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2016 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chairman: Charles W. Carrico, Sr.

Clerk: John Garrett
Staff: Nicole Brenner
Date of Meeting: February 3, 2016
Time and Place: 45 mins after adjournment / Senate Room A

S.B. 258 Commonwealth Transportation Board; voting weighted by population.

Patron: Surovell

CTB; voting weighted by population. Provides that the votes of the nine nonlegislative citizen members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board who represent the nine highway construction districts shall be weighted on the basis of the population of each member's district as a percentage of the total population of the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-201 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Commonwealth Transportation Board; weighted voting.

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S.B. 286 Motor vehicles equipped with television and video.

Patron: DeSteph

Motor vehicles equipped with television and video. Provides that motor vehicles may be equipped with visual displays of moving images if the equipment is factory-installed and has an interlock device that disables the equipment when the motor vehicle operator is performing the driving task. Current law allows equipment with a visual display of a television broadcast or signal if the equipment's interlock disables when the motor vehicle is driven. The bill would allow the viewing of a visual display while the vehicle is being operated autonomously.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1077 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicles equipped with televisions and video; not within view of driver.

16102320D

S.B. 365 Prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions.

Patron: Chafin

Prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions. Provides that projects on U.S. Route 460 and U.S. Route 121 are not subject to the prioritization process that the Commonwealth Transportation Board applies to projects eligible for state funding.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-214.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions.

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S.B. 390 Temporary visitor's driver's licenses; DMV may issue.

Patron: Surovell

Temporary visitor's driver's licenses. Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a temporary visitor's driver's license to an applicant who is unable to present valid documentary evidence of legal permanent residency in the United States or conditional resident alien status, if certain requirements are met.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-328.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to temporary visitor's driver's licenses.

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S.B. 514 Department of Transportation; transponder fees or exchange.

Patron: McPike

Department of Transportation; transponder fees or exchange. Prohibits the Department of Transportation from charging fees for or requiring users to exchange their E-ZPass flex transponder as a result of inactivity.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 33.2 a section numbered 33.2-280.1, relating to Department of Transportation; transponder fees or exchange.

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S.B. 526 Motor vehicle safety inspections; single sticker.

Patron: McPike

Motor vehicle safety inspections; single sticker. Provides that passage of a motor vehicle safety inspection is a condition to registration or registration renewal. Motorists would be provided with a safety inspection decal that indicates the month of the vehicle's registration and requires that safety inspection stations obtain such decals from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill also provides for electronic submission of evidence of passage of a safety inspection to the Department of Motor Vehicles.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-645, 46.2-646, 46.2-712, 46.2-1043, 46.2-1048, 46.2-1065, 46.2-1092, 46.2-1158.01, 46.2-1158.1, 46.2-1161.1, 46.2-1163, 46.2-1175.1 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 46.2-1164 of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuance of a safety inspection approval decal; registration.

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S.B. 669 Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes.

Patron: Alexander

Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes. Provides that cities and towns that receive highway maintenance payments from the Commonwealth based on moving-lane miles of highway will not have such payments reduced if moving-lane miles of highway are converted to bicycle-only lanes, provided that the number of moving-lane-miles is not more than 50 moving-lane-miles or 3% of the municipality's total number of moving-lane-miles, whichever is less. Municipalities will not receive additional funds and cannot reduce their funding of road and street maintenance after a conversion. The bill also repeals the provision that allowed City of Richmond to convert 20 moving-lane-miles to bicycle-only lanes.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-219 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal the second enactment of Chapter 722 of the Acts of Assembly of 2015, relating to maintenance payments to certain cities and towns for moving-lanes converted to bicycle-only lanes.

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S.B. 682 Hampton Roads; construction or expansion projects.

Patron: Miller

Construction in Hampton Roads; multimodal component. Requires that any construction or expansion project on a bridge or tunnel by the Department of Transportation or the Hampton Roads Accountability Commission include a multimodal component.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.2-257.2 and by adding in Chapter 26 of Title 33.2 a section numbered 33.2-2612, relating to bridge or tunnel construction in Hampton Roads; multimodal component.

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S.B. 697 Motorcycles; free use of toll facilities.

Patron: Lucas

Free use of toll facilities; motorcycles. Allows motorcycles free use of all toll bridges, toll roads, and other toll facilities in the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-613, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to free use of toll facilities by motorcycles.

16103350D

S.B. 700 Highway construction; effect of sea-level rise on projects.

Patron: Miller

Construction of highways; consider sea-level rise. Requires the Commissioner of Highways to determine the effect of sea-level rise on projects in Planning District 22 or 23. Such determination must be made in writing at least 60 days before final project approval, the expenditure of funds on the project, or the first public hearing on the project, whichever comes first.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.2-253.1, relating to incorporating consideration of sea-level rise during construction of highways.

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S.B. 702 Bridge structures; attachment to locality, annual service fee.

Patron: Lucas

Bridge structures; attachment to locality; annual service fee. Provides that a bridge constructed and operated in accordance with Chapter 581 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, known as the Jordan Bridge, is not within either locality to which it is attached. The bill requires the owners of such bridge to pay each such locality, the Cities of Chesapeake and Portsmouth, an annual service fee of five cents per toll paid on the bridge, divided equally between the two localities.

A BILL to provide that a bridge structure is not attached to the Cities of Chesapeake or Portsmouth; annual service fee.

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S.B. 703 DMV; charges for information supplied to toll facility operators.

Patron: Lucas

Charges for information supplied by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Allows private toll facility operators to request DMV records and exempts private toll facility operators or their employees or agents from being assessed a charge by the Department of Motor Vehicles for supplying information for official use.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-208, 46.2-214, and 46.2-214.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Motor vehicles; charges for information supplied to toll facility operators.

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S.B. 709 Recalled motor vehicles.

Patron: McDougle

Recalled motor vehicles. Requires a used motor vehicle dealer to disclose whether a used vehicle sold at retail has been recalled and, if the used vehicle is subject to a recall that remains unremedied at the time of sale, inform the buyer of the process for remediating the recall. The bill requires a manufacturer or distributor who establishes a program that prohibits dealers from selling used motor vehicles that have been issued a safety recall and remain unremedied to provide a remedy for each such vehicle or to compensate the dealer for costs when such program is enforced through penalty or loss of benefits. The bill requires a manufacturer or distributor to compensate dealers for recall repairs on the same basis as warranty repairs. Finally, the bill prohibits a manufacturer or distributor from using performance measurements to the detriment of a dealer when the dealer has vehicles it cannot deliver by law or by manufacturer or distributor program or directive. Violations of these provisions are subject to a civil penalty by the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board not to exceed $1,000 per violation.

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-1529.1, 46.2-1569, 46.2-1571, and 46.2-1572.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disclosures by and compensation of dealers for recalled vehicles.

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S.B. 762 License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Virginia Women Veterans.

Patron: Dance

Special license plates; PROUD WOMAN VETERAN. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of Virginia Women Veterans bearing the legend PROUD WOMAN VETERAN.

A BILL to authorize the issuance of special license plates for supporters of Virginia Women Veterans bearing the legend PROUD WOMAN VETERAN.

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S.B. 765 Commissioner of Highways; powers, emergency removal of snow and ice.

Patron: Suetterlein

Commissioner of Highways; powers; emergency removal of snow and ice. Provides that the Commissioner of Highways has the authority to establish and use procedures as he deems necessary to ensure safe travel during an emergency or weather-related event and that procuring equipment and labor to ensure resources are available to address an emergency or weather-related event is an emergency pursuant to the Virginia Public Procurement Act.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-223 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of the Commissioner of Highways; emergency removal of snow and ice.

16101624D

S.B. 768 Reckless driving; exceeding speed limit.

Patron: Suetterlein

Reckless driving; exceeding speed limit. Raises from 80 to 85 miles per hour the speed above which a person who drives a motor vehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth is guilty of reckless driving regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-862 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reckless driving; exceeding speed limit.

16104348D

S.B. 778 Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving; penalty.

Patron: Barker

Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving; penalty. Expands the prohibition on manually entering multiple letters or text in a handheld communications device while operating a motor vehicle to also prohibit the manual selection of multiple icons and removes the condition that such manual entry is prohibited only if performed as a means of communicating with another person. The bill prohibits the operator of a motor vehicle from reading any information displayed on the device; current law prohibits reading an email or text message. The bill provides that this prohibition does not apply to reading any information displayed through the use of a global positioning system for the purposes of navigation.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1078.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to use of handheld personal communication devices while driving; penalty.

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