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I, c. 378.","full_text":"A\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the Board funds derived from taxes on motor fuels, fees and charges on motor vehicle registrations, road taxes, or any other state revenue allocated for highway purposes, which shall be used by the Board for the purposes specified in this section, after deducting the costs of administration before any of such funds are distributed and allocated for any road or street purposes.\n\t\t\tSuch funds shall be expended by the Board for constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, or improving access roads within localities to economic development sites on which manufacturing, processing, research and development facilities, distribution centers, regional service centers, corporate headquarters, or other establishments that also meet basic employer criteria as determined by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership in consultation with the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity will be built under firm contract or are already constructed and to licensed, public-use airports; in the event there is no such establishment or airport already constructed or for which the construction is under firm contract, a locality may guarantee to the Board by bond or other acceptable device that such will occur and, should no establishment or airport acceptable to the Board be constructed or under firm contract within the time limits of the bond, such bond shall be forfeited. The time limits of the bond shall be based on regular review and consideration by the Board. Towns that receive highway maintenance payments under § 33.2-319 shall be considered separately from the counties in which they are located when receiving allocations of funds for access roads.B\n\nThe Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, shall develop guidelines for the use of funds for access roads to an economic development site pursuant to this section. Such guidelines shall require consideration of the number of jobs that will be created by the economic development project, the proposed capital investment by the private sector at the economic development site, and any other relevant criteria related to the economic development project.C\n\nIn deciding whether or not to construct or improve any such access road, and in determining the nature of the road to be constructed, the Board shall base its considerations on the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection B and on the cost thereof in relation to the volume and nature of the traffic to be generated as a result of developing the airport or the economic development site. Within any economic development site or airport, the total volume of traffic to be generated shall be taken into consideration in regard to the overall cost thereof. No such access road shall be constructed or improved on a privately owned economic development site.D\n\nAny access road constructed or improved under this section shall constitute a part of the secondary state highway system or the road system of the locality in which it is located and shall thereafter be constructed, reconstructed, maintained, and improved as other roads or highways in such system.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253228,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the Board funds derived from taxes on motor fuels, fees and charges on motor vehicle registrations, road taxes, or any other state revenue allocated for highway purposes, which shall be used by the Board for the purposes specified in this section, after deducting the costs of administration before any of such funds are distributed and allocated for any road or street purposes.\n\t\t\tSuch funds shall be expended by the Board for constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, or improving access roads within localities to economic development sites on which manufacturing, processing, research and development facilities, distribution centers, regional service centers, corporate headquarters, or other establishments that also meet basic employer criteria as determined by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership in consultation with the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity will be built under firm contract or are already constructed and to licensed, public-use airports; in the event there is no such establishment or airport already constructed or for which the construction is under firm contract, a locality may guarantee to the Board by bond or other acceptable device that such will occur and, should no establishment or airport acceptable to the Board be constructed or under firm contract within the time limits of the bond, such bond shall be forfeited. The time limits of the bond shall be based on regular review and consideration by the Board. Towns that receive highway maintenance payments under § 33.2-319 shall be considered separately from the counties in which they are located when receiving allocations of funds for access roads.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":253229,"text":"The Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, shall develop guidelines for the use of funds for access roads to an economic development site pursuant to this section. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 13 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 161; in 1962, chapter 550; in 1964, chapter 254; in 1970, chapter 322; in 1978, chapter 299; in 1980, chapter 38; in 1989, chapter 336; in 1996, chapters 85<\/a> and 128<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 89<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 147<\/a> and 473<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 482<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 256<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69090,"section_number":"33.2-1509.1","catch_line":"Moratorium on repayment of funds allocated for access roads program","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1509.1\/"},{"id":72875,"section_number":"62.1-132.1","catch_line":"General powers","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-132.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56954,"section_number":"33.2-319","catch_line":"Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-319\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70131,"identifier":"33.2-1509","token":"33.2\/III\/15\/3\/33.2-1509","url":"\/33.2-1509\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1509\/","token":"33.2\/III\/15\/3\/33.2-1509","dublin_core":{"Title":"Funds for access roads to economic development sites and airports; construction, maintenance, etc., of such roads","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1509","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, there shall be appropriated to the Board<\/span> funds derived from taxes on motor fuels, fees and charges on motor vehicle registrations, road taxes, or any other state revenue allocated for highway<\/span> purposes, which shall be used by the Board<\/span> for the purposes specified in this section, after deducting the costs of administration before any of such funds are distributed and allocated for any road or street purposes.\n\t\t\tSuch funds shall be expended by the Board<\/span> for constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, or improving access roads within localities to economic development sites on which manufacturing, processing, research and development facilities, distribution centers, regional service centers, corporate headquarters, or other establishments that also meet basic employer criteria as determined by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership in consultation with the Virginia Department<\/span> of Small Business and Supplier Diversity will be built under firm contract<\/span> or are already constructed and to licensed, public-use airports; in the event there is no such establishment or airport already constructed or for which the construction is under firm contract<\/span>, a locality may guarantee to the Board<\/span> by bond<\/span> or other acceptable device that such will occur and, should no establishment or airport acceptable to the Board<\/span> be constructed or under firm contract<\/span> within the time limits of the bond<\/span>, such bond<\/span> shall be forfeited. The time limits of the bond<\/span> shall be based on regular review and consideration by the Board<\/span>. Towns that receive highway<\/span> maintenance<\/span> payments under § 33.2-319<\/a> shall be considered separately from the counties in which they are located when receiving allocations of funds for access roads. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span>, in consultation with the Secretary<\/span> of Transportation and the Secretary<\/span> of Commerce and Trade, shall develop guidelines for the use of funds for access roads to an economic development site pursuant to this section. Such guidelines shall require consideration of the number of jobs that will be created by the economic development project, the proposed capital investment by the private sector at the economic development site, and any other relevant criteria related to the economic development project. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In deciding whether or not to construct or improve any such access road, and in determining the nature of the road to be constructed, the Board<\/span> shall base its considerations on the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection B and on the cost thereof in relation to the volume and nature of the traffic to be generated as a result of developing the airport or the economic development site. Within any economic development site or airport, the total volume of traffic to be generated shall be taken into consideration in regard to the overall cost thereof. No such access road shall be constructed or improved on a privately owned economic development site. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any access road constructed or improved under this section shall constitute a part of the secondary state highway<\/span> system or the road system of the locality in which it is located and shall thereafter be constructed, reconstructed, maintained, and improved as other roads or highways<\/span> in such system. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFUNDS FOR ACCESS ROADS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SITES AND AIRPORTS; CONSTRUCTION,\nMAINTENANCE, ETC., OF SUCH ROADS (\u00a7 33.2-1509)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to\nthe Board funds derived from taxes on motor fuels, fees and charges on motor\nvehicle registrations, road taxes, or any other state revenue allocated for\nhighway purposes, which shall be used by the Board for the purposes specified in\nthis section, after deducting the costs of administration before any of such\nfunds are distributed and allocated for any road or street purposes.\n\t\t\tSuch funds shall be expended by the Board for constructing, reconstructing,\nmaintaining, or improving access roads within localities to economic development\nsites on which manufacturing, processing, research and development facilities,\ndistribution centers, regional service centers, corporate headquarters, or other\nestablishments that also meet basic employer criteria as determined by the\nVirginia Economic Development Partnership in consultation with the Virginia\nDepartment of Small Business and Supplier Diversity will be built under firm\ncontract or are already constructed and to licensed, public-use airports; in the\nevent there is no such establishment or airport already constructed or for which\nthe construction is under firm contract, a locality may guarantee to the Board\nby bond or other acceptable device that such will occur and, should no\nestablishment or airport acceptable to the Board be constructed or under firm\ncontract within the time limits of the bond, such bond shall be forfeited. The\ntime limits of the bond shall be based on regular review and consideration by\nthe Board. Towns that receive highway maintenance payments under § 33.2-319\nshall be considered separately from the counties in which they are located when\nreceiving allocations of funds for access roads.\n\nB. The Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the\nSecretary of Commerce and Trade, shall develop guidelines for the use of funds\nfor access roads to an economic development site pursuant to this section. Such\nguidelines shall require consideration of the number of jobs that will be\ncreated by the economic development project, the proposed capital investment by\nthe private sector at the economic development site, and any other relevant\ncriteria related to the economic development project.\n\nC. In deciding whether or not to construct or improve any such access road, and\nin determining the nature of the road to be constructed, the Board shall base\nits considerations on the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection B and on\nthe cost thereof in relation to the volume and nature of the traffic to be\ngenerated as a result of developing the airport or the economic development\nsite. Within any economic development site or airport, the total volume of\ntraffic to be generated shall be taken into consideration in regard to the\noverall cost thereof. No such access road shall be constructed or improved on a\nprivately owned economic development site.\n\nD. Any access road constructed or improved under this section shall constitute a\npart of the secondary state highway system or the road system of the locality in\nwhich it is located and shall thereafter be constructed, reconstructed,\nmaintained, and improved as other roads or highways in such system.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-136.1; 1956, c. 161; 1962, c. 550; 1964, c. 254; 1970,\nc. 322, \u00a7 33.1-221; 1978, c. 299; 1980, c. 38; 1989, c. 336; 1996, cc. 85, 128;\n1997, c. 89; 2006, cc. 147, 473; 2013, c. 482; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 256; 2021,\nSp. Sess. I, c. 378.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}