10101182D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1081
Offered January 13, 2010
Prefiled January 13, 2010
A BILL to require the Virginia Department of Transportation to reopen certain Interstate Highway System rest areas and to prohibit closure by the Department of any Interstate Highway System welcome center.
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Patrons-- Crockett-Stark and Knight
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Virginia Department of Transportation shall forthwith reopen any and all Interstate Highway System rest areas in the Commonwealth that were closed prior to the effective date of this act.

§2. That the Virginia Department of Transportation is prohibited from closing any Interstate Highway System welcome center in the Commonwealth in operation on the effective date of this act.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.