Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds. (SJ217)

Introduced By

Sen. Dick Black (R-Leesburg) with support from co-patrons Del. Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), and Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, and other funds established by general law for transportation. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2016, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, alters the revenues dedicated to the Funds. The amendment limits the use of Fund moneys to transportation and related purposes. The amendment specifies that the General Assembly may borrow from the Funds for other purposes only by a vote of two-thirds plus one of the members voting in each house and that the loan must be repaid with reasonable interest within four years. Read the Bill »

Status

01/20/2015: passed committee

History

DateAction
11/21/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101120D
11/21/2014Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/20/2015Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally)
01/20/2015Committee substitute printed 15104050D-S1
01/21/2015Incorporates SJ219
01/21/2015Incorporates SJ255
01/22/2015Reading waived (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2015Read second time
01/23/2015Reading of substitute waived
01/23/2015Committee substitute agreed to 15104050D-S1
01/23/2015Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SJ217S1
01/26/2015Read third time
01/26/2015Rejected by Senate (17-Y 22-N) (see vote tally)

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 10 minutes.