Bill Text: VA HB2511 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: HOT lanes on Interstate 66; operating hours.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Left in Appropriations [HB2511 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-HB2511-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2511 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 9, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact §33.2-502 of the Code of Virginia, relating to HOT lanes on Interstate 66; operating hours. ---------- Patron-- Hugo ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §33.2-502 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§33.2-502. Designation of HOT lanes.

The Board may designate one or more lanes of any highway, including lanes that may previously have been designated HOV lanes under § 33.2-501, in the Interstate System, primary state highway system, or National Highway System, or any portion thereof, as HOT lanes. In making HOT lanes designations, the Board shall also specify the high-occupancy requirement and conditions for use of such HOT lanes or may authorize the Commissioner of Highways to make such determination consistent with the terms of a comprehensive agreement executed pursuant to §33.2-1808. The high-occupancy requirement for a HOT lanes facility constructed or operated as a result of the Public-Private Transportation Act (§33.2-1800 et seq.) shall not be less than three.

The operating hours for any HOT lanes on Interstate 66 east of mile marker 67 shall be from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on the eastbound lanes and from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on the westbound lanes.