Bill Text: VA HB1254 | 2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Bridges; state of good repair, allocation of funds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415) [HB1254 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1254-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §33.2-369 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§33.2-369. State of good repair.
A. As used in For purposes of this section,
"state:
"General condition rating" means a rating of a major bridge component collected in accordance with 23 C.F.R. §650.315, as may be amended.
"State of good repair purposes" means
improvement of deficient pavement conditions and improvement of structurally
deficient bridges with a general condition rating of no more than five
for at least one major bridge component.
B. The Board shall use funds allocated in § §§
33.2-358 and § 58.1-1741 to state of good repair purposes for (i)
reconstruction and, replacement, and other improvements
anticipated to extend the useful life by at least 10 years of
structurally deficient state and locally owned bridges with a general
condition rating of no more than five for at least one major bridge component
and (ii) reconstruction and rehabilitation of pavement on the Interstate
System and primary state highway system determined to be deteriorated by the
Board, including municipality-maintained primary extensions.
The Board shall allocate these funds to projects in all nine
highway construction districts for state of good repair purposes based on a
priority ranking system that takes into consideration (i) (a) the
number, condition, and costs of structurally deficient bridges with a
general condition rating of no more than five for at least one major bridge
component and (ii) (b) the mileage, condition, and costs to
replace deteriorated pavements. The Board shall ensure an equitable needs-based
distribution of funding among the highway construction districts, with no
district receiving more than 17.5 percent or less than 5.5 percent of the total
funding allocated in any given year. The Board may, by a duly adopted
resolution, waive the cap provided in this section for a fiscal year only when
it determines that due to extraordinary circumstances or needs the cap inhibits
the ability of the Department to address a key pavement or bridge need that has
been identified.
C. In any year in which the Department has not met the established targets for secondary pavements developed in accordance with § 33.2-232 and before making the allocations in subsection B, the Board may allocate up to 20 percent of these funds to all nine highway construction districts to improve the condition of secondary pavements. The Board shall ensure an equitable needs-based distribution of funds among highway construction districts based on the mileage, condition, and cost to improve secondary pavements.
2. That the provisions of this act shall apply to new project allocations made by the Commonwealth Transportation Board pursuant to § 33.2-369 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by this act, after June 1, 2025.
