Transportation; provides revenues for construction, maintenance, and funding. (SB639)
Introduced By
Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach)
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 |
Description
Transportation construction, operation and maintenance, and funding. Provides for the construction, maintenance, and funding of transportation by (i) creating transportation construction districts and the Transportation Improvement District Fund to identify, construct, and fund certain transportation projects, including the authority to issue revenue bonds; (ii) creating the Virginia Toll Road Authority to fund transportation projects through tolls and other charges, (iii) increasing the dedicated transportation allocation of the sales and use tax from 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent, phased in over eight years, with the additional revenue dedicated for highway maintenance and operation, (iv) increasing transportation's share of year-end surpluses to 75 percent, (v) dedicating a portion of revenue growth each year to transportation, and (vi) requiring localities to create transportation plans as part of comprehensive planning.
The bill also authorizes the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to name highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities for private entities if an annual naming rights fee is paid, with the revenue dedicated to highway maintenance and operation. The bill also charges the CTB with greater responsibilities involving integration of land use and transportation planning and authorizes the CTB to withhold federal and state funds for certain local or regional capital improvement projects if those projects are inconsistent with the Statewide Transportation Plan or the Six-Year Improvement Program. Provision is made for use of "revenue-sharing" funds for secondary highway system maintenance projects carried out by local governments. The bill also provides for special allocations by the CTB for bridge reconstruction, high priority highway projects, and reconstruction of highways with particularly deteriorated pavements. It also provides for the performance of maintenance projects directly by VDOT when it can be demonstrated to the Commissioner or the CTB that VDOT can do it at lesser cost than an outside contractor. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/20/2012 | Presented and ordered printed 12101931D |
01/20/2012 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
01/25/2012 | Rereferred from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/25/2012 | Rereferred to Finance |
02/07/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (SB639) |
02/09/2012 | Reported from Finance with substitute (12-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2012 | Committee substitute printed 12105116D-S1 |
02/13/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2012 | Read second time |
02/14/2012 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/14/2012 | Committee substitute agreed to 12105116D-S1 |
02/14/2012 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB639S1 |
02/14/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2012 | Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2012 | Placed on Calendar |
02/16/2012 | Read first time |
02/16/2012 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
02/20/2012 | Reported from Finance with substitute (12-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2012 | Committee substitute printed 12105514D-H1 |
02/21/2012 | Read second time |
02/22/2012 | Read third time |
02/22/2012 | Committee substitute agreed to 12105514D-H1 |
02/22/2012 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB639H1 |
02/22/2012 | Passed House with substitute (67-Y 32-N) |
02/22/2012 | VOTE: PASSAGE (67-Y 32-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (SB639S1) |
02/24/2012 | House substitute rejected by Senate (12-Y 25-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2012 | Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2012 | House substitute rejected by Senate (11-Y 27-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2012 | House insisted on substitute |
02/27/2012 | House requested conference committee |
02/28/2012 | Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/28/2012 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/28/2012 | Senators: Wagner, Watkins, Puckett |
02/29/2012 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/29/2012 | Delegates: Lingamfelter, Jones, Dance |
03/06/2012 | Pursuant to Senate Rule 39(a) |
03/06/2012 | Passed by temporarily |
03/06/2012 | Senate requested second conference committee |
03/06/2012 | Second conferees appointed by Senate |
03/06/2012 | Senators: Wagner, Watkins, Puckett |
03/06/2012 | House acceded to request for second conference committee |
03/06/2012 | Second conferees appointed by House |
03/06/2012 | Delegates: Lingamfelter, Jones, Dance |
03/10/2012 | Conference report agreed to by House (58-Y 36-N) |
03/10/2012 | VOTE: ADOPTION (58-Y 36-N) (see vote tally) |
03/10/2012 | Conference substitute printed 12106047D-S2 |
03/10/2012 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 20-N) (see vote tally) |
03/10/2012 | Chair votes Yes |
03/15/2012 | Enrolled |
03/15/2012 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB639ER) |
03/15/2012 | Signed by Speaker |
03/17/2012 | Signed by President |
03/23/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (SB639ER) |
04/09/2012 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 733 (effective 7/1/12) |
04/09/2012 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 7 minutes.
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