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2006 SESSION
House Transportation
MEMBERSHIP
Wardrup (Chairman), May, Welch, Saxman, Carrico, Cosgrove, Gear, Oder, Rust, Hugo, Scott, E.T., Fralin, Iaquinto, Wittman, Jones, D.C., Moran, Ward, Ebbin, BaCote, Marsden, Bowling, Valentine
MEETS
Tuesday, 1/2 hour after adjournment and Thursday, 8:30 a.m., House Room C
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- HB 1 Highways; adjustment of claims resulting from certain contracts.
- HB 2 Richmond-Petersburg Tnpk. Auth. & Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission; eliminates obsolete references.
- HB 22 Motor vehicle safety inspections; increase in fees.
- HB 26 Motorcycles; optional lights.
- HB 90 Driver's licenses; extension of expiration for military personnel or member of diplomatic service.
- HB 98 Motor vehicle accident; law-enforcement officer allowed to investigate on private property.
- HB 106 Warning lights; use of red or red and white lights by NASA's Wallops Flight Facility vehicles.
- HB 111 All-terrain vehicles; allows local governments in Northern Virginia to prohibit operation thereof.
- HB 113 Alcoholic beverages; penalty for purchasing for certain persons.
- HB 114 Alcoholic beverages; penalty for unlawful purchasing or possession thereof.
- HB 133 Route 17; imposition and collection of tolls for use thereof in City of Chesapeake.
- HB 143 Highways, bridges, and interchanges; allows Transportation Board to name.
- HB 160 Motor vehicle keys; manufacturers to provide means to duplicate for certain models.
- HB 175 Overweight farm vehicles; may operate at extended weights authorized.
- HB 182 Reckless driving; person guilty thereof if exceeding 20 miles per hour over maximum speed limit.
- HB 201 Toll facilities; localities may have agreements for construction and operation thereof.
- HB 204 Video monitors or display; prohibition in motor vehicles does not extend to multifunctional devices.
- HB 226 Transportation needs of populations with limited mobility; specific mobility goals to be addressed.
- HB 250 Motor vehicle registrations and license plates; dealer may issue temporary certificates.
- HB 251 Driver's licenses; persons convicted of DUI must have motor vehicle liability insurance.
- HB 259 Motor vehicle dealers' transaction fees; repeals sunset provision.
- HB 264 Motor vehicle liability insurance; increases coverage limits.
- HB 325 Motor vehicle title loans; caps rate of interest that may be charged.
- HB 366 Mopeds, motorcycles, etc.; localities to adopt ordinances regualting noise therefrom.
- HB 399 Littering on highways; community service; penalty.
- HB 436 Motor vehicle value; any valuation service may be used as evidence of vehicle's value.
- HB 446 Interstate Route 81; diversion of truck traffic thereon.
- HB 447 Mercury switches in motor vehicles; requires removal prior to their demolition.
- HB 490 Local governments; publication of notice of certain local decisions required.
- HB 496 Highway; expands definition.
- HB 511 Worrell Family Memorial Bridge; designating as Route 662 bridge over Burks Fork Creek.
- HB 520 Unregistered vehicles and vehicles with expired registrations; prohibited on public highways.
- HB 527 Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund; created.
- HB 589 Blue Star Memorial Highway; designating as portion of Old Keene Mill Road in Fairfax County.
- HB 643 Private roads; Counties of Dickenson & Tazewell added to provision allowing maintenance thereof.
- HB 645 Motor vehicle; impoundment for eluding police.
- HB 646 DMV; access to records for person applying for volunteer vehicle operator with Civil Air Patrol.
- HB 650 School buses; maximum speed limit allowed.
- HB 662 Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel; authorization from GA required before undertaking construction, etc.
- HB 663 Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel Commission; may not issue any bonds not redeemable before maturity.
- HB 665 Outdoor advertising; vegetation control.
- HB 666 Transportation Board; eliminates number and dollar limitations on awarding design-build contracts.
- HB 667 Interstate Highway System; all maintenance thereof to be carried out under certain contracts.
- HB 669 Transportation improvement projects; increases project cap.
- HB 670 Vehicle license fees, etc., local; DMV to develop & implement standardized procedures & fees.
- HB 671 Design-build contracts; allows localities to award for construction of transportation projects.
- HB 672 Highways and bridges; Transportation Board to receive resolutions in support of naming.
- HB 673 Transportation Board; election of certain members by General Assembly.
- HB 676 VDOT; Commissioner to report on actions & initiatives that involve outsourcing & privatization.
- HB 677 VDOT; Transportation Commissioner to report on certain accomplishments, actions, and initiatives.
- HB 681 Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing fund program.
- HB 715 Cellular telephones; prohibits use while driving.
- HB 716 Littering on highways; second or subsequent violation, penalty.
- HB 736 Reckless driving; exceeding speed limit.
- HB 739 Driver's licenses; persons convicted of DUI must have motor vehicle liability insurance.
- HB 793 License plates, temporary; issuance to dealers and vehicle owners by DMV.
- HB 803 Motor vehicles; impoundment for certain when person driving with suspended or revoked license.
- HB 805 Littering from motor vehicle; includes cigarette butts as litter.
- HB 809 Primary and secondary highway systems; projects undertaken by counties.
- HB 816 Recording devices in motor vehicles; access to recorded data.
- HB 821 Rural Rustic Road program; roads with certain average daily traffic volumes qualify therefor.
- HB 823 Speed limits; signs placed in residence districts without approval of county.
- HB 824 Signs; authorizes any town to request and pay for installation thereof.
- HB 827 License plates.; prohibits use of any bracket, etc. that obscures or alters.
- HB 833 License plates, special; eliminates fee for those bearing legend: United We Stand.
- HB 834 License plates, special; reduces number of days pre-paid application to be received by Commissioner.
- HB 843 HOV lanes; issuance of three demerit points for first and subsequent violations thereof.
- HB 877 Highways; increases cost of maintenance & construction projects carried out by state employees.
- HB 911 Urban Highway Congestion Mitigation Fund; created.
- HB 913 Motor fuel establishment; presumption that owner or lessee of vehicle failed to pay, penalty.
- HB 917 Fog lights; not more than two may be illuminated at any time.
- HB 927 License plates, special; expired authorizations.
- HB 947 George P. Coleman Bridge; tolls to be removed therefrom.
- HB 948 Abandoned vehicles; disposal thereof by localities.
- HB 967 Motor vehicle salesperson; amends definition.
- HB 977 Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund; created.
- HB 1000 Tolls; failure to pay, penalty.
- HB 1005 Registration and certificates of title; offences relating thereto, penalty.
- HB 1006 Manufactured homes, etc.; notice to counties, cities, and towns whenever title is surrendered.
- HB 1029 Motor vehicle dealer; excludes those who sell & distribute fire-fighting equipment & ambulances.
- HB 1034 Motor vehicle dealers; warranty obligations.
- HB 1047 Traffic light signals; police to use wireless telecommunications devices for enforcement.
- HB 1068 Contract passenger carriers; operational requirements.
- HB 1085 Transportation Trust Fund; increases percentage of revenues flowing to Mass Transit Fund.
- HB 1117 Traffic offenses; optional additional penalty for certain violations.
- HB 1119 Private roads; designating as highways for law-enforcement purposes in Warren County.
- HB 1159 High-speed pursuit; law-enforcement agency to adopt written policy on how to conduct.
- HB 1163 False license; unlawful sale thereof, penalty.
- HB 1179 Speed limits; special limitation on interstates.
- HB 1211 Pedestrians; motorists to stop for those at crosswalks.
- HB 1218 Traffic misdemeanor; procedure for arrest.
- HB 1219 James B. Tabb Sr. Memorial Highway; designating as portion of Route 615.
- HB 1248 HOV lanes; eliminates sunset provision for vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates.
- HB 1249 Household goods carriers; allowed to offer binding estimates, etc.
- HB 1257 Transportation Investment Bond Act of 2006; created.
- HB 1258 Towing & Recovery Operators, Board of; regulation of towing storage, and recovery of vehicles.
- HB 1282 Industrial access roads; allocation of funds for those leading to economic development sites, etc.
- HB 1284 Decal, local; locality may eliminate display on vehicle.
- HB 1289 Speed limits; prepayment of fines for violations.
- HB 1304 Federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005; technical changes.
- HB 1312 Laser speed determination devices; law-enforcement officer not required to show motorists reading.
- HB 1334 Motor vehicles; impoundment for eluding police.
- HB 1365 Transportation Accountability, Joint Commission on; created.
- HB 1407 Fees; certain charged by Commissioner.
- HB 1426 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (PPTA); provides for granting of concessions and taxation.
- HB 1430 Tractor-semitrailer combinations; exemption for certain from length limit.
- HB 1475 Commonwealth Transportation Board; bonds for Route 58 Corridor.
- HB 1543 Rural Addition Program; funds allocated to any county.
- HB 1546 Reckless driving; change definition thereof.
- HB 1547 Alma C. White Memorial Bridge; designating at Route 631 bridge at Little Creek Dam Road.
- HB 1548 Suspended operator's license; impoundment of motor vehicle for driving with thereof.
- HB 1555 Transportation; provides for new funding in Northern Virginia.
- HB 1581 Interstate Route 81 Corridor; diversion of truck traffic.
- HB 1597 Blue Star Memorial Highway.
- HB 1612 DMV; assessment of fees on certain drivers, use of fees collected.
- HB 1614 Vehicle registration fees; additional fee for transportation purposes.
- HJ 33 Route 460 Communications Committee; cont. until commencement of construction of 460 project, report.
- HJ 208 Vehicle emissions; on-road remote sensing devices in Northern Virginia, report.
- SB 8 Motor vehicle registration, licensing, & certificates of title; offenses relating thereto, penalty.
- SB 13 Access roads; allocation of funds for those leading to industrial sites, etc.
- SB 53 Speed limits; increases maximum speed on Interstate Route 85.
- SB 87 Outdoor advertising; vegetation control permit.
- SB 88 Mercury switches in motor vehicles; requires removal prior to their demolition.
- SB 89 Recording devices in motor vehicles; notification required by manufacturer.
- SB 134 Towing & Recovery Operators, Board of; regulation of towing storage, and recovery of vehicles.
- SB 152 Motor vehicle dealers; warranty obligations.
- SB 173 Port Authority; allows police thereof to provide security for private terminal operators.
- SB 191 All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; owners must obtain title from DMV.
- SB 192 Hampton Roads Bridge and Tunnel Authority; created.
- SB 193 Highway construction funds; allocation for rail projects.
- SB 194 Motor vehicle registrations; dealer may issue temporary license plates & certificate of ownership.
- SB 196 Highways; allows local employees to build that are funded by State.
- SB 198 Rail Advisory Board; members not subject to certain provisions.
- SB 213 O. Winston Link Trail; established to highlight and celebrate railroad heritage.
- SB 282 Golf carts; operation thereof on public highways nonapplicable in Town of Saxis.
- SB 303 Motor vehicle renting companies; charge of vehicle licensing fee.
- SB 304 Commonwealth Transportation Board.
- SB 305 School buses; vehicle classifications and endorsements.
- SB 306 Motor vehicle dealers; increases bond requirements.
- SB 312 Emissions inspection program; exemption of certain vehicles.
- SB 378 Motor fuel establishment; driving off without paying for gasoline.
- SB 412 Intermodal Office; specific functions and goals in the Office of Secretary of Transportation.
- SB 454 High-occupancy lanes; extends sunset provision for vehicles bearing clean fuel license plates.
- SB 484 Jimmy Maloney Memorial Highway; designating as portion of Route 60W.
- SB 485 Jack L. Massie Memorial Bridge; designating as Route 199 twin bridges over College Creek.
- SB 514 Private roads; Counties of Dickenson & Tazewell added to provision allowing maintenance thereof.
- SB 518 License plates, special; issuance to members of State Defense Force.
- SB 523 Tractor-semitrailer combinations; exemption for certain from length limit.
- SB 532 Blue Star Memorial Highway; designating as portion of Old Keene Mill Road in Fairfax County.
- SB 617 License plates, special; issuance to supporters of childhood cancer awareness, youth soccer, etc.
- SB 650 Nicely Memorial Bridge; designating as I-64 bridge over Cowpasture River in Alleghany County.
- SB 663 Transportation needs of populations with limited mobility; specific mobility goals to be addressed.
- SB 666 Public-Private Transportation Act; allocation of concession payments.
- SB 712 Motorized scooters and skateboards; localities to adopt ordinances regulating noise.
- SB 720 Highway user fees; localities may establish.
- SB 721 Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing fund program.