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HB94: Secondary highway system; allocates construction funds among counties based on population.
Chief Patron
Del.
Paul Nichols (D-51)
Paul Nichols
(D-51)
Woodbridge, VA
Served: 2008–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
02/07/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee
Summary
Secondary highway system construction allocations. Allocates construction funds among the counties in the state secondary highway system solely on the basis of population. Presently, allocations are made on the basis of population (80%) and area (20%).
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Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/23/2008, 01/23/2008, 01/24/2008, 01/24/2008, 01/28/2008, 02/01/2008, 02/01/2008, 02/07/2008 and 02/07/2008.
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Comments
So there's no need to consider the size of a county when considering how much funding to provide for their roads? Is it possible that large counties need longer roads?
What a terrible proposal.
I can't see any way that this would be fair. I live in a county that would probably do pretty well under this, but there are lots of really massive counties with low populations (Buckingham comes to mind) who need to maintain pretty sizable road networks. Surely there's a funding algorithm that can be arrived at using hard data on roads and populations per county. This sort of throwing-darts approach is no good.
Sounds like U.T. to me. Urban tyranny.
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