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2023 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chair: David W. Marsden

Clerk: Michael Jackson, H. Dockery
Staff: Nikhil Edward
Date of Meeting: February 16, 2023
Time and Place: 15 mins. after adj. / Committee Room #3 - Capitol Ext.

H.B. 1437

Patron: Wiley

Installation, maintenance, and operation of devices in highway right-of-way for law-enforcement purposes; regulation authority; civil penalty. Provides that the authority of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make regulations for the use of systems of state highways includes the use of devices in the right-of-way of such highways for law-enforcement purposes. The bill authorizes the Department of State Police or chief law-enforcement officer of a locality to install, maintain, and operate devices for law-enforcement purposes on highways maintained by VDOT. The bill requires that all data collected by such devices be purged and not retained later than 30 days after collection unless such data is being used in an active law-enforcement investigation. The bill prohibits the use of such data to enforce speed limits, traffic regulations, tolling requirements, or high-occupancy vehicle requirements.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-210 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.2-216.1, relating to installation, maintenance, and operation of devices in highway right-of-way for law-enforcement purposes; regulation authority; civil penalty.

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H.B. 1649

Patron: Wyatt

Towing trespassing vehicles; limitations on fees. Authorizes towing and recovery operators to charge a fuel surcharge fee of no more than $30 for each vehicle towed or removed from private property without the consent of its owner and prohibits local governing bodies from limiting or prohibiting such fee. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1233.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to towing trespassing vehicles; limitations on fees.

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H.B. 1723

Patron: Simonds

Passing stopped school buses; purpose of stop; prima facie evidence. Makes evidence that a bus was stopped with at least one warning device activated prima facie evidence that the bus was stopped for the purpose of taking on or discharging children, the elderly, or mentally or physically handicapped persons.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-844 and 46.2-859 of the Code of Virginia, relating to passing stopped school buses; purpose of stop; prima facie evidence.

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H.B. 1745

Patron: Carr

Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; prohibited acts. Prohibits tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators from monitoring law-enforcement communications in order to determine the location of a wrecked or disabled vehicle that is subject to a law-enforcement-requested tow for the purpose of driving by the scene of such vehicle to initiate contact with the owner or operator of the vehicle to solicit or offer towing services and prohibits tow truck drivers from driving by the scene of a wrecked or disabled vehicle for the same purposes.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-118 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; prohibited acts.

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H.B. 2034

Patron: Sewell

Joint transportation meeting; National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board to invite a Virginia representative of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board Steering Committee to participate in and present information at the joint transportation meeting held annually concerning projects in Planning District 8. The bill clarifies that such member is not required to participate in the meeting. The bill requires the meeting to be made available online in a manner that allows the public to contemporaneously view and hear the meeting and provides that if such transmission fails the meeting is not required to recess.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-214.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to joint transportation meeting; National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.

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H.B. 2104

Patron: Bourne

School crossing zones. Increases the maximum boundaries of a school crossing zone from 600 feet to 750 feet from the limits of school property.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-873 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school crossing zones.

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H.B. 2191

Patron: Rasoul

Removal by locality of unattended or immobile vehicles. Allows for the removal of certain unattended or immobile vehicles by the locality's civil code enforcement division. Current law provides that such removal must be carried out under the direction of a law-enforcement officer or other uniformed employee of the local law-enforcement agency who specifically is authorized to do so.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1213 of the Code of Virginia, relating to removal by locality of unattended or immobile vehicles.

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H.B. 2204

Patron: Delaney

Department of Motor Vehicles; driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof; data collection and reporting. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect and disseminate, on an annual basis, statewide and locality-level data related to driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to submit an annual report on the data collected on or before October 1 to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Virginia State Crime Commission and to make such data available to the public on the website of the Department. The bill provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall not be required to submit the first annual report prior to October 1, 2024, and that the first annual report shall include data from calendar year 2019 through calendar year 2023. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-223.1, relating to Department of Motor Vehicles; driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof; data collection and reporting.

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H.B. 2302

Patron: Adams, L.R.

Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund. Authorizes the Governor to direct funds from the Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund to the Commonwealth Transportation Board (the Board) for transportation projects determined to be necessary to support major economic development initiatives or to enhance the economic development opportunities of the Commonwealth's transportation programs when recommended by the Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Commerce and Trade. The bill does not specify a limit to such directed funds but provides that any transfer of funds in excess of $35 million shall be submitted for review to the MEI Project Approval Commission (the Commission) and if such transfer is not recommended by the Commission the transfer is prohibited unless authorized by the General Assembly. The bill also authorizes the Governor to use funds from the Fund to enhance the economic development opportunities of the Commonwealth's transportation programs. The bill authorizes the use of grants, funds directed to the Board, and revolving loans for property acquisition and new or improved infrastructure to support economic development opportunities of the Commonwealth's transportation programs.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-1529.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund.

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H.B. 2304

Patron: Bloxom

Motorcycle rider safety training courses. Changes one of the three available types of motorcycle training courses from a sidecar and three-wheeled motorcycle course to a three-wheeled motorcycle course and changes the helmet requirement for motorcycle training courses from a three-quarter shell helmet to any lawful motorcycle helmet. The bill removes the specific motorcycle training course requirements for (i) the student to instructor ratio, (ii) the students per range at any one time, and (iii) features of motorcycles used in training and requires such aspects of the motorcycle training course to comply with the recommendations of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, unless otherwise provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-1190, 46.2-1190.1, 46.2-1190.2, and 46.2-1190.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motorcycle rider safety training courses.

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H.B. 2392

Patron: Austin

Towing and recovery operators; attorney fees and costs. Authorizes towing and recovery operators to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs in a civil action brought by the towing and recovery operator to recover costs or enforce a lien related to towing and recovery services rendered as a result of a request made by any local or state law-enforcement officer or other government official acting in his official capacity.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-1231.2, relating to towing and recovery operators; attorney fees and costs.

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H.B. 2423

Patron: Austin

Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; WMATA Response and Recovery Coordination Branch vehicles. Authorizes vehicles operated by the Response and Recovery Coordination Branch of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Office of Emergency Preparedness to (i) be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating red or red and white combination warning lights and (ii) disregard certain regulations regarding the operation of vehicles without being subject to criminal prosecution while responding to an emergency, provided that the operator of such vehicle has received certain training and recertifies every two years. The bill adds responding to metropolitan transit-related incidents to the list of circumstances in which such lighted warning lights shall be displayed.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-920, 46.2-1023, and 46.2-1030 of the Code of Virginia, relating to flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; WMATA Response and Recovery Coordination Branch vehicles.

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