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2018 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chairman: Charles W. Carrico, Sr.

Clerk: Chad Starzer
Staff: Chrissy Noonan
Date of Meeting: February 28, 2018
Time and Place: Immediately upon Recess of the Senate Senate Room 3, The Capitol
Time Change: Immediately Upon Recess of the Senate

H.B. 236 Parked vehicles; registration, licensing, and titling requirements, improper use.

Patron: Collins

Parked vehicles; registration, licensing, and titling requirements. Expands from vehicles operated on a highway to vehicles operated or parked on a highway the class of vehicles subject to registration, licensing, and titling requirements. The bill contains technical amendments.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-613 of the Code of Virginia, relating to parked vehicles; registration, licensing, and titling requirements.

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H.B. 505 Traffic signs; people with disabilities, posting of signs on certain roadways.

Patron: Bell, Robert B.

Traffic signs; people with disabilities. Allows any person who is deaf, blind, or deaf-blind, any person with autism or an intellectual or developmental disability, or the agent of any such person to request that the Department of Transportation (Department) post and maintain signs informing drivers that a person with a disability may be present in or around the roadway and directs the Department to post and maintain such signs in accordance with regulations developed by the Department.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-830.2, relating to traffic signs; people with disabilities.

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H.B. 554 Broker's licenses; bed and breakfast establishments.

Patron: Freitas

Broker's licenses; bed and breakfast establishments. Permits operators of bed and breakfast establishments, defined in the bill, to sell or offer for sale transportation for compensation without first obtaining a broker's license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles or a transportation network company broker's license.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-2099.18 of the Code of Virginia, relating to broker's licenses; bed and breakfast establishments.

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H.B. 662 American Legion Bridge; VDOT to submit a plan for remediation of bridge.

Patron: Murphy

Department of Transportation to submit a plan for the remediation of the American Legion Bridge. Directs the Department of Transportation to begin the initial design and related assessments for remediating the American Legion Bridge at the earliest time possible once necessary decisions have been made by the state of Maryland. The Department shall submit the design and assessments in a report to the General Assembly when available.

 A BILL to direct the Department of Transportation to submit a plan for the remediation of the American Legion Bridge to the General Assembly.

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H.B. 712 Highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities; authority to name.

Patron: Adams, D.M.

Naming highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities. Removes the authority of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (the Board) to name any highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility forming a part of the system of state highways after a private entity. The bill provides that the Board shall not have the power to name any highway, bridge, interchange, or transportation facility that has been or may hereafter be named by the General Assembly, nor may the name chosen by the Board reflect the name of any living person. The bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Transportation develop guidelines on the naming of highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities after private entities.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-213 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal the third enactment of Chapter 729 and the third enactment of Chapter 733 of the Acts of Assembly of 2012, relating to naming highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities.

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H.B. 1285 Transportation project selection in Northern Virginia; public meeting.

Patron: LaRock

Transportation project selection in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia); public meeting. Requires the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the Virginia Railway Express, and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to annually conduct a joint public meeting for the purposes of presenting to the public, and receiving public comments on, the transportation projects proposed by each entity in Planning District 8.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.2-214.3, relating to transportation project selection in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia); public meeting.

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H.B. 1323 Military surplus off-road motor vehicles; registration and operation on highways.

Patron: Yancey

Military surplus motor vehicles; registration and operation on highways. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a registration card and license plates for military surplus motor vehicles, as defined in the bill. The bill authorizes the use of military surplus motor vehicles for purposes similar to those authorized for antique motor vehicles. The bill exempts military surplus motor vehicles from emissions standards.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-100, 46.2-711, 46.2-1158.01, and 46.2-1179 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-730.1, relating to military surplus motor vehicles; registration and operation on highways; penalty.

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H.B. 1464 Motorcycles and autocycles; auxiliary lighting.

Patron: Robinson

Auxiliary lighting on motorcycles and autocycles. Provides that motorcycles and autocycles may be equipped with red or amber standard bulb running lights or light-emitting diode (LED) pods or strips as auxiliary lighting. The bill requires such lights to (i) be directed at the ground, (ii) not emit a beam of light greater than 25 candlepower per bulb, (iii) not be attached to wheels, and (iv) not be blinking, flashing, oscillating, or rotating. Such lighting is not subject to approval by the Superintendent of State Police.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1012 of the Code of Virginia, relating to auxiliary lights on motorcycles and autocycles.

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