the first day of the 2019 Regular Session of the General Assembly and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.