Bill Text: VA SB848 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Northern Virginia Transportation Commission; changes report date.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792) [SB848 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-SB848-Prefiled.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 848
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 8, 2020
A BILL to amend and reenact §33.2-3403 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission; report date.
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Patron-- Ebbin
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Referred to Committee on Rules
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §33.2-3403 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§33.2-3403. NVTC report.

By November 1 December 15 of each year that funds are deposited into the Fund, NVTC shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the performance and condition of WMATA. Such report shall contain, at a minimum, documentation of the following:

1. The safety and reliability of the rapid heavy rail mass transportation system and bus network;

2. The financial performance of WMATA related to the operations of the rapid heavy rail mass transportation system, including farebox recovery, service per rider, and cost per service hour;

3. The financial performance of WMATA related to the operations of the bus mass transportation system, including farebox recovery, service per rider, and cost per service hour;

4. Potential strategies to reduce the growth in such costs and to improve the efficiency of WMATA operations;

5. Use of the funds provided from the Fund to improve the safety and condition of the rapid heavy rail mass transportation system; and

6. Ridership of the rapid heavy rail mass transportation system and the bus mass transportation system.

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