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2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 33 - Williamsburg Area Transit Authority › § 33.2-3306. Payment to members of Authority

The members of the Authority may be paid for their services compensation in either (i) the amount provided in the general appropriation act for members of the General Assembly engaged in legislative business between sessions or (ii) a lesser amount as determined by the Authority. Members may be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825, if approved by the Authority. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Authority.
2006, c. 179, § 15.2-6807; 2015, c. 256.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 33 - Williamsburg Area Transit Authority › § 33.2-3308. Other duties and responsibilities of Authority

In addition to other powers herein granted, the Authority shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
1. General oversight of Williamsburg area programs involving mass transit or congestion mitigation;
2. Long-range transit planning in the Williamsburg area, both financially constrained and financially unconstrained;
3. Recommending to state, regional, and federal agencies regional transit priorities, including public-private transit projects and funding allocations;
4. Allocating to priority regional transit projects any funds made available to the Authority and, at the discretion of the Authority, directly overseeing such projects;
5. Recommending to the Commonwealth Transportation Board priority regional transit projects for receipt of federal and state funds;
6. Serving as an advocate for the transit needs of the Williamsburg area before the state and federal governments;
7. Applying to and negotiating with the government of the United States, the Commonwealth, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for grants and any other funds available to carry out the purposes of this chapter and receiving, holding, accepting, and administering from any source gifts, bequests, grants, aid, or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value to be held, used, and applied to carry out the purposes of this chapter subject, however, to any conditions upon which gifts, bequests, grants, aid, or contributions are made. Unless otherwise restricted by the terms of the gift, bequest, or grant, the Authority may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of such money, securities, or other property given or bequeathed to it in furtherance of its purposes.
2006, c. 179, § 15.2-6809; 2015, c. 256.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 34 - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Fund › § 33.2-3400. Definitions

As used in this chapter:
"Fund" means the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Fund.
"NVTC" means the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.
"WMATA" means the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
2018, cc. 854, 856.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 34 - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Fund › § 33.2-3401. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Fund

A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund for the benefit of the Northern Virginia Transportation District to be known as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Fund. The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All revenues dedicated to the Fund pursuant to §§ 33.2-2400, 33.2-3404, 58.1-802.3, 58.1-1741, 58.1-1743, and 58.1-2299.20 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund as set forth in subsection B and shall be used for the payment of capital purposes incurred, or to be incurred, by WMATA. Interest on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. The Comptroller shall disburse funds to WMATA on a monthly basis if NVTC has provided the certification required by subsection B of § 33.2-3402.
B. 1. Within the Fund, there shall be established a separate, segregated account into which revenues dedicated to the Fund pursuant to §§ 33.2-2400 and 58.1-1741 shall be deposited (the Restricted Account). Revenues deposited into the Restricted Account shall be available for use by WMATA for capital purposes other than for the payment of, or security for, debt service on bonds or other indebtedness of WMATA.
2. Within the Fund, there shall be established a separate, segregated account into which revenues dedicated to the Fund pursuant to §§ 33.2-3404, 58.1-802.3, 58.1-1743, and 58.1-2299.20 shall be deposited (the Non-Restricted Account). Revenues deposited into the Non-Restricted Account shall be available for use by WMATA for capital purposes, including for the payment of, or security for, debt service on bonds or other indebtedness of WMATA, or for any other WMATA capital purposes.
C. The amounts deposited into the Fund and the distribution and expenditure of such amounts shall not be used to calculate or reduce the share of federal, state, or local revenues otherwise available to participating jurisdictions. Further, such revenues and moneys shall not be included in any computation of, or formula for, a locality's ability to pay for public education, upon which appropriations of state revenues to local governments for public education are determined.
2018, cc. 854, 856.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 34 - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Fund › § 33.2-3402. NVTC oversight

A. In any year that funds are deposited into the Fund, the NVTC shall request certain documents and reports from WMATA to confirm the benefits of the WMATA system to persons living, traveling, commuting, and working in the localities that the NVTC comprises. Such documents and reports shall include:
1. WMATA's annual capital budget;
2. WMATA's annual independent financial audit;
3. WMATA's National Transit Data annual profile; and
4. Single audit reports issued in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principals, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 C.F.R. Part 200).
B. NVTC shall be responsible for coordinating the delivery of such documents and reports with WMATA. Funding of the Commonwealth to support WMATA pursuant to § 33.2-1526.1 shall be contingent on WMATA providing the documents and reports described in subsection A, and NVTC shall provide annual certification to the Comptroller that such documents and reports have been received.
2018, cc. 854, 856.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 34 - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Fund › § 33.2-3403. NVTC report

By December 15 of each year that funds are deposited into the Fund, NVTC shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the performance and condition of WMATA. Such report shall contain, at a minimum, documentation of the following:
1. The safety and reliability of the rapid heavy rail mass transportation system and bus network;
2. The financial performance of WMATA related to the operations of the rapid heavy rail mass transportation system, including farebox recovery, service per rider, and cost per service hour;
3. The financial performance of WMATA related to the operations of the bus mass transportation system, including farebox recovery, service per rider, and cost per service hour;
4. Potential strategies to reduce the growth in such costs and to improve the efficiency of WMATA operations;
5. Use of the funds provided from the Fund to improve the safety and condition of the rapid heavy rail mass transportation system; and
6. Ridership of the rapid heavy rail mass transportation system and the bus mass transportation system.
2018, cc. 854, 856; 2020, c. 792.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 34 - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Fund › § 33.2-3404. Local transportation support for WMATA

A. Each county or city that (i) is located in a transportation district that as of January 1, 2018, meets the criteria established in § 33.2-1936 and (ii) has financial obligations to a transit system that operates a rapid heavy rail mass transit system operating on an exclusive right-of-way that is funded and controlled in part by such transportation district shall annually pay to the Fund an amount as determined by subsection B.
B. The amount to be paid by each local government pursuant to subsection A shall be determined by multiplying $27.12 million by a fraction the numerator of which shall be such local government's share of capital funding for WMATA and the denominator of which shall be the total share of capital funding for WMATA for all local governments in the Commonwealth.
C. A locality subject to subsection A shall pay the amount determined by subsection B by transferring a portion of the revenues received pursuant to subsection B of § 33.2-2510 to the Fund. However, in any fiscal year in which a locality subject to subsection A has adopted a budget and a corresponding resolution to provide the amount of funds determined pursuant to subsection B from a source other than the revenues received pursuant to subsection B of § 33.2-2510, such locality may provide the funds for that fiscal year from such other source, and shall not be required to transfer funds received pursuant to subdivision B of § 33.2-2510.
2018, cc. 854, 856.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 35 - Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund › § 33.2-3501. Use of revenues in the Fund

A. The transportation districts described in subsection B of § 33.2-3500 shall administer and expend, or commit, funds from the Fund to support the cost of operating commuter rail service; acquiring, leasing, or improving railways or railroad equipment, rolling stock, rights-of-way, or facilities; or assisting other appropriate entities to acquire, lease, or improve railways or railroad equipment, rolling stock, rights-of-way, or facilities for commuter rail transportation purposes whenever such transportation districts have determined that such acquisition, lease, or improvement is for the common good of a region of the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth as a whole. Funds provided in this section may also be used as matching funds for federal grants to support commuter rail projects.
B. Capital projects, including tracks and facilities constructed, and property, equipment, and rolling stock purchased, with funds from the Fund pursuant to this section shall be owned, leased, or otherwise subject to the continuing use of the transportation districts described in subsection B of § 33.2-3500 for the useful life of the projects and property, equipment, and rolling stock, as determined by such transportation districts, and shall be made available for use by all commuter rail operations and common carriers using the railway system to which they connect under the trackage rights or operating agreements between the parties. Such transportation districts may transfer ownership of any tracks or property to the Commonwealth. Projects undertaken pursuant to this section shall be limited to those providing benefits to a region of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth as a whole, or an adjacent jurisdiction served by commuter rail originating in the Commonwealth.
2018, cc. 854, 856.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 35 - Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund › § 33.2-3502. Authority to issue bonds

The transportation districts described in subsection B of § 33.2-3500 may issue bonds and other evidences of debt as may be authorized by this section or other law. The provisions of Article 5 (§ 33.2-1920 et seq.) of Chapter 19 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the issuance of such bonds or other debt. The Authority may issue bonds or other debt in such amounts as it deems appropriate. The bonds may be supported by any funds available in the Fund, provided that the total amount of debt service for all outstanding bonds may not exceed 66 percent of the revenues dedicated to the Fund pursuant to § 58.1-2299.20.
2018, cc. 854, 856.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 36 - Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program and Fund › § 33.2-3600. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Committee" means the Interstate 81 Committee established pursuant to § 33.2-3603.
"Fund" means the Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund.
"Interstate 81 corridor" means Interstate 81, Route 11, and other parallel highways, parallel railways, and related transportation facilities that help move people and goods.
"Plan" means the Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Plan adopted by the Board on December 5, 2018, and any updates or amendments made thereto in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
"Program" means an Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program.
2019, cc. 837, 846.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 36 - Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program and Fund › § 33.2-3601. Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund

A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund. The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All revenues dedicated to the Fund pursuant to §§ 33.2-372 and 58.1-2299.20, any other funds that may be appropriated by the General Assembly, and any funds that may be received for credit to the Fund from any other sources shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund.
B. Moneys in the Fund shall be used only for capital, operating, and other improvement costs identified in the Plan.
C. The amounts deposited into the Fund and the distribution and expenditure of such amounts shall not be used to calculate or reduce the share of federal, state, or local revenues otherwise available to jurisdictions along the Interstate 81 corridor. Further, such revenues and moneys shall not be included in any computation of, or formula for, a locality's ability to pay for public education, upon which appropriations of state revenues to local governments for public education are determined.
2019, cc. 837, 846; 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 36 - Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program and Fund › § 33.2-3602. Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program; report

A. The Board shall adopt an Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program. The Program shall, at a minimum:
1. Allocate year by year the revenues, if any, from the Fund and bond proceeds, if any, backed by the Fund to projects and strategies identified in the Plan adopted by the Board;
2. Include a financing plan to support such allocation; and
3. Include a schedule for all new projects and strategies identified in the Plan adopted by the Board.
B. Prior to the adoption of such Program, the Board shall review the recommendations of and consult with the Committee.
C. The Board shall update the Program annually by July 1.
D. By December 15 of each year, the Board shall report to the General Assembly regarding the status and progress of implementation of the Program. The report shall be submitted to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Transportation and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and on Transportation. Prior to the submission of such report each year, the Board shall consult with the Committee. The report shall include, at a minimum:
1. The safety and performance of the Interstate 81 corridor, including the number of incidents, the average duration of incidents, the number and average duration of incidents involving lane closures, and the person-hours of delay along the Interstate 81 corridor;
2. An assessment of the effectiveness of the operational strategies and capital projects implemented and funded through the Program;
3. The status of capital projects funded through the Program; and
4. The current and projected balances of the Fund.
2019, cc. 837, 846.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 36 - Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program and Fund › § 33.2-3603. Interstate 81 Committee

A. The Board shall establish an Interstate 81 Committee.
B. The purpose of the Committee shall be to provide advice and recommendations to the Board regarding (i) the development of the Program pursuant to § 33.2-3602 and (ii) updates to the Plan pursuant to § 33.2-3604.
C. The Committee shall hold at least four meetings each year and consult with interested stakeholders. The Committee's meetings shall rotate among locations in Planning Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
D. The Committee shall be composed of 15 voting members and two ex officio members as follows:
1. The chairs of planning district commissions for Planning Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, or in the discretion of a chairman, his designee, who shall be a current elected official serving on such commission;
2. Four members of the House of Delegates, each of whom resides in Planning District 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. None of the four members shall live in the same planning district;
3. Three members of the Senate, each of whom resides in Planning District 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. None of the three members shall live in the same planning district;
4. The three members of the Board representing the Bristol, Salem, and Staunton highway construction districts; and
5. The Commissioner of Highways and the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation shall serve ex officio with nonvoting privileges.
E. The Committee shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.
F. All members of the Committee shall serve terms coincident with their terms in office or position. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
G. The Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation shall support the Committee, as appropriate.
2019, cc. 837, 846.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 36 - Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program and Fund › § 33.2-3604. Updates to the Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Plan; requirements

A. The Board, in consultation with the Committee and with the support of the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment, shall regularly update the Plan. In updating the Plan, the Board and Committee shall, at a minimum:
1. Analyze existing conditions of the Interstate 81 corridor to identify key needs related to safety, congestion, and incident-related delays;
2. Identify potential improvements to address the needs identified pursuant to subdivision 1, including roadway improvements, multimodal improvements, speed enforcement strategies, operational strategies, and upgrades to adjacent and parallel transportation facilities;
3. Prioritize potential improvements in a manner consistent with § 33.2-214.1;
4. Identify corridor-wide incident management strategies;
5. Analyze and review truck parking needs along the Interstate 81 corridor;
6. Hold public meetings throughout the Interstate 81 corridor; and
7. Consider any other items deemed appropriate by the Board.
B. Technical assistance shall be provided to the Board by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Department of State Police. All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Board to fulfill the requirements of this section, upon request.
2019, cc. 837, 846.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 36 - Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program and Fund › § 33.2-3605. Continuing responsibilities of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and Department of Transportation

The Board shall allocate funding to, and the Department shall perform or cause to be performed, all maintenance and operation of bridges, tunnels, and roadways and shall perform such other required services and activities with respect to such bridges, tunnels, and roadways as were being performed on July 1, 2019.
2019, cc. 837, 846.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3702. Central Virginia Transportation Authority created

The Central Virginia Transportation Authority is hereby created as a body politic and as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The Authority shall embrace each county, city, and town located in Planning District 15, which is established pursuant to Chapter 42 (§ 15.2-4200 et seq.) of Title 15.2.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3703. Composition of Authority

The Authority shall consist of 18 members as follows:
1. The chief elected officer, or his designee, of the governing body of each of the counties embraced by the Authority;
2. The chief elected officer, or his designee, of the City of Richmond and the Town of Ashland;
3. One member of the House of Delegates who resides in a county or city embraced by the Authority, appointed by the Speaker of the House, and one member of the Senate who resides in a county or city embraced by the Authority, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules;
4. A member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board who resides in a locality embraced by the Authority and is appointed by the Governor; and
5. The following six persons serving ex officio as nonvoting members of the Authority: the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, or his designee; the Commissioner of Highways, or his designee; the Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority, or his designee; the Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC); the Chief Executive Officer of the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority; and the Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Region Airport Commission.
All members of the Authority shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. If a member of the Authority who represents a locality as provided in subdivision 1 or 2 is unable to attend a meeting of the Authority, he may designate another current elected official of such governing body to attend such meeting of the Authority. Such designation shall be for the purposes of one meeting and shall be submitted in writing or electronically to the Chairman of the Authority at least 48 hours prior to the affected meeting.
The Authority shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its voting membership.
The Auditor of Public Accounts, or his legally authorized representatives, shall annually audit the financial accounts of the Authority, and the cost of such audit shall be borne by the Authority.
2020, c. 1235; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 142; 2022, cc. 189, 190.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3704. Staff

The Authority may employ a chief executive officer and such staff as it shall determine to be necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities under this chapter. No such person shall contemporaneously serve as a member of the Authority. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation shall make their employees available to assist the Authority, upon request.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3705. Decisions of the Authority

A majority of voting members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum. Vacancies shall not be considered in the establishment of a quorum. Votes of the chief elected officers of localities, or their designees, appointed to the Authority shall be weighted, based upon population of the locality, as follows: (i) the chief elected officers, or their designees, from the Counties of Chesterfield and Henrico and the City of Richmond shall each receive four votes; (ii) the chief elected officer, or his designee, from the County of Hanover shall receive three votes; (iii) the chief elected officers, or their designees, from the Counties of Goochland, New Kent, and Powhatan shall each receive two votes; and (iv) the chief elected officers, or their designees, from the Town of Ashland and the County of Charles City shall each receive one vote. The Delegate and Senator appointed to the Authority and the member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board appointed by the Governor shall each receive one vote. Decisions of the Authority shall require an affirmative vote of those present and voting whose votes represent at least four-fifths of the population embraced by the Authority; however, no motion to fund a specific facility or service shall fail because of this population criterion if such facility or service is not located or to be located or provided or to be provided within the county or city whose chief elected officer's or elected official's, or its respective designee's, sole negative vote caused the facility or service to fail to meet the population criterion. The population of counties and cities embraced by the Authority shall be the population as determined by the most recently preceding decennial census, except that on July 1 of the fifth year following such census, the population of each county and city shall be adjusted, based on population estimates made by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service of the University of Virginia.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3706. Annual budget and allocation of expenses

A. The Authority shall adopt an annual budget and develop a funding plan to be supported by the revenues allocated under subdivision D 1 of § 33.2-3701 and shall provide for such development and adoption in its bylaws. The funding plan shall provide for the expenditure of funds for transportation purposes over a four-to-six-year period and shall align with the Statewide Transportation Plan established pursuant to § 33.2-353, the long-range transportation plan of Planning District 15, or the long-range transportation plans of participating localities as much as possible. The Authority shall solicit public comment on its budget and funding plan by posting a summary of such budget and funding plan on its website and holding a public hearing. Such public hearing shall be advertised on the Authority's website and in a newspaper of general circulation in Planning District 15.
B. The administrative and operating expenses of the Authority shall be provided in an annual budget adopted by the Authority and to the extent funds for such expenses are not provided from other sources shall be paid from the Fund. Such budget shall be limited solely to the administrative and operating expenses of the Authority and shall not include any funds for construction or acquisition of transportation facilities or the maintenance or performance of any transportation service.
C. Members may be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825, if approved by the Authority. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Authority.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3707. Authority to issue bonds

The Authority may issue bonds and other evidences of debt as may be authorized by this section or other law. The provisions of Article 5 (§ 33.2-1920 et seq.) of Chapter 19 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the issuance of such bonds or other debt. The Authority may issue bonds or other debt in such amounts as it deems appropriate. The bonds may be supported by any funds available.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3709. Additional Powers of the Authority

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this title and in accordance with all applicable federal statutes and requirements, the Authority shall control and operate and may impose and collect tolls in amounts established by the Authority for the use of any new or improved highway, bridge, or tunnel, to increase capacity on such facility or to address congestion within Planning District 15, constructed by the Commission (i) with federal, state, or local funds, (ii) solely with revenues of the Authority, or (iii) with revenues under the control of the Authority. The amount of any such toll may be varied from facility to facility, by lane, by congestion levels, by day of the week, by time of day, by type or size of vehicle, by number of axles, or by any similar combination thereof or any other factor the Authority may deem proper, and a reduced rate may be established for commuters as defined by the Authority. All such tolls shall be used for programs and projects that are reasonably related to or benefit the users of the new or improved highway, bridge, or tunnel, including, but not limited to, for the debt service and other costs of bonds whose proceeds are used for construction or improvement of such highway, bridge, or tunnel.
Any tolls imposed by the Authority shall be collected by an electronic toll system that, to the extent possible, shall not impede the traffic flow of the facility or prohibit a toll facility from retaining means of nonautomated toll collection in some lanes of the facility. For all facilities tolled by the Authority, there shall be signs erected prior to the point of toll collection that clearly state how the majority of the toll revenue is being spent by the Authority to benefit the users of the facility.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3710. Authority a responsible public entity under Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995

The Authority is a responsible public entity as defined in § 33.2-1800 and shall be regulated in accordance with the terms of the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (§ 33.2-1800 et seq.) and regulations and guidelines adopted pursuant thereto.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3711. Continuing responsibilities of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the Department of Transportation

Except as otherwise explicitly provided in this chapter, until such time as the Authority and the Department of Transportation, or the Authority and the Commonwealth Transportation Board, agree otherwise in writing, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall allocate funding to and the Department of Transportation shall perform or cause to be performed all maintenance and operation of the bridges and roadways and shall perform such other required services and activities with respect to such bridges and roadways as were being performed on July 1, 2020.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3712. Continued responsibilities for local transit funding

No locality embraced by the Authority shall reduce its local funding for public transit by more than 50 percent of what it appropriated for public transit as of July 1, 2019. Starting in fiscal year 2023, the amount required to be provided by a locality pursuant to this section shall be adjusted annually based on the greater of (i) the change in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the U.S. Department of Labor for the previous year, or (ii) zero.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 37 - Central Virginia Transportation Authority › § 33.2-3713. Use of revenues by the Authority

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, all moneys received by the Authority shall be used by the Authority solely for the benefit of those counties, cities, and towns that are embraced by the Authority, and such moneys shall be used by the Authority in a manner that is consistent with the purposes stated in this chapter.
2020, c. 1235.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3800. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Authority" means a regional passenger rail station authority created pursuant to this chapter.
"Board" means the board of directors of the authority.
"Facility" means any structure, including real estate and improvements, used for operating passenger rail service and complementary activities. "Facility" includes structures that are not owned by the authority or its members but are subject to a cooperative arrangement pursuant to subdivision 13 of § 15.2-6405.
"Governing bodies" means the county boards of supervisors, city and town councils, and boards of visitors of institutions of higher education that are members of the authority.
"Members" means the counties, cities, towns, and institutions of higher education that comprise the authority.
"Region" means Planning District 4.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3801. Findings; purpose; governmental function

The General Assembly finds that the creation of a regional passenger rail station authority will enable the members to cost share an economic development asset that is not affordable to individual members. A passenger rail station authority will directly benefit and enhance the economic base of the members by allowing the development, ownership, and operation of a facility on a cooperative basis. The exercise of powers granted by this chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of the inhabitants of the region and other areas of the Commonwealth, for the increase of their commerce, and for the promotion of their safety, health, welfare, convenience, and prosperity.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3802. Creation of the authority

The governing bodies of any three or more members within the region may, by ordinance, create a regional passenger rail station authority. The ordinance adopted by each participating governing body shall (i) set forth the name of the proposed passenger rail station authority, which shall include the words "passenger rail station authority"; (ii) name the members; (iii) contain findings that the economic growth and development of the member and the comfort, convenience, and welfare of its citizens require the development of facilities and that the creation of a regional passenger rail station authority will facilitate development of the needed facilities; and (iv) authorize the execution of an agreement establishing the respective rights and obligations of the members regarding the authority consistent with the provisions of this chapter. In the case of a member institution of higher education, the governing body shall adopt a resolution that includes such information and intent. Such ordinances, or resolutions, shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Upon certification by the Secretary of the Commonwealth that the ordinances and resolutions required by this chapter have been filed and, upon the basis of the facts set forth therein, satisfy such requirements, the proposed authority shall be and constitute an authority for all of the purposes of this chapter, to be known and designated by the name stated in the ordinances. Upon the issuance of such certificate, the authority shall be deemed to have been lawfully and properly created and established and authorized to exercise its powers under this chapter. At any time, subsequent to the creation of an authority under this chapter, the members of the authority may, with the approval of the authority's board, be expanded to include any locality or institution of higher education within the region that was eligible to be an initial member of the authority. The governing body seeking to become a member of the authority shall evidence its intent to become a member by adopting an ordinance proposing to join the authority that conforms, to the extent possible, to the requirements for an ordinance set forth in clauses (i), (iii), and (iv).
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3804. Office of authority; title to property

A. The principal office of the authority shall be within the boundaries of Planning District 4. All records of the authority shall be kept at such office.
B. The title to all property of every kind belonging to the authority shall be titled to the authority and shall be held for the benefit of its members.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3806. Donations to authority; remittance of tax revenue

Authority members are hereby authorized to lend or donate money or other property to the authority for any of its purposes. The member making the grant or loan may restrict the use of such grants or loans to a specific facility owned by the authority, within or outside the geographical area of the member.
The governing body of the member in which a facility owned by the authority is located may direct, by resolution or ordinance, that all tax revenue collected with respect to the facility shall be remitted to the authority. Such revenues may be used for the payment of debt service on bonds of the authority and other obligations of the authority incurred with respect to such facility. The action of such governing body shall not constitute a pledge of credit or taxing power of such member.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3807. Revenue sharing agreements

Notwithstanding the requirements of Chapter 34 (§ 15.2-3400 et seq.) of Title 15.2, the members may agree to a revenue and economic growth-sharing arrangement with respect to tax revenues and other income and revenues generated by any facility owned by the authority. Such members may be located in any jurisdiction participating in the Appalachian Region Interstate Compact or a similar agreement of interstate cooperation for economic development authorized by law. The obligations of the parties to any such agreement shall not be construed to be debt within the meaning of Article VII, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia. Any such agreement shall be approved by a majority vote of the governing bodies of the members reaching such an agreement but shall not require any other approval.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3808. Applicability of land use regulations

In any locality where planning, zoning, and development regulations may apply, the authority shall comply with and is subject to those regulations to the same extent as a private commercial or industrial enterprise.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3810. Investment in bonds

Any financial institution, investment company, insurance company, or association, and any personal representative, guardian, trustee, or other fiduciary, may legally invest any moneys belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued by the authority.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3811. Bonds exempt from taxation

The authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments of any kind whatsoever, and its bonds, their transfer, the interest payable on them, and any income derived from them, including any profit realized in their sale or exchange, shall be exempt at all times from every kind and nature of taxation by the Commonwealth or by any of its political subdivisions, municipal corporations, or public agencies of any kind.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3812. Tax revenues of the Commonwealth or any other political subdivisions not pledged

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the pledging of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth, or any of its revenues, or the faith and credit of any other political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or any of its revenues, for the payment of any bonds issued by the authority.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3813. Forms of accounts and records; audit of same

The accounts and records of the authority showing the receipt and disbursement of funds from whatever source derived shall be in such form as the Auditor of Public Accounts prescribes, provided that such accounts correspond as nearly as possible to the accounts and records for such matters maintained by corporate enterprises. The accounts and records of the authority shall be subject to audit pursuant to § 30-140, and the costs of such audit services shall be borne by the authority. The authority's fiscal year shall be the same as the Commonwealth's.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3814. Tort liability

No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed on the Commonwealth or on any other political subdivision of the Commonwealth because of any act, agreement, contract, tort, malfeasance, or nonfeasance by or on the part of the authority, its agents, servants, or employees.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 38 - New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority › § 33.2-3815. Dissolution of authority

A member of the authority may withdraw from the authority only upon dissolution of the authority as set forth herein. Whenever the board determines that the purpose for which the authority was created has been substantially fulfilled or is impractical or impossible to accomplish and that all obligations incurred by the authority have been paid or that cash or a sufficient amount of United States government securities has been deposited for their payment, or provisions satisfactory for the timely payment of all its outstanding obligations have been arranged, the board may adopt resolutions declaring and finding that the authority shall be dissolved. Appropriate attested copies of such resolutions shall be delivered to the Governor so that legislation dissolving such authority may be introduced in the General Assembly. The dissolution of the authority shall become effective according to the terms of such legislation. The title to all funds and other property owned by such authority at the time of such dissolution shall vest in the members that have contributed to the authority in proportion to their respective contributions.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 353, 354.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 34 - Homestead and Other Exemptions › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › § 34-1. Definitions

As used in this title, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Creditor process" means all methods used by creditors to collect unsecured debts.
"Debt" means a legally enforceable monetary obligation or liability of any individual whether arising out of a contract or otherwise, but not an obligation resulting from an intentional tort.
"Exempt" means protected from all forms of creditor process.
"Exemption" means protection from all forms of creditor process.
"Homestead exemption" means that exemption created by § 34-4.
"Householder" means any resident of Virginia.
"Laboring person" means any person who receives wages for his services.
Code 1919, § 6566; 1974, c. 272; 1978, c. 253; 1979, c. 674; 1990, c. 942.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 34 - Homestead and Other Exemptions › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › § 34-2. Injunction restraining sale of exempted property or garnishment of wages

An injunction may be awarded to enjoin the sale of any property exempt under the provisions of this title, and to prevent the wages exempted by § 34-29 from being garnisheed or otherwise collected by an execution creditor.
Code 1919, § 6565.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 34 - Homestead and Other Exemptions › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › § 34-3. Articles not exempt from taxes or levies or for their purchase price

The exemptions under §§ 34-4, 34-4.1, 34-26, 34-27, 34-29, and 64.2-311 shall not extend to distress or lien for state or local taxes or levies, nor to levy, distress, or lien for the purchase price of any articles claimed as exempt or any part of the price thereof nor for fines and damages or either arising from trespass by animals under § 55.1-2810 as to such animal so trespassing. If an article purchased and not paid for is exchanged or converted into other property of the debtor, such property shall not be exempt from payment of the unpaid purchase money debt.
Code 1919, § 6563; 1990, c. 942; 1996, c. 323.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 34 - Homestead and Other Exemptions › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › § 34-3.1. Property specified in Bankruptcy Reform Act not exempt

No individual may exempt from the property of the estate in any bankruptcy proceeding the property specified in subsection (d) of § 522 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act (Public Law 95-598), except as may otherwise be expressly permitted under this title.
1979, c. 692.