HB2737: Amtrak or intercity passenger rail stations; rail signage.


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to direct the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to evaluate rail signage options; report.
[H 2737]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Department of Rail and Public Transportation (Department), in conjunction with all relevant stakeholders, shall evaluate the placement and maintenance of highway signs to (i) indicate the presence and direction of nearby Amtrak or intercity passenger rail stations and (ii) promote the use of such services and shall evaluate the cost and potential funding sources for such signs. The Department shall consult relevant stakeholders to create an inventory of existing Amtrak highway signs and review Amtrak signage in other states, including the "by train" signs in North Carolina. The Department shall report its findings to the Secretary of Transportation and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by December 1, 2019.


HOUSE BILL NO. 2737
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation
on January 29, 2019)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Bagby)
A BILL to direct the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to evaluate rail signage options; report.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Department of Rail and Public Transportation (Department), in conjunction with all relevant stakeholders, shall evaluate the placement and maintenance of highway signs to (i) indicate the presence and direction of nearby Amtrak or intercity passenger rail stations and (ii) promote the use of such services and shall evaluate the cost and potential funding sources for such signs. The Department shall consult relevant stakeholders to create an inventory of existing Amtrak highway signs and review Amtrak signage in other states, including the "by train" signs in North Carolina. The Department shall report its findings to the Secretary of Transportation and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by December 1, 2019.

HOUSE BILL NO. 2737

Offered January 16, 2019
A BILL to direct the Department of Transportation to install and maintain signage for Amtrak or intercity passenger rail stations.
Patron-- Bagby

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, shall place and maintain appropriate signs along highways indicating the presence and direction of nearby Amtrak or intercity passenger rail stations. In designing such signs, the Department of Transportation shall review Amtrak signage in other states, including the "by train" signs in North Carolina. The costs associated with the design, placement, and maintenance of such signs shall be paid by the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund (§ 33.2-1603 of the Code of Virginia). All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Department of Transportation, upon request.