CHAPTER 1
An Act to amend and reenact §33.1-23.5:1, as it shall become
effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to transportation funds for
counties which have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary system of
state highways.
[H 5001]
Approved May 3, 2013
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §33.1-23.5:1, as it shall become effective, of the
Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§33.1-23.5:1. Funds for counties which have withdrawn or
elect to withdraw from the secondary system of state highways.
Notwithstanding the provisions of §33.1-23.5, pursuant to
subsection A of §33.1-23.1, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall make
the following payments to counties which have withdrawn or elect to withdraw
from the secondary system of state highways under the provisions of §11 of
Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, and which have not elected to
return: to any county having withdrawn prior to June 30, 1985, and having an area
greater than 100 square miles, an amount equal to $12,529 per moving
lane-mile for fiscal year 2014, and to any county having an area less than 100
square miles, an amount equal to $17,218 per moving lane-mile for fiscal
year 2014; to any county that elects to withdraw after June 30, 1985, the
Commonwealth Transportation Board shall establish a rate per lane-mile for the
first year using (i) an amount for maintenance based on maintenance standards
and unit costs used by the Department of Transportation to prepare its
secondary system maintenance budget for the year in which the county withdraws
and (ii) an amount for administration equal to five percent of the maintenance
figure determined in clause (i) above. The payment rates shall be adjusted
annually by the Board in accordance with procedures established for adjusting
payments to cities and towns under §33.1-41.1, and lane mileage shall be
adjusted annually to include (i) streets and highways accepted for maintenance in
the county system by the local governing body or (ii) streets and highways
constructed according to standards set forth in the county subdivision
ordinance or county thoroughfare plan, and being not less than the standards
set by the Department of Transportation. Such counties shall, in addition, each
receive for construction from funds allocated pursuant to subdivision B 3 of §
33.1-23.1 an annual amount calculated in the same manner as payments for
construction in the state secondary highway system are calculated.
Payment of the funds shall be made in four equal sums, one in
each quarter of the fiscal year, and shall be reduced, in the case of each such
county, by the amount of federal-aid construction funds credited to each such
county.
The chief administrative officer of such counties receiving
such funds shall make annual reports of expenditures to the Board, in such form
as the Board shall prescribe, accounting for all expenditures, including
delineation between construction and maintenance expenditures and reporting on
their performance as specified in subdivision B 3 of §33.1-23.02. Such reports
shall be included in the scope of the annual audit of each county conducted by
independent certified public accountants.
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