VA HB2085 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Transit funding. Raises the existing regional transportation fee, a grantor's tax, from $0.15 per $100 to $0.20 per $100 for localities in the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority that are also members of the Northern Virginia Transportation District. The bill requires half of the revenues to be deposited in the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Fund and half to be deposited in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Capital Fund. The rate of tax in the other localities will remain at $0.15 per $100, with one-third of the revenues to be retained by the locality to be used for transportation purposes and the other two-thirds to be deposited in the Northern Virginia Transportation District Fund. The bill also raises the existing transient occupancy tax in the localities located in the Northern Virginia Transportation District from $2 to $3, with all of the revenues from the tax being used to support WMATA.

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Title

Transit funding; raises the existing regional transportation fee, etc.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-05HouseLeft in Rules
2019-01-07HouseReferred to Committee on Rules
2019-01-07HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101608D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
3322509(n/a)See Bill Text
5811743(n/a)See Bill Text
581802.3(n/a)See Bill Text

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Bill Comments

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