Bill Text: VA HB262 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Transportation Board; adds urban and rural at-large members.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-22 - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 6-N) [HB262 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB262-Prefiled.html
12103411D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§33.1-1 and 33.1-2 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §33.1-1. State Highway and Transportation Board continued as Commonwealth Transportation Board; number and terms of members; removal from office; Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner continued as Commissioner of Highways; vacancies. The State Highway and Transportation Board, formerly known as the State Highway and Transportation Commission, is continued and shall hereafter be known as the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Wherever either "Commission" or "Board" is used in this title referring to the State Highway and Transportation Board or the State Highway and Transportation Commission, it shall mean the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The Board shall consist of The Secretary of Transportation shall serve as Chairman of the Board. The Secretary shall have voting privileges only in the event of a tie. The Commissioner of Highways shall serve as Vice-Chairman of the Board. The Commissioner shall have voting privileges only in the event of a tie when he is presiding during the absence of the Chairman. The Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation shall serve without a vote. Whenever in this title and in the Code of Virginia "State Highway Commission" or "State Highway and Transportation Board" is used, it shall mean "Commonwealth Transportation Board"; "State Highway Commissioner" or "State Highway and Transportation Commissioner" or "Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner" shall mean Commissioner of Highways; and all references to "Department of Highways and Transportation" shall refer to the Department of Transportation. §33.1-2. Residence requirements; statewide interest. Of such Board, one member shall be a resident of the territory
now included in the Bristol construction district, one in the Salem
construction district, one in the Lynchburg construction district, one in the
Staunton construction district, one in the Culpeper construction district, one
in the Fredericksburg construction district, one in the Richmond construction
district, one in the Hampton Roads construction district and one in the
Northern Virginia construction district. The remaining |