Chief Executive Officer for Transportation; abolished Commonwealth Transportaion Commissioner. (SB1464)

Introduced By

Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville)

Description

Chief Executive Officer for Transportation. Abolishes the office of Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and replaces that position with a Chief Executive Officer for Transportation who takes over the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, the Director of the Department of Aviation, and the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. The Virginia Board of Aviation and the Rail Advisory Board are also abolished, and their functions transferred to the Commonwealth Transportation Commission. The composition of the Commonwealth Transportation Board is changed to remove the Secretary of Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, and the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and to provide for election of the at-large members of the Board by the General Assembly. Amends § 10.1-1425.8 (“Department of Transportation; authority and duty.”), § 15.2-2030 (“Localities may sell or lease airspace over public streets, public rights-of-way, etc., under certain conditions.”), § 15.2-2222.1 (“Coordination of state and local transportation planning.”), § 15.2-2272 (“Vacation of plat after sale of lot.”), § 15.2-3530 (“Continuation of services of Department of Transportation after consolidation.”), § 15.2-3534 (“Optional provisions of consolidation agreement.”), § 15.2-4832 (“Composition of Authority; membership; terms.”), § 15.2-5114 (“Powers of authority.”), § 15.2-5146 (“Use of state land.”), § 15.2-968.1 (“Use of photo-monitoring systems to enforce traffic light signals.”), § 2.2-200 (“Appointment of Governor\u2019s Secretaries; general powers; severance.”), § 2.2-204 (“Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional duties.”), § 2.2-211 (“Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional powers.”), § 2.2-2423 (“Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board; membership; terms; quorum; compensation and expenses.”), § 22.1-129 (“Surplus property; sale, exchange or lease of real and personal property.”), § 25.1-108 (“Offer to sell to former owner.”), § 25.1-109 (“Condemnation of lands for compensatory mitigation of wetlands.”), § 25.1-209 (“Notice of filing of petition.”), § 25.1-229 (“Selection of jurors.”), § 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.”), § 33.1-2 (“Residence requirements; statewide interest.”), § 33.1-221.1:1.1 (“Rail Enhancement Fund.”), § 33.1-221.1:8 (“Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund.”), § 33.1-223.2:21 (“Noise abatement practices and technologies.”), § 33.1-3 (“Secretary to be Chairman; Commissioner of Highways.”), § 33.1-351 (“Policy; definitions.”), § 33.1-391.2 (“Department of Rail and Public Transportation created; appointment of Director.”), § 33.1-391.3:1 (“”), § 33.1-391.5 (“Responsibilities of Department.”), § 46.2-1104 (“Reduction of limits by Commissioner of Highways and local authorities; penalties.”), § 46.2-1109 (“Widths of commercial vehicles.”), § 46.2-1110 (“Height of vehicles; damage to overhead obstruction; penalty.”), § 46.2-1112 (“Length of vehicles, generally; special permits; tractor truck semitrailer combinations, etc., operating on certain highways; penalty.”), § 46.2-1144.1 (“Overweight permits for tank wagons.”), § 46.2-1145 (“Overweight permits for certain trucks operated by Arlington County.”), § 46.2-1223 (“Authority of Commissioner to regulate parking on certain parts of State Highway System.”), § 46.2-1307 (“Designation of private roads as highways for law-enforcement purposes.”), § 46.2-1307.1 (“Designation of private roads as highways for law-enforcement purposes in Warren County.”), § 46.2-200 (“Department of Motor Vehicles.”), § 46.2-206 (“Disposition of fees.”), § 46.2-223 (“Additional powers and duties of Commissioner.”), § 46.2-224 (“Board of Transportation Safety.”), § 46.2-302 (“Driving while restoration of license is contingent on furnishing proof of financial responsibility.”), § 46.2-373 (“Report by law-enforcement officer investigating accident.”), § 46.2-675 (“Certain vehicles engaged in mining or quarrying operations; permit when such vehicle required to cross public highways.”), § 46.2-819.1 (“Installation and use of photo-monitoring system or automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with certain toll facilities; penalty.”), § 46.2-873.1 (“Maximum speed limit on nonsurface treated highways for certain counties.”), § 46.2-877 (“Minimum speed limits.”), § 46.2-878 (“Authority to change speed limits.”), § 46.2-881 (“Special speed limitation on bridges, tunnels and interstates.”), § 46.2-883 (“Signs indicating legal rate of speed and measurement of speed by radar.”), § 46.2-930 (“Loitering on bridges or highway rights-of-way.”), § 46.2-932 (“Playing on highways; use of toy vehicle on highways, persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, etc., not to attach to vehicles; exception.”), § 5.1-1 (“Definitions.”), § 5.1-2.1 (“Virginia Aviation Commission continued as Virginia Aviation Board; membership; terms; Chairman.”), § 5.1-30.9 (“Report to the General Assembly and Governor.”), § 5.1-39 (“Use, disposal and termination of rights acquired.”), § 5.1-7 (“Licensing of airports and landing areas.”), § 5.1-9.9 (“Same; duration of permits; suspension or revocation; penalty.”), § 53.1-58 (“Highway employees as guards.”), § 55-201.1 (“Pendency of escheat proceedings no bar to condemnation proceedings.”), § 56-27 (“Applications required for crossings.”), § 56-28 (“Contest by county or Commissioner of Highways.”), § 56-29 (“Change of course of highway to avoid crossings.”), § 56-32 (“Limitation on crossing rights if altering, closing or obstructing highway or stream involved.”), § 56-366.1 (“Proceedings to avoid or eliminate grade crossings by grade separation or to widen, strengthen, remodel, relocate or replace existing crossing structures on public highways.”), § 56-366.3 (“Proceedings to alter, rebuild or replace existing grade separation structure destroyed or rendered unusable.”), § 56-369 (“Elimination of public grade crossings by change of alignment of public highways or construction of replacement public highways.”), § 56-405 (“Railroad companies to maintain grade crossings of public highways and approaches; repair by Commissioner of Highways or public road authority; recovery of cost from railroad company.”), § 56-405.1 (“Agreements with Commissioner of Highways or public road authority representative for maintenance and repair of public grade crossings.”), § 56-406.1 (“Proceedings for installation and maintenance of automatically operated gates, signals and other automatic crossing warning devices.”), § 56-406.2 (“Proceeding for fixing cost of maintaining such warning devices at public grade crossings.”), § 56-458.1 (“Relocation of lines or works of certain public utilities acquired by Commonwealth Transportation Board.”), § 56-573.1 (“Procurement.”), § 63.2-611 (“Case management; support services; transitional support services.”), of the Code of Virginia. 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Outcome

1 vote