Virginia House Bill 1071 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Transportation
Pending: House Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Nonpayment of electronic tolls; civil actions. Provides that no action to recover an unpaid electronic toll shall be brought until at least 120 days have elapsed from the date of the violation. Any such action shall only be brought in the locality in which the vehicle is registered, if registered in the Commonwealth, or in the locality in which the violation occurred, if the vehicle is registered outside the Commonwealth. No judgment resulting from such action shall exceed five times the amount of the unpaid toll, including administrative fees and penalties. The bill provides for a one-year statute of limitations for all toll violations. The bill requires toll facilities that do not offer manual toll collection to accept cash at a physical location or by electronic funds transfer within 72 hours of the unpaid toll. The bill requires such toll operator to display signage notifying drivers of alternative routes that are not tolled and that payment in cash may be accepted within 72 hours of the unpaid toll.

Electronic tolls; nonpayment civil actions.

Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Mark Cole [R]
Del. Daun Hester [D]	Del. Matthew James [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]
Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]
Del. Jeion Ward [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Transportation
2016-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-21	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
2016-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2016-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101937D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	819.3:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB1071
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB1071+hil