Bill Text: VA HB2034 | 2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board; joint transportation meeting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0316) [HB2034 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HB2034-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §33.2-214.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§33.2-214.3. Transparency in project selection in Planning District 8.
At least annually, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the Virginia Railway Express, and the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall conduct a joint public meeting for the purposes of presenting to the public, and receiving public comments on, the transportation projects proposed and conducted by each entity in Planning District 8. Such presentation shall include documentation regarding how the combined project selection, timing, and revenue sources employed by the entities represents the most efficient use of revenue sources. Such presentation shall include any evaluations or analyses conducted by such entities pursuant to §33.2-214.1 or subdivision 2 of § 33.2-2500 that relate to Planning District 8. Each entity shall have at least one designee physically assembled at such joint public meeting. Nothing herein shall require a quorum of each such entity to participate in such joint public meeting. The Board shall also invite a Virginia representative of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board Steering Committee to participate in and present information during the joint meeting. Nothing herein shall require such representative to participate or be physically present in such joint public meeting. The joint public meeting shall be made available online in a manner that allows the public to contemporaneously view and hear the meeting. However, in the event that online transmission of the meeting to the public fails, nothing herein shall require the meeting to recess until public access is restored online.
