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1998 SESSION
982831442Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-878 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-878. Authority to change speed limits.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this article, the Commonwealth
Transportation Commissioner or other authority having jurisdiction over
highways may increase or decrease the speed limits set forth in
§§ 46.2-870 and may increase or decrease
the speed limits set forth in §§ 46.2-873 through
46.2-875 on any highway under its jurisdiction; and may establish
differentiated speed limits for daytime and nighttime by decreasing for
nighttime driving the speed limits set forth in § 46.2-870 and by
increasing for daytime or decreasing for nighttime the speed limits set forth
in §§ 46.2-873 through 46.2-875 on any highway under his
jurisdiction. Such increased or decreased speed limits and such differentiated
speed limits for daytime and nighttime driving shall be effective only when
prescribed after a traffic engineering investigation and when indicated on the
highway by signs. It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle in excess
of speed limits established and posted as provided in this section. The
increased or decreased speed limits over highways under the control of the
Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall be effective only when
prescribed in writing by the Transportation Commissioner and kept on file in
the Central Office of the Department of Transportation. Whenever the speed
limit on any highway has been increased or decreased or a differential speed
limit has been established and such speed limit is properly posted, there shall
be a rebuttable presumption that the change in speed was properly established
in accordance with the provisions of this section.