Bill Text: VA SB1018 | 2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Railroad companies; notice of certain action.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0318) [SB1018 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2023-SB1018-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 318
An Act to amend and reenact §56-345.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to railroad companies; notice of certain action.
[S 1018]
Approved March 23, 2023

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §56-345.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§56-345.1. Notice; consolidation, merger, abandonments, or discontinuances.

Any railroad company operating in the Commonwealth that submits an application to the federal government for consolidation, merger, abandonment, or discontinuance shall, contemporaneously with such application, notify the Commission and, the Governor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and the Executive Director of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority of such action.

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