Bill Text: VA HB857 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Bicycles; Town Council of Blacksburg to permit operation in either direction on one-way streets.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-07 - House: Passed by indefinitely in Transportation by voice vote [HB857 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB857-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 857 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 11, 2012 A BILL to amend and reenact §46.2-806 of the Code of Virginia, relating to operation of bicycles in Blacksburg. ---------- Patron-- Yost ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §46.2-806 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§46.2-806. One-way roadways and highways.

A. The Commonwealth Transportation Board may designate any highway or any separate roadway under its jurisdiction for one-way traffic and shall erect appropriate signs. Traffic thereon shall move only in the direction designated.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, the council of the Town of Blacksburg may by ordinance allow for the operation of bicycles in either direction of traffic on one-way roadways and highways.