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1996 SESSION
963160485Patrons-- Watts, Albo, Brickley, Callahan, Connally, Darner, Dillard, Fisher, Harris, Hull, Keating, Moran, Parrish, Plum, Puller, Scott and Van Landingham; Senators: Ticer and Waddell
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 33.1-23.2, 33.1-23.3, and 33.1-23.4 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 33.1-23.2. Allocation of construction funds for primary system and interstate match.
A. The Commonwealth Transportation Board shall allocate one half of
such funds as are available under § 33.1-23.1 B 1 to the primary
system of state highways, including the arterial network, for construction and
shall apportion such funds among the nine construction districts so that each
construction district shall be allocated a share of such funds equal to the
proportion that such construction district bears to the Commonwealth as a whole
in terms of: vehicle-miles traveled on the primary system, primary road lane
mileage and a primary road need factor which adjusts the weights in
the allocation formula for the construction district with the largest
under-allocation relative to primary needs, with vehicle-miles traveled
weighted seventy percent, primary road lane mileage weighted twenty-five
percent, and the primary road need factor weighted five percent.
The remaining one-half of such construction funds shall be allocated proportionately among the nine construction districts on the basis of the number of noncommercial vehicles registered per lane mile in each such district.
B. Out of each district's total allocation of primary funds pursuant to
paragraphsubdivision 1 of subsection B of §
33.1-23.1, the Board shall allocate all needed interstate federal-aid matching
funds, up to a maximum of twenty-five percent of the district's primary
allocation. Any additional interstate federal-aid matching funds needed in a
district shall be allocated by the Board from the Interstate Federal-Aid
Matching Fund established in § 33.1-23.1:2.
C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the Board may provide for exceptionally heavy expenditures for repairs or replacements made necessary by highway damage resulting from accidents, severe weather conditions, acts of God or vandalism.
D. Such funds allocated to the primary system shall, as far as possible, be allotted prior to the commencement of the fiscal year and public announcement made of such allotment, but the Board shall not approve such allotment until after a public hearing at which political subdivisions of the Commonwealth and interested citizens may be heard.
In any case where any allotment of funds is made under this subsection to any county, all or a part of which subsequently is incorporated as or into a city or town, such allocation shall not be impaired thereby and the funds so allocated shall be expended as if such county or any part thereof had never become an incorporated city, but that portion of such city shall not be eligible to receive funds as a city during the same year it receives the funds allocated as a county or as any part of a county.
§ 33.1-23.3. Allocation of construction funds for urban highways.
A. Such One-half of such funds as are allocated to urban
highways in municipalities having 3,500 or more inhabitants pursuant to
subdivision 2 of subsection B of § 33.1-23.1 and those incorporated towns
which, on June 30, 1985, maintained certain streets under § 33.1-80, as
then in effect, shall be apportioned among the cities and towns of this
Commonwealth by the Commonwealth Transportation Board in such a manner that
each city or town to which these funds are allocable receives the same
proportion of total funds available as the population of that city or town
bears to the total population of all cities and towns among which such funds
are allocable. For the purposes of this section, the term "population"
shall meanmeans either population according to the latest
United States census or the latest population estimate of the Center for Public
Service, whichever is more recent.
The remaining one-half of such construction funds shall be allocated proportionately among the affected localities on the basis of the number of noncommercial vehicles registered per lane mile in each such locality.
B. No apportionment hereunder shall be made to any city or town which does not have an urban project or projects approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board and in no case shall the apportionment to any city or town exceed the total estimated cost of the project or projects for which funds are allocated. Such funds shall, as far as possible, be allotted prior to the commencement of the fiscal year and public announcement made of such allotment. Any apportionment due but not received by any city or town in a fiscal year for use under this section shall accrue as a credit to such city or town and be held for its construction projects for five succeeding fiscal years. Funds accrued shall be apportioned prior to any other distribution under this section in the fiscal year requested by the city or town.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, not more than one-third of the annual urban system highway funds apportioned to a city or town under this section may be used to reimburse the locality for debt service for bonds or eligible project costs incurred on approved projects included in the Six Year Improvement Program of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the city's or town's capital improvement program.
When the city or town presents a resolution requesting that a portion of its annual urban system apportionment be set aside for reimbursement under this section for a specific eligible project, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall, subject to appropriation and allocation, set aside no more than one-third of the anticipated annual apportionment of urban system funding to the city or town for such purpose, provided such funds have not been previously committed by the Board for projects contained in the Six Year Improvement Program.
Reimbursement to localities under this section shall be subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner.
The provisions of this section shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or the Commonwealth of Virginia.
§ 33.1-23.4. Allocation of construction funds within secondary system.
A., B. [Repealed.]
C. Such One-half of such funds as are allocated to the
secondary system of state highways pursuant to
paragraphsubdivision 3 of subsection B of
§ 33.1-23.1 shall be apportioned among the several counties in the
secondary system by the Commonwealth Transportation Board so that each such
county shall be allocated a share of such funds equal to the proportion that
such county bears to the Commonwealth as a whole in terms of area and
population with population being weighted eighty percent, and area being
weighted twenty percent. For the purpose of this section, "area" means the
total land area of a county reduced by the area of any military reservations
and state or national parks or forests within its boundaries and such other
similar areas and facilities of five square miles in area or more, as may be
determined by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. For the purposes of this
section, the term "population" shall meanmeans either
population according to the latest United States census or the latest
population estimate of the Center for Public Service of the University of
Virginia, whichever is more recent.
The remaining one-half of such construction funds shall be allocated proportionately among the affected counties on the basis of the number of noncommercial vehicles registered per lane mile in each such county.
D. Before allocating funds under subsection C of this section the Board may provide for exceptionally heavy expenditures for repairs or replacements made necessary by highway damage resulting from accidents, severe weather conditions, acts of God or vandalism.