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HOUSE BILL NO. 262
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation
on January 31, 2012)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Peace)
A BILL to amend and reenact §33.1-2 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the Commonwealth Transportation Board; membership.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §33.1-2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and
reenacted as follows:
§33.1-2. Residence requirements; statewide interest.
Of such Board, one member shall be a resident of the territory
now included in the Bristol construction district, one in the Salem construction
district, one in the Lynchburg construction district, one in the Staunton
construction district, one in the Culpeper construction district, one in the
Fredericksburg construction district, one in the Richmond construction
district, one in the Hampton Roads construction district and one in the
Northern Virginia construction district. The remaining five members shall be
appointed from the Commonwealth at large, but at least two shall reside in
standard metropolitan statistical metropolitan planning areas with
populations greater than 200,000 and be designated as urban at-large
members, and at least two shall reside outside standard metropolitan
statistical metropolitan planning areas with populations greater
than 200,000 and be designated as rural at-large members. The at-large
members shall be appointed to represent rural and urban transportation needs
and be mindful of the concerns of seaports and seaport users, airports and
airport users, railways and railway users, and mass transit and mass transit
users. Each member so appointed shall be mindful of the best interest of the
Commonwealth at large primarily instead of those of the district from which
chosen or of the transportation interest represented.
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