Multi-modal: RAIL
| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 19 - Cole - VRE; allows Potomac-Rappahannock Transportation Commission to charge higher fares. | (H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Left in Transportation | 02/16/10 |
| notes: Allows the Potomac-Rappahannock Transportation Commission to charge higher fares for Virginia Railway Express passengers who are not residents of localities represented on the Commission. | |||
| HB 55 - Cole - Virginia Railway Express service; assessment of localities. | (H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Left in Transportation | 02/16/10 |
| notes: Prohibits assessment of localities, for Virginia Railway Express service, of more than they collect in motor vehicle fuel sales taxes. | |||
| HB 421 - Hope - Transportation Board; may allocate funds in Mass Transit Fund designated for capital purposes. | (H) Committee on Transportation (S) Committee on Transportation | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113) | 03/11/10 |
| notes: Provides that, prior to the annual adoption of the Six-Year Improvement Program, the Commonwealth Transportation Board may allocate up to 20 percent of the funds in the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund designated for capital purposes to transit operating assistance if operating funds for the next fiscal year are estimated to be less than the current fiscal year's allocation, to attempt to maintain transit operations at approximately the same level as the previous fiscal year. | |||
| HB 688 - Miller, J.H. - Transportation district trains; unlawful to board or ride without a valid ticket. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice (S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0837) | 04/21/10 |
| notes: Rewrites the code section that punishes unlawfully riding on a transportation district train. The bill punishes failure or refusal to pay the posted fare, or failure to properly validate a train ticket, as a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill punishes use of a validated ticket outside of the zone of the ticketed ride as a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill punishes use of a fraudulent or counterfeit ticket as a Class 2 misdemeanor. The bill limits the amount of recoverable costs to the same amount as the maximum fine. | |||
| HB 1275 - Cosgrove - Va. High-Speed Rail Commission; established, replaces Va-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact. | (H) Committee on Transportation (S) Committee on Transportation | (S) Continued to 2011 in Transportation (14-Y 0-N) | 03/04/10 |
| notes: Establishes the Virginia High-Speed Rail Commission to promote and augment the state's competitive stance for matters related to high-speed passenger rail service in Virginia. The Commission is to study, assess, and advise the General Assembly and the Secretary of Transportation on effective and competitive design, planning, financing, construction, and operations involving high-speed rail service. The Commission is, further, to coordinate high-speed rail programs with neighboring states and federal and regional entities. | |||
| SB 25 - Puller - Trains; unlawful to board or ride with fraudulent or counterfeit ticket, penalty. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice (S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0445) | 04/11/10 |
| notes: Rewrites the code section that punishes unlawfully riding on a transportation district train. The bill punishes failure or refusal to pay the posted fare, or failure to properly validate a train ticket, as a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill punishes use of a validated ticket outside of the zone of the ticketed ride as a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill punishes use of a fraudulent or counterfeit ticket as a Class 2 misdemeanor. The bill limits the amount of recoverable costs to the same amount as the maximum fine. | |||
| SB 553 - Barker - Increase transit use strategies; Secretary of Transportation to report annually to General Assembly. | (H) Committee on Transportation (S) Committee on Rules | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733) | 04/13/10 |
| notes: Requires the Secretary of Transportation to make an annual report to the General Assembly on actions taken to promote transit use, etc. | |||
| SB 588 - Marsden - Public transportation service; obstructing operation of transit vehicle is Class 1 misdemeanor. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice (S) Committee on Finance | (H) Continued to 2011 in Courts of Justice | 02/26/10 |
| notes: Provides that it is a Class 6 felony to commit an assault or battery upon a mass transit operator defined as a person who operates any train, bus, trolley or van that is designed to carry six or more passengers. | |||
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