Bill Text: VA HJR100 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Dulles Greenway; Department of Transportation to study.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Left in Rules [HJR100 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HJR100-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 100 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 11, 2016 Requesting the Department of Transportation to study whether reductions in operating costs could be obtained through partial Commonwealth ownership of the Dulles Greenway. Report. ---------- Patron-- Bell, J.J. ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

WHEREAS, the Dulles Greenway is a privately owned toll road extending 14 miles from Washington Dulles International Airport to the Town of Leesburg and connecting the same and is the first privately owned toll road in the Commonwealth since 1816; and

WHEREAS, the Dulles Greenway is regulated by the State Corporation Commission and the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; and

WHEREAS, the Dulles Greenway offers electronic toll collection through the Department of Transportation's Smart-Tag and E-ZPass program; and

WHEREAS, the owner of the Dulles Greenway, Toll Road Investors Partnership II, purchased all the land that the Dulles Greenway is situated on; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the Department of Transportation be requested to study whether reductions in operating costs could be obtained through partial Commonwealth ownership of the Dulles Greenway.

In conducting its study, the Department of Transportation shall determine what ownership percentage the Commonwealth would need to hold to enact toll-reducing measures, including granting tax-free status to the Dulles Greenway and eliminating the current fees charged for State Police patrols while allowing the Department of Transportation to operate and maintain the road, including snow removal.

All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Department of Transportation for this study, upon request.

The Department of Transportation shall complete its meetings by November 30, 2016, and shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an executive summary and a report of its findings and recommendations for publication as a House or Senate document. The executive summary and report shall be submitted as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports no later than the first day of the 2017 Regular Session of the General Assembly and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.