A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special nonreverting fund that shall be a part of the Transportation Trust Fund and shall be known as the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund (the Fund). The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller and any funds remaining in the Fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Interest earned on such funds shall be credited to the Fund.
B. The amounts allocated to the Fund pursuant to § 33.2-1526.1 shall be used to support the operating, capital, and administrative costs of public transportation at a state share determined by the Board, and such amounts may be used to support the capital project costs of public transportation and ridesharing equipment, facilities, and associated costs at a state share determined by the Board. Capital costs may include debt service payments on local or agency transit bonds.
1986, Sp. Sess., c. 13, § 33.1-23.03:2; 1998, cc. 905, 907; 2012, cc. 779, 817; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 684; 2016, cc. 299, 345; 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems
Chapter 15 - Transportation Funding
§ 33.2-1500. Legislative findings and purposes
§ 33.2-1502. Creation of the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank
§ 33.2-1503. Eligibility and project selection
§ 33.2-1504. Grants from the Commonwealth Transportation Board
§ 33.2-1505. Project obligations
§ 33.2-1506. Exemption from taxation; exemption from Virginia Public Procurement Act
§ 33.2-1507. Reporting requirement
§ 33.2-1509.1. Moratorium on repayment of funds allocated for access roads program
§ 33.2-1512. Authorization of Notes
§ 33.2-1513. Use of proceeds of Notes
§ 33.2-1515. Form and manner of execution; signature of person ceasing to be officer
§ 33.2-1516. Authority to obtain GARVEE approval
§ 33.2-1518. Deposit of proceeds
§ 33.2-1520. Application of project-specific reimbursements
§ 33.2-1521. Investment of proceeds and other amounts
§ 33.2-1522. Exemption from taxation
§ 33.2-1523. Notes as eligible securities
§ 33.2-1524. Commonwealth Transportation Fund
§ 33.2-1524.1. Transportation Trust Fund
§ 33.2-1525. Administration of Transportation Trust Fund
§ 33.2-1526. Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund
§ 33.2-1526.1. Use of the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund
§ 33.2-1526.2. Commonwealth Transit Capital Fund
§ 33.2-1526.3. (Effective until July 1, 2024) Transit Ridership Incentive Program
§ 33.2-1526.3. (Effective July 1, 2024) Transit Ridership Incentive Program
§ 33.2-1526.4. Commonwealth Rail Fund
§ 33.2-1526.5. Commonwealth Port Fund
§ 33.2-1526.6. Commonwealth Aviation Fund
§ 33.2-1526.7. Commonwealth Space Flight Fund
§ 33.2-1527. Priority Transportation Fund
§ 33.2-1528. Concession Payments Account
§ 33.2-1529. Toll Facilities Revolving Account
§ 33.2-1529.1. Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund
§ 33.2-1530. Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund