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2024 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chair: Jennifer B. Boysko

Clerk: Michael Jackson,Ashleigh Hynst
Staff: Nikhil Edward
Date of Meeting: January 25, 2024
Time and Place: 15 mins. after adj. / Senate Committee Room B (306) GAB
Update: added- SB617 / removed- SB246

S.B. 73

Patron: Craig

Photo-monitoring system for traffic signals; proof of violation; retired law-enforcement officials. Allows a locality to employ a retired sworn law-enforcement officer, as defined in the bill, to review photographs, microphotographs, videotape, or other recorded images produced by the locality's traffic light signal violation monitoring system or traffic control device violation monitoring system. The bill allows such review to serve as prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-968.1, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to photo-monitoring system for traffic signals; proof of violation; retired law-enforcement officials.

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S.B. 198

Patron: Diggs

License plates; collector motor vehicles; penalty. Creates license plates for collector motor vehicles, defined in the bill, which the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue to any applicant who owns or has regular use of another passenger car, autocycle, or motorcycle and who owns at least a total of three collector motor vehicles. The bill designates the fee for such plates and registration as $50, specifies that the collector motor vehicles shall not be used for general transportation purposes and may only be used (i) for participation in shows, parades, charitable functions, and historical exhibitions for display, maintenance, and preservation; (ii) on the highways of the Commonwealth for the purpose of testing their operation or selling the vehicle, obtaining repairs or maintenance, transportation to and from events, and for occasional pleasure driving not exceeding 250 miles from the residence of the owner; and (iii) to carry or transport passengers and personal effects. The bill also prohibits such vehicles from being registered as antique vehicles or military surplus motor vehicles. Finally, the bill makes it a Class 4 misdemeanor to violate any provision relating to the registration of collector motor vehicles.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-100 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-730.2, relating to license plates; collector motor vehicles; penalty.

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S.B. 322

Patron: Jordan

Statewide prioritization process; primary evacuation routes. Adds maintenance of primary evacuation routes to the list of factors that must be considered by the Commonwealth Transportation Board as part of the statewide prioritization process for project selection. The bill directs the Board, in incorporating this new factor into the prioritization process, to not assign a weight to such factor and, instead, to set a bonus point value that may be added for projects that include maintenance of primary evacuation routes and shall apply such bonus point values to such projects when applicable.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-214.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to statewide prioritization process; primary evacuation routes.

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S.B. 323

Patron: Jordan

Percy Lee House, III Memorial Bridge. Designates the bridge on Otterdam Road over Interstate 95 in Greensville County the "Percy Lee House, III Memorial Bridge."

A BILL to designate the bridge on Otterdam Road over Interstate 95 in Greensville County the "Percy Lee House, III Memorial Bridge."

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S.B. 336

Patron: Roem

Photo speed monitoring devices; high-risk intersection segments. Permits a state or local law-enforcement agency to place and operate a photo speed monitoring device at a high-risk intersection segment, defined in the bill, located within the locality for the purpose of recording violations resulting from the operation of a vehicle in excess of the speed limit, provided that such law-enforcement agency certifies that a traffic fatality has occurred since January 1, 2014, in such segment. The bill provides the same requirements for such devices, information collected from such devices, and any enforcement actions resulting from information collected from such devices as current law applies to the use of such devices in school crossing zones and highway work zones.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-208 and 46.2-882.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to photo speed monitoring devices; high-risk intersection segments.

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S.B. 452

Patron: Marsden

Motor vehicle dealers; independent dealer-operator recertification; exam. Permits the recertification of independent dealer-operators by passing an examination administered by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Current law provides that such recertification requires completing one live instructor-led course and passing an examination administered by the course provider. The bill also directs the Department to collect the $50 exam fee at the time the exam is administered, transmit $48 from that fee to the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board within 15 days, and retain the remaining $2.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-1583, 46.2-1586, and 46.2-1589 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle dealers; independent dealer-operator recertification; exam.

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S.B. 516

Patron: Williams Graves

All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition. Authorizes the governing body of any city to provide by ordinance for the lawful seizure, impounding, and disposition of an illegally operated all-terrain vehicle or off-road motorcycle operated on a highway or sidewalk within such city.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-915.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to all-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition.

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S.B. 534

Patron: Bagby

Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise. Changes the deadline for a vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch to reject the sale or transfer of a dealership from 30 days prior to the effective date of the sale or transfer to 60 days from the receipt of notice from the dealer of the proposed sale or transfer and lists requirements for such notice from the dealer. The bill provides that an objection to a sale or transfer based on an applicant's years of motor dealer management experience is a reasonable objection but removes the right to object based on other applicant qualifications. The bill further provides that a franchisor's consent to a relocation of a business cannot be unreasonably withheld. Finally, the bill entitles dealers and applicants for sale or transfer to damages if a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch willfully engages in prohibited conduct.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1569 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise.

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S.B. 535

Patron: Bagby

School crossing zones. Expands the definition of "school crossing zone" to include areas surrounding schools where the presence of students reasonably requires a special warning to motorists and provides that the term "school" includes public institutions of higher education and nonprofit private institutions of higher education. Currently, the definition of "school crossing zone" includes only areas surrounding schools where the presence of children requires such warning. Existing provisions of law allowing photo speed monitoring devices to be installed in school crossing zones will apply to any location that meets the expanded definition.

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

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S.B. 617

Patron: Obenshain

Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; budget; operating assistance. Provides that payments and obligations arising from or related to any contract pertaining to employee compensation and work conditions under the normal operation of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) may be included in the calculation of a WMATA budget increase for purposes of the cap of such budget increase. Current law provides that any payment or obligation of any kind arising from or related to legal disputes or proceedings between or among WMATA and any other person or entity shall not be used in calculating a WMATA budget increase.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-1526.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; budget; operating assistance.

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S.B. 687

Patron: Ebbin

Careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users; penalty.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-816.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users; penalty.

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S.B. 728

Patron: Pillion

Cumberland's Airport Commission. Establishes a new charter for the Cumberlands Airport Commission and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1958. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the Commission and contains powers and duties typically granted for authorities. The bill also removes the Town of Lebanon and the Counties of Lee and Russell from the Commission.

A BILL to continue the Cumberlands Airport Commission and provide for its rights, powers, duties, and functions and to repeal Chapter 439 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, which created the Cumberlands Airport Commission.

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