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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chair: David W. Marsden

Clerk: Eric Bingham
Staff: Lisa Wallmeyer
Date of Meeting: February 18, 2021
Time and Place: 15 minutes after adjournment, East Committee Room - SMV
Updated to add HB1832

H.B. 1832 Virginia Highway Corporation Act; alteration of certificate of authority, powers and duties of SCC.

Patron: Subramanyam

Virginia Highway Corporation Act; alteration of certificate of authority; powers and duties of the State Corporation Commission. Requires any application for a transfer, extension, or amendment of a certificate of authority issued under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act to include information demonstrating the financial fitness of the entity applying to operate the roadway. The bill requires an applicant for a toll increase to provide a forward-looking analysis return that will be reviewed by the Department of Transportation that demonstrates that the proposed rates will be reasonable to the user in relation to the benefit obtained, not likely to materially discourage use of the roadway, and provide the operator no more than a reasonable return. The bill also prohibits the State Corporation Commission from authorizing a toll increase if these criteria are not met or if the proposed increase is for more than one year. The bill requires an operator to receive approval from the Commission prior to refinancing any existing debt.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 56-539 and 56-542 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Highway Corporation Act; alteration of certificate of authority; powers and duties of the State Corporation Commission.

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H.B. 1841 Crosswalk design; Dept. of Transportation to convene work group to determine model policies.

Patron: Keam

Commissioner of Highways; crosswalk design. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to convene a working group to determine whether there should be model policies for crosswalk design and installation and, if so, establish recommendations for such model policies. The bill directs the working group to monitor and provide input to the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration as updates to crosswalk designs in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways are considered. The working group shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report on its findings and recommendations by November 1, 2021.

A BILL to direct the Department of Transportation to convene a working group to determine model policies for crosswalk design; report.

21103284D

H.B. 1854 U.S. Route 29; county manager plan of government.

Patron: Sullivan

Naming U.S. Route 29; county manager plan of government. Authorizes the board of any locality that has adopted the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to name any section of U.S. Route 29 located within the boundaries of the locality. The bill provides that the Department of Transportation will place and maintain appropriate signs that will be paid for by the locality.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-719.1, relating to naming U.S. Route 29; county manager plan of government.

21100987D

H.B. 1868 Commercial driver's licenses; disqualification for life from holding license, human trafficking.

Patron: Delaney

Commercial driver's licenses. Disqualifies for life from holding a commercial driver's license persons convicted of a felony involving an act or practice of severe forms of trafficking in persons while driving a commercial motor vehicle. The bill prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles and every district court or circuit court or the clerk thereof from reducing, dismissing, deferring, or otherwise concealing a conviction of any offense committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle or of any holder of a commercial driver's license or permit charged with any offense committed while operating a noncommercial motor vehicle and requires the Department and the courts to comply with federal laws and regulations regarding such convictions. The bill also authorizes Class A driver training schools to administer the commercial driver's license knowledge examinations.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-341.18, 46.2-382, and 46.2-1702 of the Code of Virginia, relating to commercial driver's licenses.

21102058D

H.B. 1887 Foreign market vehicles; titling and registration.

Patron: Jenkins

Titling and registration of foreign market vehicles. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a negotiable title for a foreign market vehicle manufactured 25 or more years ago that does not comply with current federal safety requirements. Current law only allows for a negotiable title to be issued to such vehicles manufactured prior to 1968.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-602 of the Code of Virginia, relating to titling and registration of foreign market vehicles.

21102097D

H.B. 1926 Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership.

Patron: McQuinn

Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. Adds the Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority, or his designee, as a nonvoting ex officio member of the Central Virginia Transportation Authority.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-3703 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership.

21102105D

H.B. 2075 Jefferson Davis Highway; renames any section of U.S. Route 1 to "Emancipation Highway."

Patron: Cole, J.G.

U.S. Route 1; "Emancipation Highway." Renames any section of U.S. Route 1 in Virginia that is designated as "Jefferson Davis Highway" to "Emancipation Highway." The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

A BILL to rename certain sections of U.S. Route 1 in Virginia the "Emancipation Highway" and to repeal Chapter 286 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922.

21102542D

H.B. 2104 Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; repeals Act.

Patron: Reid

Repeal of the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; roadways operating under the Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether it is in the public interest for any roadway operated pursuant to the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 (HCA) to operate instead under the authority and requirements provided by the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (PPTA). The bill authorizes the Commissioner, if he determines it is in the public interest for any such roadway to operate under the PPTA and the Secretary of Transportation and the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee concur, to negotiate and execute a new comprehensive agreement with the operator of such roadway to operate under the authority and requirements provided by the PPTA and to cease to operate pursuant to the HCA. The bill provides for the repeal of the HCA upon the execution of a comprehensive agreement between the Department of Transportation and the operator of the Dulles Greenway for the Dulles Greenway to operate pursuant to the PPTA.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-613 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 33.2-1823 of the Code of Virginia and Chapter 20 (§§ 56-535 through 56-552) of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia, relating to repeal of the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; roadways operating under the Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995.

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H.B. 2163 Motor Vehicles, Department of; limits the release of privileged information to government entities.

Patron: Tran

Department of Motor Vehicles; privileged information. Limits the release of Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) privileged information to government entities and law-enforcement agencies for the purpose of civil immigration enforcement unless (i) the subject of the information provides consent or (ii) the requesting agency presents a lawful judicial order, judicial subpoena, or judicial warrant. The bill requires the DMV to notify the subject of the request that such a request was made and the identity of the entity that made the request. The bill requires any entity receiving privileged information from the DMV to enter into a written agreement with the DMV prior to such release of such information and prohibits any entity from rereleasing any such DMV information to any third party unless explicitly permitted to do so in the entity's agreement with the DMV. The bill contains requirements for any such written agreement between the DMV and the Department of State Police.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-100, 46.2-208, 46.2-209, 46.2-209.1, and 46.2-328.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Motor Vehicles; privileged information.

21103639D

H.B. 2284 Driving privileges, certain; Commissioner of DMV to reinstate privileges and waive fees.

Patron: Williams Graves

Reinstatement of certain driving privileges. Directs the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to reinstate driving privileges, and to waive fees related to the reinstatement, for individuals whose privileges were suspended prior to July 1, 2019, for failure to pay court fines and costs in other jurisdictions.

A BILL to direct the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to reinstate certain driving privileges suspended prior to July 1, 2019.

21102066D