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§ 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...