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HOUSE BILL NO. 70 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled December 6, 2013 A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-284 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers and duties of the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability. ---------- Patron-- Marshall, D.W. ---------- Referred to Committee on Rules ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 30-284 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 30-284. Powers and duties of Commission.

The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:

1. To make performance reviews of operations of state agencies with transportation responsibilities to ascertain that sums appropriated have been or are being expended for the purposes for which they were made and to evaluate the effectiveness of programs in accomplishing legislative intent;

2. To study, on a continuing basis, the operations, practices, and duties of state agencies with transportation responsibilities as they relate to efficiency in the use of space, personnel, equipment, and facilities;

3. To retain such consultants and advisers as the Commission deems necessary to evaluate financial and project management of state agencies with transportation responsibilities; and

4. To make performance reviews of state agencies with transportation responsibilities to ascertain that sums appropriated have been or are being expended for the purposes for which they were made and to evaluate the effectiveness of programs in accomplishing legislative intent; and

5. To make such special studies of and reports on the operations and functions of state agencies with transportation responsibilities as it deems appropriate and as may be requested by the General Assembly.

2. That Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability shall, prior to the 2015 Regular Session of the General Assembly, conduct a study of the costs and benefits of coordinating traffic light signals so that when traffic is traveling at the posted speed limit, the green signals will be so timed and sequenced as to maintain a continuous flow of traffic.