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2004 SESSION
Chairman: Martin E. Williams
Clerk: Bonnie W. Shelhorse
Date of Meeting: February 26, 2004
Time and Place: 2:00 pm/Senate Room B/GAB
Patron: Sherwood
Speed limits. Provides that the maximum speed limit on dirt roads in Frederick, Clarke, Washington, and Fauquier will be 35 miles per hour unless increased or decreased by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner.
Patron: Albo
HOT lanes. Provides for the designation of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes with electronically collected and photo-enforced tolls.
Patron: McQuigg
Reckless driving; penalties. Provides that if a person, while driving on a suspended or revoked operator's license, drives recklessly and causes the death or serious bodily injury of another, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Patron: Cosgrove
Abandoned vehicles. Provides that when a manufactured home or a mobile home is found abandoned on somebody else's property, the owner or person having a security interest in the abandoned manufactured home or mobile home has 120 days (instead of 30 days) to reclaim the vehicle before the owner of the property on which the manufactured home or mobile home was found abandoned can apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles to get his own title to the abandoned manufactured home or mobile home.
Patron: Reid
Utility trailers; study. Requires that reflectors or reflectorized material be affixed to the rear of certain utility trailers. The bill also requires the Transportation Research Council to study whether the provisions of the bill have reduced the frequency with which these utility trailers are struck from behind by other vehicles.
Patron: Cole
Allocation of funds for secondary system highway construction. Provides that not more than one-third of the annual secondary system highway funds apportioned to a county under this section may be used to reimburse the county for (i) debt service for bonds or (ii) eligible project costs incurred on approved projects included in the county's Secondary Six-Year Plan and the county's capital improvement program. Such funds may also be used by the county for debt service for bonds issued for, or eligible project costs incurred or to be incurred on, approved projects included, at the time such bonds are issued or such costs are incurred or are to be incurred, in the Six-Year Improvement Program of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the county's capital improvement program.
Patron: Callahan
Transportation improvement districts. Facilitates the establishment of local transportation improvement districts in Fairfax County.
Patron: Gear
Antique trailers. Provides for the registration of antique trailers in the same manner presently provided for the registration of antique motor vehicles. The bill also explicitly authorizes towing of trailers by antique motor vehicles.
Patron: Abbitt
Railway Preservation and Development Fund. Codifies language hitherto existing only in general appropriation acts, relating to the Railway Preservation and Development Fund.
Patron: Rapp
Parking on secondary system highways. Allows the governing bodies of Fairfax, James City, Loudoun, Montgomery, Prince George, Prince William, and York Counties by ordinance to restrict or prohibit parking on secondary highway within their boundaries. Current law requires approval of these actions by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
Patron: McDougle
Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked. Provides that mandatory minimum punishment for a third or subsequent offense of driving on a suspended license applies only if such offense occurs within 10 years of the first offense. The bill also unclutters existent language in an attempt to clarify, without changing the intent of the law.
Patron: McDougle
Traffic lights. Provides that drivers of vehicles approaching an intersection controlled by traffic lights that are dark because of power failures or similar causes shall proceed as though the intersection were controlled by all-way stop signs.
Patron: Hugo
Penalties for racing. Provides that causing injury to another while racing is a Class 6 felony. The bill also requires surrender of a racer's driver's license upon conviction for one to three years.
Patron: Hugo
Fairfax Station Road. Designates the entire length of Fairfax Station Road in Fairfax County a Virginia byway.
Patron: Hugo
Pleasant Valley Road. Designates a portion of Pleasant Valley Road in Fairfax County a Virginia byway.
Patron: Callahan
Credit assistance revenue bonds. Authorizes the issuance of Commonwealth of Virginia transportation credit assistance revenue bonds for the purpose of funding a portion of the Dulles Corridor mass transit project.
Patron: McDonnell
Administrative license revocation. Provides that when a person is arrested or summonsed for a DUI offense, the period of administrative license revocation shall be the earlier of trial or seven days for a first alleged offense, 30 days for a second alleged offense and 60 days for a third alleged offense. The person may petition the court for a restricted license based on substantial hardship. The suspension period is currently seven days in all cases.
Patron: Scott, J.M.
Virginia Department of Transportation; right-of-way easements; damages to adjacent property. Provides that performance surety held by the Department of Transportation in association with a land use permit issued to a company to perform work within the Department's right-of-way shall be released until such time as all claims against the company associated with the work have been resolved, provided a claimant has notified the Department of a claim against such company within 30 days after completion of the work. A claimant shall have no more than one year after the notification is received by the Department to complete any action against the company associated with the work for which the claim has been made. After the expiration of the one-year period, the Department may release the performance surety.
Patron: Ingram
Landfill gas pipelines; notice by VDOT to counties. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), whenever it grants permission for the location of a landfill gas pipeline within highway right-of-way, to notify every county through which the pipeline will pass.
Patron: May
Specialized mobile equipment. Allows transportation on specialized mobile equipment of specialized safety equipment, including but not limited to highway traffic safety cones, to be used on a job site.
Patron: Marshall, D.W.
Local transportation district for Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Provides for the creation of a local transportation district within Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Such district could be used to facilitate the construction of a U.S. Route 29 bypass.
Patron: Stump
Dealer's manual transaction fee. Increases from 10 per month to 20 per month the number of manual transactions that may be conducted by a dealer with the Department of Motor Vehicles without incurring an additional fee. The bill is effective on its passage, but expires on January 1, 2006.
EMERGENCY
Patron: Barlow
Humelsine Parkway. Designates Virginia Route 199 between I-64 west of Williamsburg and I-64 east of Williamsburg the Humelsine Parkway.
Patron: Hull
Designates a certain bridge "The Stuart Finley Bridge".