Code of Virginia
Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems

Chapter 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

§ 33.2-100. Definitions - As used in this title, unless the context requires a...

§ 33.2-101. Governor to waive certain state statutory mandates and regulations to expedite certain highway construction projects - Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Code, whenever the Governor...

§ 33.2-102. Authority of cities and towns and certain counties in connection with federal aid - The cities and towns of the Commonwealth and also the...

§ 33.2-103. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail - Whenever in this title the Board, Commissioner of Highways, or...

§ 33.2-104. English units of measure - A. Neither the Commissioner of Highways nor the Department shall...

§ 33.2-105. Evidence as to existence of a public highway - When a way has been worked by highway officials as...

§ 33.2-106. Secretary of Transportation to submit annual report on actions taken to increase transit use, etc. - The Secretary, in consultation and cooperation with the Commissioner of...

§ 33.2-107. Secretary of Transportation to conduct periodic examination of process - The Secretary shall, at least once every four years, cause...

§ 33.2-108. Public hearings prior to undertaking projects requested by institutions of higher education - Before any safety-related or congestion management-related highway project requested by...

§ 33.2-109. Policy of the Commonwealth regarding use of highways by motorcycles; discrimination by political subdivisions prohibited - In formulating transportation policy, promulgating regulations, allocating funds, and planning,...

§ 33.2-110. Gates across private roads; leaving gates open; gates across private roads leading to forestlands; penalties - A. Any person owning land over which another or others...

§ 33.2-111. Funding and undertaking of pedestrian or bicycle projects apart from highway projects not prohibited - Nothing contained in this chapter and no regulation promulgated by...

§ 33.2-112. Sidewalks and walkways for pedestrian traffic - The Board may construct such sidewalks or walkways on the...

§ 33.2-113. Contributions by cities or towns towards highway building, bridges, etc. - Any city or town, acting by and through its governing...

§ 33.2-114. Virginia Aviation Board and Virginia Port Authority powers - The powers of the Virginia Aviation Board set out in...

§ 33.2-115. Department to establish smart transportation pilot zone - The Secretary of Transportation and the Department of Transportation shall...

§ 33.2-116. Statewide transportation technology programs to incorporate new technologies and innovations in transportation - The Secretary of Transportation and the Department of Transportation shall...

§ 33.2-117. Statutes declaring streams and rivers to be highways continued - All statutes heretofore enacted declaring certain streams and rivers to...

§ 33.2-118. Mobile food vending in commuter lots in Planning District 8 - A. In Planning District 8, any mobile food vending unit...

§ 33.2-119. Limitation on tolling - A. For purposes of this section, "auxiliary lane" means the...

§ 33.2-120. Efforts to increase CAFE standards - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

Chapter 2 - Transportation Entities

§ 33.2-200. Commonwealth Transportation Board; membership; terms; vacancies - The Board shall have a total membership of 17 members...

§ 33.2-201. Appointment requirements; statewide interest - Of the members appointed to the Board, one member shall...

§ 33.2-202. Meetings - The Board shall meet at least once every three months...

§ 33.2-203. Salaries and expenses - All salaries and expenses of the Board shall be paid...

§ 33.2-204. Offices - The main office of the Board, the Department of Transportation,...

§ 33.2-205. Oaths and bonds of members - Each member of the Board shall, before entering upon the...

§ 33.2-206. How testimony of members of Commonwealth Transportation Board and Commissioner of Highways taken in civil proceedings - No member of the Board or the Commissioner of Highways...

§ 33.2-207. Bookkeeping system - The chairman of the Board shall, with the aid and...

§ 33.2-208. Location of routes - A. The Board shall have the power and duty to...

§ 33.2-209. Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation - A. The Board shall have the power and duty to...

§ 33.2-210. Traffic regulations; penalty - A. The Board shall have the power and duty to...

§ 33.2-211. Copies of regulations as evidence - Copies of regulations of the Board and of additions or...

§ 33.2-212. Sections not applicable to certain engines and tractors - The provisions of §§ 33.2-210 and 33.2-211 shall not apply...

§ 33.2-213. Naming highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities - The Board shall have the power and duty to give...

§ 33.2-214. Transportation; Six-Year Improvement Program - A. The Board shall have the power and duty to...

§ 33.2-214.1. Statewide prioritization process for project selection - A. The General Assembly declares it to be in the...

§ 33.2-214.2. Transparency in the development of the Six-Year Improvement Program, statewide prioritization process, and state of good repair program - A. The Board shall develop the Six-Year Improvement Program pursuant...

§ 33.2-214.3. Transparency in project selection in Planning District 8 - At least annually, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, the Northern...

§ 33.2-214.4. Statewide prioritization for the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund - A. 1. The Board shall develop a prioritization process for...

§ 33.2-215. Policies and operation of Departments - The Board shall have the power and duty to review...

§ 33.2-216. Roadside memorials; penalty - A. The Board shall establish regulations regarding size, distance from...

§ 33.2-217. Prohibition of certain weeds and plants on highway rights-of-way - Neither the Board nor the Commissioner of Highways shall plant...

§ 33.2-218. Fees for participating in the Integrated Directional Sign Program - The Board shall establish reasonable fees to be collected by...

§ 33.2-219. Statements to be filed with Commonwealth Transportation Board by transit systems - Any transit system that conducts its operations within the exclusive...

§ 33.2-220. Transfer of interest in and control over certain highways, highway rights-of-way, and landings - Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this title, the Board, upon...

§ 33.2-221. Other powers, duties, and responsibilities - A. The Board shall have the power and duty to...

§ 33.2-221.1. Use of biodiesel and other alternative fuels in vehicles providing public transportation - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

§ 33.2-222. Commissioner of Highways - The Commissioner of Highways shall be the chief executive officer...

§ 33.2-223. General powers of Commissioner of Highways - Except such powers as are conferred by law upon the...

§ 33.2-224. Employees; delegation of responsibilities - The Commissioner of Highways shall employ such engineers, clerks, assistants,...

§ 33.2-225. Liaison duties with other organizations - Tasks and responsibilities concerning transportation program or project delivery shall...

§ 33.2-226. Authority to lease or convey airspace - The Commissioner of Highways may lease or sell and convey...

§ 33.2-227. Defense of employees - If any person employed by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the...

§ 33.2-228. Agreements between Commissioner of Highways and certain localities - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 33.2-209, 33.2-214, and 33.2-221, the...

§ 33.2-229. Furnishing information regarding right-of-way transactions - Upon written request to the central office of the Department,...

§ 33.2-230. Written notice of decision to dispose of real property - Whenever the Board or the Department decides to sell or...

§ 33.2-231. Establish community service landscaping program - The Commissioner of Highways shall establish a program whereby persons...

§ 33.2-232. Biennial reports by Commissioner of Highways and the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment - A. The Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that the reports...

§ 33.2-233. Gathering and reporting of information and statistics - A. The Commissioner of Highways and the Director of the...

§ 33.2-234. Construction by state or local employees - A. Irrespective of the provisions of § 33.2-235, in cases...

§ 33.2-235. Procurement - All projects reasonably estimated to cost $300,000 or more that...

§ 33.2-236. Maps or plats prepared at request and expense of local governing bodies and other groups; Department of Energy to seek other existing sources - The Commissioner of Highways may prepare photogrammetric maps or plats...

§ 33.2-237. Directional signs for certain educational institutions - For the purpose of this section, "Virginia educational institution" means...

§ 33.2-238. Closing highways for safety of public or proper completion of construction; injury to barriers, signs, etc. - If it appears to the Commissioner of Highways necessary for...

§ 33.2-239. Providing highway detours - Whenever necessary, the Commissioner of Highways shall select, lay out,...

§ 33.2-240. Connections over shoulders of highways for intersecting private roads - The Commissioner of Highways shall permit suitable connections from where...

§ 33.2-241. Connections over shoulders of highways for intersecting commercial establishment entrances; penalty - The Commissioner of Highways shall permit suitable connections from where...

§ 33.2-242. Replacing entrances destroyed in the repair or construction of highways - The Commissioner of Highways shall review the existing access to...

§ 33.2-243. Paying for damages sustained to personal property by reason of work projects, etc. - The Commissioner of Highways may pay and settle claims and...

§ 33.2-244. Removal of snow and ice from public highways by private entities - Upon request by a person, the Commissioner of Highways may...

§ 33.2-245. Comprehensive highway access management standards - A. For purposes of this section, "comprehensive highway access management...

§ 33.2-246. Recreational waysides; regulations; penalties - A. To promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel...

§ 33.2-247. Wetlands mitigation banking - When authorization is required by federal or state law for...

§ 33.2-248. Expenditure of funds for interstate bridges and approaches - The Commissioner of Highways may expend from funds available for...

§ 33.2-249. Maintenance and operation of bridges or tunnels on the city and state line - The governing bodies of cities and towns having populations greater...

§ 33.2-250. Improving certain private roads and certain town streets and roads - A. The Commissioner of Highways may, upon the request of...

§ 33.2-251. Installation and maintenance of "children at play" signs in counties and towns - The governing body of any county or town may enter...

§ 33.2-252. Tramways and railways along or across public highways; appeals - A. Whenever any person, firm, or chartered company engaged in...

§ 33.2-253. Highway safety corridor program - The Commissioner of Highways shall establish a highway safety corridor...

§ 33.2-254. Erection and maintenance of newspaper route boxes - The publishers of all newspapers having a circulation in rural...

§ 33.2-255. Sale or lease of properties acquired for highway construction - To the extent not otherwise prohibited by law, the Commissioner...

§ 33.2-256. Department of Transportation established - A. There is hereby created a Department of Transportation within...

§ 33.2-257. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2019, c. 749, cl. 2.

§ 33.2-257.1. Notice to be provided to property owners of pending transportation projects - At least 30 days prior to any public hearing regarding...

§ 33.2-258. Environmental permits for highway projects; timely review - Notwithstanding any other provision of state law or regulation, any...

§ 33.2-259. Maintain drainage easements - Whenever in connection with or as a precondition to the...

§ 33.2-260. Specifications in purchasing lubricating motor oil - A. Standard specifications adopted for lubricating motor oil for competitive...

§ 33.2-261. Value engineering required in certain projects - For the purposes of this section, "value engineering" means a...

§ 33.2-262. Removal of snow from driveways of volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services agencies - On the roads under the jurisdiction of the Department, the...

§ 33.2-263. School bus stop signs or other indicators - The Department shall allow any local school board to install...

§ 33.2-264. Livestock on right-of-way of the systems of state highways - No person, firm, or corporation shall pasture or graze, or...

§ 33.2-265. Comprehensive roadside management program - The Department shall promulgate regulations for a comprehensive roadside management...

§ 33.2-266. Intermittent closing of highways subject to flooding; permits; notice - A. Upon application of the board of directors of any...

§ 33.2-267. Family restrooms - The Department shall provide family restrooms at all rest areas...

§ 33.2-267.1. Human trafficking hotline; posted notice required - The Department shall post notice at all rest areas along...

§ 33.2-268. Contractor performance bonds for locally administered transportation improvement projects - Whenever any locality undertakes administration of a transportation improvement project...

§ 33.2-269. Localities may use design-build contracts - Localities may award contracts for the construction of transportation projects...

§ 33.2-270. Provide for training of certain local employees - The Department shall provide for the training and certification of...

§ 33.2-271. Maintain property acquired for construction of transportation projects - Subject to requirements of federal law or regulations and prior...

§ 33.2-272. Location of landfill gas pipelines in highway right-of-way; Department of Transportation to provide notice to counties - Whenever the Department grants its permission for the construction, installation,...

§ 33.2-272.1. Interstate pipelines; Department of Transportation oversight - The Department may enter into agreements with any entity constructing...

§ 33.2-273. Use of steel plates in connection with highway repairs - Any person using steel plates in connection with a temporary...

§ 33.2-274. Application and installation of traffic control measures - Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent the...

§ 33.2-274.1. Roadside safety devices to be equipped with identification numbers - The Department shall require that Type I (Re-Directive) Impact Attenuators,...

§ 33.2-275. Periodic quantitative rating of certain highways - The Department shall determine a quantitative rating on the pavement...

§ 33.2-275.1. Primary evacuation routes; public information - The Department of Transportation (the Department), in consultation with the...

§ 33.2-276. Noise abatement practices and technologies - A. Whenever the Board or the Department plan for or...

§ 33.2-277. Sale of materials to, and use of equipment by, localities and school boards - The Department may lend or rent equipment and sell materials...

§ 33.2-278. Facilities for persons desiring to fish from bridges - The Department may, upon the request in writing of any...

§ 33.2-279. Use of streams and lowlands obstructed by newly constructed highways as fishponds or water storage areas - Whenever any highway is being constructed and the highway is...

§ 33.2-280. Treatment of highway surfaces for dust control - The Department may treat highway surfaces for stabilization and dust...

§ 33.2-280.1. Charging electronic toll collection device fees - The Department shall not, as a result of inactivity on...

§ 33.2-281. Policy - The General Assembly finds that there is a compelling public...

§ 33.2-282. Department of Rail and Public Transportation created; appointment of Director - There is hereby created a Department of Rail and Public...

§ 33.2-283. Powers and duties of the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation - Except such powers as are conferred by law upon the...

§ 33.2-284. General powers of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation - The Department of Rail and Public Transportation has the following...

§ 33.2-285. Responsibilities of Department of Rail and Public Transportation - The Department of Rail and Public Transportation has the responsibility...

§ 33.2-286. Urban transit agency strategic plans - A. The Department of Rail and Public Transportation shall develop...

§ 33.2-287. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 33.2-288. Declaration of public purpose; Virginia Passenger Rail Authority - A. The General Assembly finds and determines that (i) it...

§ 33.2-289. Board of Directors - A. The Authority shall be governed by the Board of...

§ 33.2-290. Executive Director; agents and employees - A. The Board shall employ an Executive Director of the...

§ 33.2-291. Local authorities subordinate to Authority - Any conflict between any authority granted to localities or other...

§ 33.2-292. Powers of the Authority - A. The Authority, in addition to other powers enumerated in...

§ 33.2-293. Acquisition, possession, and disposition of rail facilities; eminent domain - A. The Authority shall have the right to acquire by...

§ 33.2-294. Issuance of bonds - A. The Authority may issue bonds from time to time...

§ 33.2-295. Deposit and investment of funds - Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this...

§ 33.2-296. Revenues of the Authority - All moneys received by the Authority pursuant to this article...

§ 33.2-297. Moneys of Authority - All moneys of the Authority, from whatever source derived, shall...

§ 33.2-298. Annual budget - The Authority shall prepare and submit a detailed annual operating...

§ 33.2-299. Recordkeeping; audits - A. The accounts and records of the Authority showing the...

§ 33.2-299.1. Exemption of Authority from personnel and procurement procedures - The provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et...

§ 33.2-299.2. Police powers; Authority rules and regulations - The Authority is empowered to adopt and enforce reasonable rules...

§ 33.2-299.3. Governmental function; exemption from taxation - The exercise of the powers granted by this article will...

§ 33.2-299.4. Cooperation with federal agencies - The Authority is empowered to cooperate with, and act as...

§ 33.2-299.5. Continuing responsibilities of the Transportation Board and the Department - The Transportation Board and the Department shall cooperate and assist...

§ 33.2-299.6. Dissolution of Authority - Whenever the Board determines that the purposes for which it...

§ 33.2-299.7. Exclusions from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; proprietary records and trade secrets - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information...

§ 33.2-299.8. Liberal construction - Neither this article nor anything herein contained is or shall...

Chapter 3 - Highway Systems

§ 33.2-300. Power and authority of Commonwealth Transportation Board relating to the Interstate System, generally - The Board may plan, designate, acquire, open, construct, reconstruct, improve,...

§ 33.2-301. Contracts for maintenance of components of Interstate System - All maintenance on components of the Interstate System, excluding frontage...

§ 33.2-302. Funds for establishment and maintenance of Interstate System, generally - The highways embraced within the Interstate System shall be established,...

§ 33.2-303. Portions of Interstate System within cities and towns - Whenever any portion of the Interstate System that is to...

§ 33.2-304. Transfer of highways, bridges, and streets from the secondary and primary state highway systems to Interstate System - The Board may transfer such highways, bridges, and streets as...

§ 33.2-305. Transfer of highways, bridges, and streets from Interstate System to primary or secondary state highway system - The Board may transfer such highways, bridges, and streets as...

§ 33.2-306. Applicability of §§ 33.2-300 through 33.2-305 to toll projects - The provisions of §§ 33.2-300 through 33.2-305 shall not become...

§ 33.2-307. Relocation or removal of utility facilities within projects on Interstate System - A. For the purposes of this section: "Cost of highway...

§ 33.2-308. Additional provisions on relocation or removal of utility facilities within projects on Interstate System - A. For the purposes of this section: "Cost of highway...

§ 33.2-309. Tolls for use of Interstate System components - A. Subject to the limitations provided in § 33.2-119 and...

§ 33.2-310. Primary state highway system - The primary state highway system shall be constructed and maintained...

§ 33.2-311. Certain highways in parks included in primary state highway system - All highways in state parks that provide connections between highways,...

§ 33.2-312. Maintenance of highways, bridges, and toll facilities within state parks - The Commissioner of Highways may maintain all highways, bridges, and...

§ 33.2-313. Maintenance of highways at state institutions - The Commissioner of Highways may, when requested by the governing...

§ 33.2-314. Transfer of highways, bridges, and streets from secondary to primary state highway system; additions to primary state highway system - A. The Board may transfer such highways, bridges, and streets...

§ 33.2-315. Transfer of highways, bridges, and streets from primary to secondary state highway system - A. The Board may transfer such highways, bridges, and streets...

§ 33.2-316. Primary state highway system map - The Commissioner of Highways shall prepare and keep on file...

§ 33.2-317. Establishment, construction, and maintenance exclusively by Commonwealth; funds - The highways embraced within the primary state highway system shall...

§ 33.2-318. Bypasses through or around cities and towns - A. The Commissioner of Highways may acquire by gift, purchase,...

§ 33.2-319. Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways - A. The Commissioner of Highways, subject to the approval of...

§ 33.2-320. Incorporation into primary state highway system of connecting streets and highways in certain other cities and towns - The Board may, by and with the consent of the...

§ 33.2-321. Agreements between Commonwealth Transportation Board and certain counties for operation of certain devices on state highways - The Commissioner of Highways is empowered to enter into agreements...

§ 33.2-322. Counties may perform certain maintenance - Any county may enter into an agreement with the Department...

§ 33.2-323. Approval of markings and traffic lights erected by towns - Notwithstanding any provision of law contrary to this section, all...

§ 33.2-324. Secondary state highway system; composition - The secondary state highway system shall consist of all of...

§ 33.2-325. Certain school roads in secondary state highway system - All roads leading from the state highways, either primary or...

§ 33.2-326. Control, supervision, and management of secondary state highway system components - A. The control, supervision, management, and jurisdiction over the secondary...

§ 33.2-327. Design standards for secondary state highway system components - For urban and urban development areas in localities using the...

§ 33.2-328. Department of Transportation to install and maintain certain signs - Whenever so requested by the governing body of a county,...

§ 33.2-329. Transfer of control, etc., of landings, docks, and wharves to Department of Wildlife Resources - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board may...

§ 33.2-330. Relocation or removal of utility facilities within secondary state highway system construction projects - A. As used in this section: "Cost of highway construction"...

§ 33.2-331. Annual meeting with county officers; six-year plan for secondary state highways; certain reimbursements required - For purposes of this section, "cancellation" means complete elimination of...

§ 33.2-332. Requesting Department of Transportation to hard-surface secondary highways; paving of certain secondary highways within existing rights-of-way; designation as Rural Rustic Road - A. Whenever the governing body of any county, after consultation...

§ 33.2-333. Emergency paving of unpaved secondary highways; notice and local concurrence - In the event of an emergency, an unpaved highway within...

§ 33.2-334. Requirements for taking new streets into secondary state highway system - A. The governing body of any county that has not...

§ 33.2-335. Taking certain streets into secondary state highway system - A. For the purposes of this section: "County" means a...

§ 33.2-336. Funds allocated to counties for Rural Addition Program; street standards - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board and...

§ 33.2-337. Contributions to primary or secondary state highway construction by counties - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any county having highways...

§ 33.2-338. Construction and improvement of primary or secondary highways by counties - A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the governing...

§ 33.2-339. Maintenance, etc., of streets and highways in certain towns from secondary funds - The Commissioner of Highways may, subject to the approval of...

§ 33.2-340. Maintenance, etc., by Commissioner of Highways when no request for allocation - If no request is made to the Board by the...

§ 33.2-341. Maps of secondary state highway system - The Commissioner of Highways shall prepare and keep on file...

§ 33.2-342. Resumption of responsibility for secondary state highways by counties - Notwithstanding any provisions of § 11 of Chapter 415 of...

§ 33.2-343. Return after withdrawal from secondary state highway system - Any county that has withdrawn its roads from the secondary...

§ 33.2-344. Election to determine return to the secondary state highway system - Upon the petition of qualified voters of any county that...

§ 33.2-345. Effect of election to determine return to the secondary state highway system - If the result of an election pursuant to § 33.2-344...

§ 33.2-346. Machinery, etc., owned by returning county - The Commissioner of Highways shall, as promptly as practicable, make...

§ 33.2-347. Minimum street and highway standards for certain towns - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 33.2-340, any town in which...

§ 33.2-348. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 684, cl. 6, effective July...

§ 33.2-349. Character of signs, markings, and signals - On any urban highway upon which the Board has expended...

§ 33.2-350. Landscape studies for urban highway construction projects - Prior to final design of any urban highway funded in...

§ 33.2-351. Definition of "allocation." - For the purposes of this article, "allocation" means a commitment...

§ 33.2-352. Asset management practices; report - A. The Department shall develop asset management practices in the...

§ 33.2-353. Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and update Statewide Transportation Plan - A. The Board shall, with the assistance of the Office...

§ 33.2-354. Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and update Statewide Pedestrian Policy - A. The Board shall develop and update as needed a...

§ 33.2-355. Goals for addressing transportation needs of populations with limited mobility - The Board, in cooperation with other local, regional, or statewide...

§ 33.2-356. Funding for extraordinary repairs - Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Code, the Board has...

§ 33.2-357. Revenue-sharing funds for systems in certain localities - A. From revenues made available by the General Assembly and...

§ 33.2-358. Allocation of funds to programs - A. The Board shall allocate each year from all funds...

§ 33.2-359. Unpaved secondary highway funds - A. Funds from the highway construction district grant programs established...

§ 33.2-360. Allocation of funds for interstate match - Until July 1, 2020, after making the allocations provided for...

§ 33.2-361. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, ch. 684, cl. 5.

§ 33.2-363. Construction of U.S. Route 29 bypass - If the construction of a U.S. Route 29 bypass around...

§ 33.2-364. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, ch. 684, cl. 5.

§ 33.2-365. Allocation of proceeds of Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Capital Projects Revenue Bonds - The Board shall allocate, use, and distribute the proceeds of...

§ 33.2-366. Funds for counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary state highway system - Pursuant to subsection A of § 33.2-358, the Board shall...

§ 33.2-367. Highway aid to mass transit - In allocating highway funds, the Board may use such funds...

§ 33.2-368. Financial plans for transportation construction projects - For transportation construction projects valued in excess of $100 million,...

§ 33.2-369. State of good repair - A. As used in this section, "state of good repair...

§ 33.2-370. High-priority projects program - A. As used in this section, "high-priority projects" means those...

§ 33.2-371. Highway construction district grant programs - A. As used in this section: "Land area" means the...

§ 33.2-372. Interstate Operations and Enhancement Program - A. The Board shall establish the Interstate Operations and Enhancement...

§ 33.2-373. Virginia Highway Safety Improvement Program - A. The Board shall establish the Virginia Highway Safety Improvement...

§ 33.2-374. Special Structure Program - A. For purposes of this section, "special structure" means very...

Chapter 4 - Limited Access Highways, Scenic Highways and Virginia Byways, and Highways over Dams

§ 33.2-400. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 33.2-401. Power and authority of Commonwealth Transportation Board relating to limited access highways - The Board may plan, designate, acquire, open, construct, reconstruct, improve,...

§ 33.2-402. Designating existing highway as limited access highway; extinguishing easements of access - The Board may designate all or any part of an...

§ 33.2-403. Business enterprises restricted on limited access highway right-of-way - No commercial establishment or business enterprise shall be constructed or...

§ 33.2-404. Service roads parallel to limited access highways; standards for access, service, etc. - The Department may construct service roads parallel to a limited...

§ 33.2-405. Designation of scenic highways and Virginia byways - The Board is authorized to designate any highway as a...

§ 33.2-406. Selecting Virginia byways - In selecting a Virginia byway, the Board and the Director...

§ 33.2-407. Signage of scenic highways and Virginia byways - When the Board designates a highway as a scenic highway...

§ 33.2-408. Acquisition of adjacent land - When the Board has designated a highway as a Virginia...

§ 33.2-409. Duty of owner or occupier of dam over which state highway passes; penalty - Every owner or occupier of a dam over which a...

§ 33.2-410. Duties of Commissioner of Highways related to dams over which a state highway passes - The Commissioner of Highways may, at his own cost and...

§ 33.2-411. Raising or lowering floodgates - The owner or occupier of a dam shall raise or...

§ 33.2-412. Reconstruction if dam is washed out - If a dam is washed out and the owner refuses...

§ 33.2-413. When larger spillway required - In case the earthen portion of a dam has been...

§ 33.2-414. Application to county roads - Sections 33.2-409 through 33.2-413 shall also apply to dams, over...

Chapter 5 - High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes and High-Occupancy Toll Lanes

§ 33.2-500. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 33.2-501. Designation of HOV lanes; use of such lanes; penalties - A. In order to facilitate the rapid and orderly movement...

§ 33.2-502. Designation of HOT lanes - The Board may designate one or more lanes of any...

§ 33.2-503. HOT lanes enforcement - Any person operating a motor vehicle on designated HOT lanes...

§ 33.2-504. Release of personal information to or by HOT lanes operators; penalty - A. The HOT lanes operator may enter into an agreement...

§ 33.2-505. Exclusion of HOT lanes from certain other laws - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of §§...

Chapter 6 - Ferries and Toll Facilities

§ 33.2-600. Acquisition or establishment of ferries - The Board may acquire by purchase, condemnation, or gift any...

§ 33.2-601. Ferry across Corrotoman River - The public free ferry across the Corrotoman River, in the...

§ 33.2-602. Toll bridges; when privilege ceases - When an act is passed to authorize the erection of...

§ 33.2-603. Toll bridges not to obstruct navigation or fish - Every toll bridge shall be made so as not to...

§ 33.2-604. How right to demand tolls ascertained and rates fixed or changed - Tolls shall be received for passing a bridge only after...

§ 33.2-605. Special police officers in connection with toll bridges - A. The circuit court of any county in which there...

§ 33.2-606. Permission required to erect or maintain toll bridges over navigable water - No toll bridge erected after March 19, 1928, shall be...

§ 33.2-607. Approval of plans by Board; inspection; costs - Detailed plans, estimates, and specifications shall be submitted to the...

§ 33.2-608. Toll bridges may be purchased by Commonwealth - In addition to the power of eminent domain as provided...

§ 33.2-609. Conveyance of toll bridge by Commonwealth - In the event a toll bridge, at the time it...

§ 33.2-610. Sections 33.2-606 through 33.2-609 not applicable to certain toll bridges - Nothing contained in §§ 33.2-606 through 33.2-609 shall be construed...

§ 33.2-611. Tolls may vary to encourage travel during off-peak hours - A. In order to provide an incentive for motorists to...

§ 33.2-612. Unlawful for Department of Transportation to permit free passage over certain toll bridges and ferries; exceptions - Except for those persons exempted from tolls under § 33.2-613,...

§ 33.2-613. Free use of toll facilities by certain state officers and employees; penalties - A. Upon presentation of a toll pass issued pursuant to...

§ 33.2-614. Disclosure of certain information relating to use of toll facilities; injunctive relief; attorney fees - A. Neither the Department nor any other operator of any...

§ 33.2-615. Electronic notification of unpaid tolls - For the purpose of electronic notification of unpaid tolls, the...

§ 33.2-616. Electronic toll collection device; DRIVE SMART Virginia Education Fund contribution - A. The Department shall establish a method by which holders...

Chapter 7 - Local Authority over Highways

§ 33.2-700. Transfer of highways, etc., from secondary state highway system to local authorities - Whenever any town has a population of more than 3,500...

§ 33.2-701. Levies - For the purpose of this section, "district" means a magisterial,...

§ 33.2-702. Gifts received by counties for construction, maintenance, etc., of secondary highways - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 33.2-701 or any other provisions...

§ 33.2-703. Funds for highways not in secondary state highway system - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 33.2-701 or 33.2-706, the governing...

§ 33.2-704. Agreements between localities for construction and operation of toll facilities - The governing bodies of adjacent localities may enter into agreements...

§ 33.2-705. Continuance of powers of county authorities; alternative procedure - The local authorities shall continue to have the powers vested...

§ 33.2-706. How highways and bridges in counties established or altered; examination and report; width and grade of highways; employing engineer - Whenever the governing body of any county is of the...

§ 33.2-707. Duty of viewers - The viewers or the county road engineer or county road...

§ 33.2-708. Pay to viewers, commissioners, and engineers - A statement in writing showing the number of days each...

§ 33.2-709. Consent of landowners - In the event that some of the landowners do not...

§ 33.2-710. Proceedings on report; notice to owners - At the next meeting of the local governing body after...

§ 33.2-711. Guardian ad litem for persons under disability - If any such owner or proprietor is a person under...

§ 33.2-712. Defense allowed; what board may do - Upon the return of the process duly executed, defense may...

§ 33.2-713. Appointment of commissioners to assess damages - If a tenant or proprietor desires or if the local...

§ 33.2-714. Enhancement in value of residue - The enhancement, if any, in value of the residue by...

§ 33.2-715. Action of commissioners; report - The commissioners shall meet on the lands of the proprietors...

§ 33.2-716. Appeal to circuit court - If an applicant, proprietor, or tenant is not satisfied with...

§ 33.2-717. Who shall pay costs, compensation, and damages - When the highway or bridge is established or altered, the...

§ 33.2-718. Highways not to be established through cemetery or seminary of learning without owners' consent - No highway shall be established upon or through the lands...

§ 33.2-719. Abandonment of certain highways and railway crossings - The governing body of any county that has chosen or...

§ 33.2-720. Supervisors may issue process - The governing body of a county shall have power to...

§ 33.2-721. Compensation of clerk of board - The clerk of the local governing body of a county...

§ 33.2-722. Discontinuance of gates on public highways - Whenever a public highway is, or has been, established with...

§ 33.2-723. Assumption of district highway indebtedness by counties - A. Any county may assume the payment of and pay...

Chapter 8 - Offenses Concerning Highways

§ 33.2-800. Definition - As used in this chapter, "highway" means a state or...

§ 33.2-801. Cutting or damaging trees; damaging bridges; damaging markers; obstructing highways; penalty - Any person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor who:...

§ 33.2-802. Dumping trash; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person to dump or...

§ 33.2-803. Dump creating fire hazard to public bridge; penalty - It shall be unlawful for any person to establish or...

§ 33.2-804. Junkyards; penalty - A. For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health,...

Chapter 9 - Abandonment and Discontinuance of Highways and Roads

§ 33.2-900. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 33.2-901. Discontinuance of a section of a highway or railroad crossing - In any case in which a section of a highway...

§ 33.2-902. Abandonment of highway or railroad crossing; procedure - A. The Commissioner of Highways either on his own motion...

§ 33.2-903. Grade crossing closing and safety - A. It is the public policy of the Commonwealth to...

§ 33.2-904. Effect of abandonment - In the case of abandonment of a section of highway...

§ 33.2-905. Appeal to circuit court - A. Any one or more of the landowners who filed...

§ 33.2-906. Alternative procedure for abandonment of old highway or railroad crossing to extent of alteration - The Commissioner of Highways may declare any highway in the...

§ 33.2-907. Conveying sections of highways or other property no longer necessary - A. Whenever a highway or a section of a highway...

§ 33.2-908. Discontinuance of highway, landing, or railroad crossing; procedure - A. For the purposes of this article, "landing" means a...

§ 33.2-909. Abandonment of highway, landing, or railroad crossing; procedure - A. The governing body of any county on its own...

§ 33.2-910. Appeal to circuit court - Any one or more of the landowners whose property abuts...

§ 33.2-911. Permissible uses by counties of certain discontinued secondary highways - Whenever a secondary highway is discontinued under § 33.2-908, the...

§ 33.2-912. Alternative procedure for abandonment of old highway or crossing to extent of alteration - The Commissioner of Highways may declare any highway in the...

§ 33.2-913. Conveying sections of highways, landings, or other property no longer necessary - A. Whenever a secondary highway or landing has been abandoned...

§ 33.2-914. County roads not part of primary or secondary state highway system; definitions - A. The provisions of this article shall apply mutatis mutandis...

§ 33.2-915. Abandonment of certain roads and railroad crossings by governing body - A. When a section of a road not in the...

§ 33.2-916. Notice of proposed abandonment - In the case of a proposed abandonment of a road...

§ 33.2-917. Petition for abandonment - Any person desiring to have a road abandoned may petition...

§ 33.2-918. Petition for public hearing on proposed abandonment - If one or more landowners affected by a proposed abandonment...

§ 33.2-919. Action of governing body - If a petition for a public hearing is not filed...

§ 33.2-920. Appeal to circuit court - Any one or more of the landowners who filed a...

§ 33.2-921. Effect of abandonment - In the case of the abandonment of any section of...

§ 33.2-922. Recordation of abandonment of roads, highways, or railroad crossings by counties - A certified copy of any ordinance, resolution, or order abandoning...

§ 33.2-923. Alternative procedure for abandonment of old road or crossing to extent of alteration - When any road or any road containing a highway-rail grade...

§ 33.2-924. Conveying sections of roads or other property no longer necessary - When any road abandoned as provided in this article is...

§ 33.2-925. Alternative method of abandoning roads - As an alternative to the procedure for abandonment prescribed by...

§ 33.2-926. Chapter 20 of Title 15.2 not affected - No provision of Articles 1 (§ 33.2-900 et seq.), 2...

§ 33.2-927. Abandonment of highway in area to be flooded in connection with municipal water supply projects - When a city or town that owns and operates a...

§ 33.2-928. Procedure to secure abandonment of highways to be flooded in connection with municipal water supply projects - A city or town subject to the provisions of this...

§ 33.2-929. Plans for relocation of highways in connection with municipal water supply projects - If there is a final approval of the abandonment of...

§ 33.2-930. Acquisition of lands for relocation - Upon the approval of plans and specifications by the Commissioner...

§ 33.2-931. Costs of relocation - The city or town shall pay out of its own...

§ 33.2-932. Construction of relocated highway - Upon the acquisition of a right-of-way as provided in this...

§ 33.2-933. Approval or disapproval of construction - When a highway is completed, the city or town shall...

§ 33.2-934. New highway part of secondary state highway system; former highway to vest in city or town - When the city or town has been notified by the...

Chapter 10 - Eminent Domain

§ 33.2-1000. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 33.2-1001. Power to acquire lands, etc.; conveyance to municipality after acquisition; property owners to be informed and briefed - A. The Commissioner of Highways is vested with the power...

§ 33.2-1002. Limitation on power of eminent domain - No property that is within an agricultural and forestal district...

§ 33.2-1003. Additional power to acquire lands - The Commissioner of Highways may use the powers granted in...

§ 33.2-1004. Plans for acquisition of rights-of-way - Subject to compliance with applicable federal regulations, the Commissioner of...

§ 33.2-1005. Acquisition of real property that may be needed for transportation projects; sale of certain real property - A. When the Commissioner of Highways determines that any real...

§ 33.2-1006. Reconveyance where property deemed suitable for mass transit purposes - If any real property that, under the provisions of §...

§ 33.2-1007. Authority to acquire entire tract of land, or parcel thereof, when only part to be utilized for highway purposes - In acquiring rights-of-way for highway construction, reconstruction, or improvement, and...

§ 33.2-1008. Authority to acquire land to replace parkland; applicability - For the purposes of this section, "parkland" only includes parks...

§ 33.2-1009. Acquisition of residue parcels declared to be in public interest - The acquisition of such residue parcels in addition to the...

§ 33.2-1010. Use and disposition of residue parcels of land - The Commissioner of Highways may lease, sell, or exchange such...

§ 33.2-1011. Right to enter on land to ascertain its suitability for highway and other transportation purposes; damage resulting from such entry - A. The Commissioner of Highways, through his duly authorized officers,...

§ 33.2-1012. Limitations in Title 25.1 not applicable to Commissioner of Highways - Except as to procedure, the Commissioner of Highways shall not...

§ 33.2-1013. Notice of exercise of eminent domain power; evidence of value - A. As used in this section: "Fair market value" means...

§ 33.2-1014. Acquisition of interests for exchange with railroad, public utility company, public service corporation or company, political subdivision, or cable television company; relocation of poles, lines, etc. - Whenever any railroad, public utility company, public service corporation or...

§ 33.2-1015. Acquisition of land in median of highways for public mass transit; disposition of such property - When acquiring land for the construction of highways with divided...

§ 33.2-1016. Procedure in general; suits in name of Commissioner of Highways; survival; validation of suits; notice of filing - A. Proceedings for condemnation under this article shall be instituted...

§ 33.2-1017. Taking highway materials from streams, rivers, and watercourses - Whenever the Commissioner of Highways determines that it is necessary...

§ 33.2-1018. Authority to take possession and title to property before or during condemnation; purpose and intent of provisions - In addition to the exercise of the power of eminent...

§ 33.2-1019. Payments into court or filing certificate of deposit before entering upon land - A. Before entering upon or taking possession of land pursuant...

§ 33.2-1020. Payment of certificates of deposit; recordation of certain certificates; notice to owner - A. A certificate of deposit shall be deemed and held...

§ 33.2-1021. Recordation of certificates; transfer of title or interest; land situated in two or more counties or cities - A. Upon recordation of a certificate: 1. The interest or...

§ 33.2-1022. Certificates to describe land and list owner - The certificate shall set forth the description of the land...

§ 33.2-1023. Proceedings for distribution of funds; effect of acceptance of payments; evidence as to amount of deposit or certificate - A. Any person or persons shown by a certificate to...

§ 33.2-1024. Reformation, alteration, revision, amendment, or invalidation of certificate - Upon the recordation of such certificate, no reformation, alteration, revision,...

§ 33.2-1025. When condemnation proceedings instituted; payment of compensation or damages; order confirming award; recording - Within 180 days after the recordation of such certificate, if...

§ 33.2-1026. Awards in greater or lesser amounts than deposit; interest - A. If the amount of an award in a condemnation...

§ 33.2-1027. Agreements as to compensation; petition and order of court thereon; disposition of deposit - At any time after the recordation of such certificate, but...

§ 33.2-1027.1. Distribution of funds to owner or owner's attorney - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, upon any settlement...

§ 33.2-1028. Enhancement to be offset against damage - In all cases under the provisions of this article, the...

§ 33.2-1029. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2022, c. 735, cl. 2.

§ 33.2-1029.1. (See Editor's Note) Petition by owner for determination of just compensation - A. The owner of property that the Commissioner of Highways...

§ 33.2-1030. Installation of broadband conduit - Where a public highway exists pursuant to § 33.2-105, the...

§ 33.2-1031. Commissioner of Highways may enter into agreement with person, church, association, etc. - Whenever it becomes necessary for the Commissioner of Highways to...

§ 33.2-1032. Commissioner of Highways may file petition for condemnation when no agreement can be reached; notice of condemnation proceedings - In the event no agreement can be reached as provided...

§ 33.2-1033. Contents of petition for condemnation - The contents of such petition shall comply with all statutory...

§ 33.2-1034. Removal and reinterment of remains; other proceedings - The trial court shall determine a suitable repository for reinterment...

Chapter 11 - Highway Construction Contracts and Suits; Highway Contractors' Association

§ 33.2-1100. Highway construction contracts - A. Every contractor whose bid is accepted shall, before commencing...

§ 33.2-1101. Submission of claims; initial investigation and notice of decision; appearance before Commissioner of Highways; further investigation and notice of decision; settlement - A. Upon the completion of any contract for the construction...

§ 33.2-1102. Limitation of suits on contracts - No suit or action shall be brought against the Department...

§ 33.2-1103. Civil action - As to such portion of the claim as is denied...

§ 33.2-1104. Application of article; existing contracts - The provisions of this article shall apply to all contracts...

§ 33.2-1105. Provisions of article deemed part of contract - The provisions of this article shall be deemed to enter...

§ 33.2-1106. Definitions - For the purposes of this article: "Highway contractors' association" means...

§ 33.2-1107. Statements to be furnished - Every highway contractors' association domiciled in the Commonwealth shall, upon...

§ 33.2-1108. Papers, accounts, and records open to examination by certain officers - All papers, accounts, and records of every nature of every...

§ 33.2-1109. Effect of refusal to permit or withholding from examination of papers, etc. - If any highway contractors' association, whether domiciled in Virginia or...

§ 33.2-1110. Effect of using certain methods or engaging in certain activities - If upon any such inspection or examination as is provided...

§ 33.2-1111. Certificate to be filed with bid for highway or bridge construction, etc. - Every individual, partnership, or corporation bidding upon any proposed contract...

§ 33.2-1112. Affidavit to be filed with bid upon work - Every member of any highway contractors' association who bids upon...

Chapter 12 - Outdoor Advertising in Sight of Public Highways

§ 33.2-1200. Policy; definitions - A. In order to promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment...

§ 33.2-1201. Enforcement of provisions by Commissioner of Highways - The Commissioner of Highways shall administer and enforce the provisions...

§ 33.2-1202. Territory to which article applies - The territory under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Highways...

§ 33.2-1203. Entry upon lands; hindering Commissioner of Highways or agent - The Commissioner of Highways and all employees under his direction...

§ 33.2-1204. Excepted signs, advertisements, and advertising structures - The following signs and advertisements, if securely attached to real...

§ 33.2-1205. License required of outdoor advertisers - No person shall engage or continue in the business of...

§ 33.2-1206. Revocation of license and judicial review - A. The Commissioner of Highways may after 30 days' notice...

§ 33.2-1207. Bond required from out-of-state licensee - No license to engage or continue in the business of...

§ 33.2-1208. Permits required - Except as otherwise provided in this article, no person, whether...

§ 33.2-1209. Applications for permits; fees - A. A separate application for a permit shall be made...

§ 33.2-1210. Duration and renewal of permit - Except as provided in § 33.2-1212, permits issued in accordance...

§ 33.2-1211. Revocation of permit - The Commissioner of Highways may, after 30 days' notice in...

§ 33.2-1212. Temporary permit - In any case in which an applicant for a permit...

§ 33.2-1213. Appeal from refusal or revocation of permit - Any person aggrieved by any action of the Commissioner of...

§ 33.2-1214. Transfer of licenses and permits to successor concerns - Any license or permit issued pursuant to this article may...

§ 33.2-1215. Identification of advertising structure or advertisement - The Commissioner of Highways shall require that each advertising structure...

§ 33.2-1216. Certain advertisements or structures prohibited - No advertisement or advertising structure shall be erected, maintained, or...

§ 33.2-1217. Special provisions pertaining to Interstate System, National Highway System, and federal-aid primary highways - A. Notwithstanding the territorial limitation set out in § 33.2-1202,...

§ 33.2-1218. Removal of billboard signs under this chapter prohibited without just compensation - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no billboard sign subject...

§ 33.2-1219. Maintenance and repair of nonconforming billboard signs - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, maintenance of and repairs...

§ 33.2-1220. Regulations and agreements with United States implementing § 33.2-1217 - The Board may issue regulations and is authorized to enter...

§ 33.2-1221. Selective pruning permits; fees; penalty - A. As used in this section, "local beautification project" means...

§ 33.2-1222. Tree-trimming policies - The Board shall adopt policies governing the pruning and trimming...

§ 33.2-1223. Pasting advertisements prohibited in certain instances - No advertisement shall be pasted or glued on any building,...

§ 33.2-1224. Signs or advertising on rocks, poles, etc., within limits of highway; civil penalty - Any person who in any manner (i) paints, prints, places,...

§ 33.2-1225. Commissioner of Highways may enter into certain agreements; civil penalties - A. The Commissioner of Highways may enter into agreements with...

§ 33.2-1226. Harmony of regulations - No zoning board or commission or any other public officer...

§ 33.2-1227. Violation a nuisance; abatement - Any sign, advertisement, or advertising structure that is erected, used,...

§ 33.2-1228. Disposition of fees - All moneys received by the Commissioner of Highways under the...

§ 33.2-1229. Penalties for violation - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person, firm,...

§ 33.2-1230. Adjustment or relocation of certain billboard signs - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special,...

§ 33.2-1231. Construction of article - This article shall be liberally construed with a view to...

§ 33.2-1232. Prohibition of false and misleading signs - It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or...

§ 33.2-1233. Penalty for violation of § 33.2-1232 - Any person who violates any of the provisions of §...

§ 33.2-1234. Removal of false or misleading signs by Commissioner of Highways - Whenever the Commissioner of Highways determines that a sign gives...

Chapter 13 - Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact

§ 33.2-1300. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 256, cl. 9.

Chapter 14 - Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High-Speed Rail Compact

§ 33.2-1400. Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High-Speed Rail Compact - § 1. Short title. This act shall be known and...

Chapter 15 - Transportation Funding

§ 33.2-1500. Legislative findings and purposes - The General Assembly finds that there exists in the Commonwealth...

§ 33.2-1501. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 33.2-1502. Creation of the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...

§ 33.2-1503. Eligibility and project selection - A. Any entity constituting an eligible borrower or other project...

§ 33.2-1504. Grants from the Commonwealth Transportation Board - The Board may make grants of money or property to...

§ 33.2-1505. Project obligations - A. Subject to the terms determined by the manager in...

§ 33.2-1506. Exemption from taxation; exemption from Virginia Public Procurement Act - A. The Bank will be performing an essential governmental function...

§ 33.2-1507. Reporting requirement - A. No loan or other financial assistance shall be awarded...

§ 33.2-1508. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 684, cl. 9.

§ 33.2-1509. Funds for access roads to economic development sites and airports; construction, maintenance, etc., of such roads - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be...

§ 33.2-1509.1. Moratorium on repayment of funds allocated for access roads program - Notwithstanding a resolution adopted by a locality or surety bond...

§ 33.2-1510. Fund for access roads and bikeways to public recreational areas and historical sites; construction, maintenance, etc., of such facilities - A. The General Assembly finds and declares that there is...

§ 33.2-1511. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 33.2-1512. Authorization of Notes - The Board is hereby authorized, by and with the consent...

§ 33.2-1513. Use of proceeds of Notes - A. The net proceeds of the Notes shall be used...

§ 33.2-1514. Details of Notes - A. The terms and structure of each issue of Notes...

§ 33.2-1515. Form and manner of execution; signature of person ceasing to be officer - The Notes shall be signed on behalf of the Board...

§ 33.2-1516. Authority to obtain GARVEE approval - The Board is authorized to seek any necessary approvals for...

§ 33.2-1517. Expenses - All expenses incurred under this article or in connection with...

§ 33.2-1518. Deposit of proceeds - The proceeds of each series of Notes shall be placed...

§ 33.2-1519. Other funds - The Board is hereby authorized to receive any other funds...

§ 33.2-1520. Application of project-specific reimbursements - A. In accordance with Article X, Section 7 of the...

§ 33.2-1521. Investment of proceeds and other amounts - Notes proceeds and moneys in any reserve funds and sinking...

§ 33.2-1522. Exemption from taxation - The interest income from and any profit made on the...

§ 33.2-1523. Notes as eligible securities - All Notes issued under the provisions of this article are...

§ 33.2-1524. Commonwealth Transportation Fund - A. There is hereby created in the Department of the...

§ 33.2-1524.1. Transportation Trust Fund - There is hereby created in the Department of Treasury a...

§ 33.2-1525. Administration of Transportation Trust Fund - A. The Transportation Trust Fund shall be established on the...

§ 33.2-1526. Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...

§ 33.2-1526.1. Use of the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund - A. All funds deposited pursuant to § 33.2-1524.1 into the...

§ 33.2-1526.2. Commonwealth Transit Capital Fund - A. There is hereby created in the Department of the...

§ 33.2-1526.3. (Effective until July 1, 2024) Transit Ridership Incentive Program - A. The Board shall establish the Transit Ridership Incentive Program...

§ 33.2-1526.3. (Effective July 1, 2024) Transit Ridership Incentive Program - A. The Board shall establish the Transit Ridership Incentive Program...

§ 33.2-1526.4. Commonwealth Rail Fund - A. The General Assembly declares it to be in the...

§ 33.2-1526.5. Commonwealth Port Fund - A. There is hereby created in the Department of the...

§ 33.2-1526.6. Commonwealth Aviation Fund - A. There is hereby created in the Department of the...

§ 33.2-1526.7. Commonwealth Space Flight Fund - A. There is hereby created in the Department of the...

§ 33.2-1527. Priority Transportation Fund - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...

§ 33.2-1528. Concession Payments Account - A. Concession payments to the Commonwealth deposited into the Transportation...

§ 33.2-1529. Toll Facilities Revolving Account - A. All definitions of terms in this section shall be...

§ 33.2-1529.1. Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund - A. There is hereby created the Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund...

§ 33.2-1530. Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...

§ 33.2-1531. Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...

§ 33.2-1532. Special Structure Fund - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...

Chapter 16 - Rail Funds

§ 33.2-1600. Fund for construction of industrial access railroad tracks - A. The General Assembly declares it to be in the...

§ 33.2-1601. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 1230 and 1275, cl. 4.

§ 33.2-1602. Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund - A. For the purposes of this section: "Fund" means the...

§ 33.2-1603. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 1230 and 1275, cl. 4.

§ 33.2-1604. Funds for administration of Department of Rail and Public Transportation - The Commonwealth Transportation Board may annually allocate up to 3.5...

Chapter 17 - Transportation Development and Revenue Bond Act

§ 33.2-1700. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 33.2-1701. General powers of Commonwealth Transportation Board - The Board may, subject to the provisions of this chapter:...

§ 33.2-1702. Acquisition and construction of projects - The Board shall acquire or construct, under the provisions of...

§ 33.2-1703. Purchase of projects - The Board may acquire by purchase, whenever it deems such...

§ 33.2-1704. Condemnation of projects and property - A. Whenever a reasonable price cannot be agreed upon or...

§ 33.2-1705. Improvement of projects acquired - The Board, at or before the time any such project...

§ 33.2-1706. Construction of projects - The Board may construct, whenever it deems such construction expedient,...

§ 33.2-1707. Highway connections - Upon the letting of a contract for the construction of...

§ 33.2-1708. Revenue bonds - The Board may provide by resolution, at one time or...

§ 33.2-1709. Credit of Commonwealth not pledged - A. Commonwealth of Virginia Toll Revenue Bonds issued under the...

§ 33.2-1710. Form and terms of bonds - The bonds of such issue shall be dated, shall bear...

§ 33.2-1711. No other prerequisites to issue of bonds - Such revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings...

§ 33.2-1712. Limitations and approvals for certain revenue bonds - No bonds payable from the Transportation Trust Fund revenues under...

§ 33.2-1713. Sale of bonds; bonds as legal investments - The Board may sell such bonds in such manner and...

§ 33.2-1714. Use of proceeds of sale of bonds - The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for...

§ 33.2-1715. Financing two or more projects together - The Board may, in its discretion, couple or unite into...

§ 33.2-1716. All moneys to be trust funds - All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter,...

§ 33.2-1717. Trust indenture - In the discretion of the Board, each or any issue...

§ 33.2-1718. Revenues - The Board shall fix and revise as may be necessary...

§ 33.2-1719. Reserve funds and appropriations - A. In connection with the Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Contract...

§ 33.2-1720. Sinking fund - The tolls and all other revenues derived from the project...

§ 33.2-1721. Cessation of tolls - When the particular revenue bonds issued for any project and...

§ 33.2-1722. Use of certain funds by Board - The Board may, in its discretion, use any part of...

§ 33.2-1723. Contributions - The Board, in addition to the revenues that may be...

§ 33.2-1724. Remedies of bondholders and trustee - Any holder of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of...

§ 33.2-1725. Competing bridges, ferries, and tunnels - No bridge or tunnel other than those specified in §...

§ 33.2-1726. Incidental powers of the Board - The Board may make and enter into all contracts or...

§ 33.2-1727. Revenue refunding bonds and revenue bonds for combined purposes - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and without regard...

§ 33.2-1728. Chapter provides alternative method - This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and...

§ 33.2-1729. Chapter liberally construed - This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the Commonwealth...

Chapter 18 - Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995

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