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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I


CHAPTER 260
An Act to amend and reenact § 33.2-234 of the Code of Virginia, relating to highway construction by state or local employees; limit.
[H 1813]
Approved March 18, 2021

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 33.2-234 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 33.2-234. Construction by state or local employees.

A. Irrespective of the provisions of § 33.2-235, in cases of emergency or on any project reasonably estimated to cost not more than $600,000 $700,000, the Commissioner of Highways may build or maintain any of the highways in the systems of state highways by state employees or local employees as he may designate.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, the Commissioner of Highways may enter into a written agreement with a locality for the building and maintenance of any of the highways in the systems of state highways by local employees provided that (i) the locality has obtained a cost estimate for the work of not more than $1 million and (ii) the locality has issued an invitation for bid and has received fewer than two bids from private entities to build or maintain such highways.