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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 395 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2003, chapter 940<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62316,"section_number":"25.1-200","catch_line":"Chapter controls condemnation proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-200\/"},{"id":71835,"section_number":"33.2-1000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1000\/"},{"id":64641,"section_number":"33.2-705","catch_line":"Continuance of powers of county authorities; alternative procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-705\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207167,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78532,"identifier":"33.2-2012","token":"33.2\/IV\/20\/33.2-2012","url":"\/33.2-2012\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2012\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/20\/33.2-2012","dublin_core":{"Title":"Approval by Commonwealth Transportation Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2012","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The district<\/span> shall not construct or improve a transportation improvement without the approval of both the Commonwealth Transportation Board<\/span> and the locality<\/span> in which the transportation improvement will be located. At the request of the commission<\/span>, the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may exercise the powers of condemnation provided in Chapter 2 (\u00a7 25.1-200<\/a> et seq.) of Title 25.1, Article 1 (\u00a7 33.2-1000<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 10, or \u00a7 33.2-705<\/a> for the purpose of acquiring property for transportation improvements<\/span> within the district<\/span>.\n\t\tUpon completion of such construction or improvement, the Commonwealth Transportation Board<\/span> shall take any affected public highway<\/span> into the appropriate state highway<\/span> system for purposes of maintenance<\/span> and subsequent improvements as necessary. Upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of such highway<\/span> into a state highway<\/span> system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of any affected highway<\/span> shall vest in the Commonwealth. Upon completion of construction or improvement of a mass transit<\/span> system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of such mass transit<\/span> system shall vest in an agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPROVAL BY COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD (\u00a7 33.2-2012)\n\nThe district shall not construct or improve a transportation improvement without\nthe approval of both the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the locality in\nwhich the transportation improvement will be located. At the request of the\ncommission, the Commissioner of Highways may exercise the powers of condemnation\nprovided in Chapter 2 (\u00a7 25.1-200 et seq.) of Title 25.1, Article 1 (\u00a7\n33.2-1000 et seq.) of Chapter 10, or \u00a7 33.2-705 for the purpose of acquiring\nproperty for transportation improvements within the district.\n\t\tUpon completion of such construction or improvement, the Commonwealth\nTransportation Board shall take any affected public highway into the appropriate\nstate highway system for purposes of maintenance and subsequent improvements as\nnecessary. Upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of such highway into a state\nhighway system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and\nimprovements of any affected highway shall vest in the Commonwealth. Upon\ncompletion of construction or improvement of a mass transit system, all rights,\ntitle, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of such mass transit\nsystem shall vest in an agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth designated\nby the Commonwealth Transportation Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 395, \u00a7 33.1-422; 2003, c. 940; 2014, c. 805.","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}}