Bill Text: VA HB720 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Transportation projects in Planning District 8; public hearings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Left in Transportation [HB720 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB720-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 720 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 11, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.2-214.2, relating to transportation projects in Planning District 8; public hearings. ---------- Patron-- LeMunyon ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 33.2-214.2 as follows:

§33.2-214.2. Transportation projects in Planning District 8.

The Department of Transportation or the Department of Rail and Public Transportation shall hold a public hearing regarding any transportation project valued in excess of $10 million in Planning District 8 at the conclusion of the project's preliminary design phase but before the detailed design phase begins. The Department of Transportation shall evaluate such projects pursuant to §33.2-257 and shall release the results of such evaluations to the public not less than 14 days prior to such hearing.

2. That the Department of Transportation shall evaluate all projects that have proceeded to the detailed design phase as of January 1, 2016, pursuant to §33.2-257 of the Code of Virginia and make such evaluation results public no later than December 1, 2016.