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II, c. 5; 2009, cc. 670, 690; 2011, cc. 104, 164; 2012, cc. 729, 733; 2013, cc. 388, 569, 585, 646, 741; 2014, c. 805; 2019, c. 802.","full_text":"The Board shall have the power and duty to give suitable names to state highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities and change the names of any highways, bridges, interchanges, or other transportation facilities forming a part of the systems of state highways. The names of private entities, as defined in \u00a7 33.2-1800, located within the Commonwealth shall not be used for such purposes unless such private entity pays the Department an annual naming rights fee as determined by the Board. The Department shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the names of highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities named by the Board or by the General Assembly. The costs of producing, placing, and maintaining these signs shall be paid by the localities in which they are located or by the private entity whose name is attached to the highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility. However, for a highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility named after a state official killed during the performance of his official duties, the costs of producing, placing, and maintaining these signs shall be paid from Commonwealth Transportation Funds. For purposes of this section, “state official” includes law-enforcement officers employed by the Department of State Police and state highway transportation workers. No name shall be given to any state highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility by the Board unless and until the Board receives (i) for a naming after a state official, a letter or resolution from the head of the state agency by which the state official was employed requesting such naming or (ii) for a naming other than after a state official, a resolution from the governing body of the locality within which a portion of the facility to be named is located requesting such naming, except in such cases where a private entity has requested the naming. No highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility previously named by the Board or the General Assembly shall be eligible for renaming by a private entity, unless such naming incorporates the previous name. The Board shall develop and approve guidelines governing the naming of highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities by private entities and the applicable fees for such naming rights. Such fees shall be deposited in the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530.\n\t\tNo name shall be eligible for the naming rights under this section if it in any way reasonably connotes anything that (i) is profane, obscene, or vulgar; (ii) is sexually explicit or graphic; (iii) is excretory related; (iv) is descriptive of intimate body parts or genitals; (v) is descriptive of illegal activities or substances; (vi) condones or encourages violence; or (vii) is socially, racially, or ethnically offensive or disparaging.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":311501,"text":"The Board shall have the power and duty to give suitable names to state highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities and change the names of any highways, bridges, interchanges, or other transportation facilities forming a part of the systems of state highways. The names of private entities, as defined in \u00a7 33.2-1800, located within the Commonwealth shall not be used for such purposes unless such private entity pays the Department an annual naming rights fee as determined by the Board. The Department shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the names of highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities named by the Board or by the General Assembly. The costs of producing, placing, and maintaining these signs shall be paid by the localities in which they are located or by the private entity whose name is attached to the highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility. However, for a highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility named after a state official killed during the performance of his official duties, the costs of producing, placing, and maintaining these signs shall be paid from Commonwealth Transportation Funds. For purposes of this section, “state official” includes law-enforcement officers employed by the Department of State Police and state highway transportation workers. No name shall be given to any state highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility by the Board unless and until the Board receives (i) for a naming after a state official, a letter or resolution from the head of the state agency by which the state official was employed requesting such naming or (ii) for a naming other than after a state official, a resolution from the governing body of the locality within which a portion of the facility to be named is located requesting such naming, except in such cases where a private entity has requested the naming. No highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility previously named by the Board or the General Assembly shall be eligible for renaming by a private entity, unless such naming incorporates the previous name. The Board shall develop and approve guidelines governing the naming of highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities by private entities and the applicable fees for such naming rights. Such fees shall be deposited in the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530.\n\t\tNo name shall be eligible for the naming rights under this section if it in any way reasonably connotes anything that (i) is profane, obscene, or vulgar; (ii) is sexually explicit or graphic; (iii) is excretory related; (iv) is descriptive of intimate body parts or genitals; (v) is descriptive of illegal activities or substances; (vi) condones or encourages violence; or (vii) is socially, racially, or ethnically offensive or disparaging.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14918,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commonwealth Transportation Board; Powers and Duties","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13136,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:46","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:46","permalink":{"id":204911,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14918,"identifier":"2","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/2","url":"\/33.2\/I\/2\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13136,"edition_id":1,"name":"Transportation Entities","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13135,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","permalink":{"id":204875,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13136,"identifier":"2","token":"33.2\/I\/2","url":"\/33.2\/I\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13135,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions and Transportation Entities","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12806,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","permalink":{"id":204787,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13135,"identifier":"I","token":"33.2\/I","url":"\/33.2\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12806,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":204785,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12806,"identifier":"33.2","token":"33.2","url":"\/33.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":79659,"structure_id":14918,"section_number":"33.2-208","catch_line":"Location of routes","url":"\/33.2-208\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/2\/33.2-208","metadata":false},{"id":60169,"structure_id":14918,"section_number":"33.2-209","catch_line":"Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation","url":"\/33.2-209\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/2\/33.2-209","metadata":false},{"id":77318,"structure_id":14918,"section_number":"33.2-210","catch_line":"Traffic regulations; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 21 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 92; in 1964, chapter 265; in 1970, chapter 322; in 1974, chapter 462; in 1977, chapter 150; in 1978, chapter 650; in 1988, chapters 844 and 903; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1992, chapter 167; in 1995, chapter 94<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 349<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 281<\/a>, 533<\/a>, and 560<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 110<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 197<\/a>, 417<\/a>, 833<\/a>, and 924<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 337<\/a>; in 2009, chapters 670<\/a> and 690<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 104<\/a> and 164<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 729<\/a> and 733<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 388<\/a>, 569<\/a>, 585<\/a>, 646<\/a>, and 741<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 802<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65726,"section_number":"15.2-2019","catch_line":"Localities may name streets, roads and alleys","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2019\/"},{"id":68805,"section_number":"15.2-719.1","catch_line":"Naming U.S. Route 29","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-719.1\/"},{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"},{"id":58174,"section_number":"33.2-1800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1800\/"}],"permalink":{"id":204933,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87002,"identifier":"33.2-213","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/2\/33.2-213","url":"\/33.2-213\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-213\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/2\/33.2-213","dublin_core":{"Title":"Naming highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-213","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall have the power and duty to give suitable names to state highways<\/span>, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities and change the names of any highways<\/span>, bridges, interchanges, or other transportation facilities forming a part of the systems of state highways<\/span>. The names of private entities, as defined in \u00a7 33.2-1800<\/a>, located within the Commonwealth shall not be used for such purposes unless such private entity pays the Department<\/span> an annual naming rights fee as determined by the Board<\/span>. The Department<\/span> shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the names of highways<\/span>, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities named by the Board<\/span> or by the General Assembly. The costs of producing, placing, and maintaining these signs shall be paid by the localities in which they are located or by the private entity whose name is attached to the highway<\/span>, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility. However, for a highway<\/span>, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility named after a state official killed during the performance of his official duties, the costs of producing, placing, and maintaining these signs shall be paid from Commonwealth Transportation Funds. For purposes of this section, “state official” includes law<\/span>-enforcement officers employed by the Department<\/span> of State Police and state highway<\/span> transportation workers. No name shall be given to any state highway<\/span>, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility by the Board<\/span> unless and until the Board<\/span> receives (i) for a naming after a state official, a letter or resolution from the head of the state agency by which the state official was employed requesting such naming or (ii) for a naming other than after a state official, a resolution from the governing body of the locality within which a portion of the facility to be named is located requesting such naming, except in such cases where a private entity has requested the naming. No highway<\/span>, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility previously named by the Board<\/span> or the General Assembly shall be eligible for renaming by a private entity, unless such naming incorporates the previous name. The Board<\/span> shall develop and approve guidelines governing the naming of highways<\/span>, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities by private entities and the applicable fees for such naming rights. Such fees shall be deposited in the Highway<\/span> Maintenance<\/span> and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530<\/a>.\n\t\tNo name shall be eligible for the naming rights under this section if it in any way reasonably connotes anything that (i) is profane, obscene, or vulgar; (ii) is sexually explicit or graphic; (iii) is excretory related; (iv) is descriptive of intimate body parts or genitals; (v) is descriptive of illegal activities or substances; (vi) condones or encourages violence; or (vii) is socially, racially, or ethnically offensive or disparaging.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNAMING HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, INTERCHANGES, AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES (\u00a7\n33.2-213)\n\nThe Board shall have the power and duty to give suitable names to state\nhighways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities and change\nthe names of any highways, bridges, interchanges, or other transportation\nfacilities forming a part of the systems of state highways. The names of private\nentities, as defined in \u00a7 33.2-1800, located within the Commonwealth shall not\nbe used for such purposes unless such private entity pays the Department an\nannual naming rights fee as determined by the Board. The Department shall place\nand maintain appropriate signs indicating the names of highways, bridges,\ninterchanges, and other transportation facilities named by the Board or by the\nGeneral Assembly. The costs of producing, placing, and maintaining these signs\nshall be paid by the localities in which they are located or by the private\nentity whose name is attached to the highway, bridge, interchange, or other\ntransportation facility. However, for a highway, bridge, interchange, or other\ntransportation facility named after a state official killed during the\nperformance of his official duties, the costs of producing, placing, and\nmaintaining these signs shall be paid from Commonwealth Transportation Funds.\nFor purposes of this section, “state official” includes\nlaw-enforcement officers employed by the Department of State Police and state\nhighway transportation workers. No name shall be given to any state highway,\nbridge, interchange, or other transportation facility by the Board unless and\nuntil the Board receives (i) for a naming after a state official, a letter or\nresolution from the head of the state agency by which the state official was\nemployed requesting such naming or (ii) for a naming other than after a state\nofficial, a resolution from the governing body of the locality within which a\nportion of the facility to be named is located requesting such naming, except in\nsuch cases where a private entity has requested the naming. No highway, bridge,\ninterchange, or other transportation facility previously named by the Board or\nthe General Assembly shall be eligible for renaming by a private entity, unless\nsuch naming incorporates the previous name. The Board shall develop and approve\nguidelines governing the naming of highways, bridges, interchanges, and other\ntransportation facilities by private entities and the applicable fees for such\nnaming rights. Such fees shall be deposited in the Highway Maintenance and\nOperating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530.\n\t\tNo name shall be eligible for the naming rights under this section if it in\nany way reasonably connotes anything that (i) is profane, obscene, or vulgar;\n(ii) is sexually explicit or graphic; (iii) is excretory related; (iv) is\ndescriptive of intimate body parts or genitals; (v) is descriptive of illegal\nactivities or substances; (vi) condones or encourages violence; or (vii) is\nsocially, racially, or ethnically offensive or disparaging.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-12; 1956, c. 92; 1964, c. 265; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7\n33.1-12; 1974, c. 462; 1977, c. 150; 1978, c. 650; 1986, Sp. Sess., c. 13; 1988,\ncc. 844, 903; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 167; 1995, c. 94; 2001, c. 349; 2003, cc.\n281, 533, 560; 2004, c. 110; 2005, cc. 839, 919; 2006, cc. 197, 417, 833, 924;\n2006, Sp. Sess. I, c. 8; 2007, c. 337; 2008, Sp. Sess. II, c. 5; 2009, cc. 670,\n690; 2011, cc. 104, 164; 2012, cc. 729, 733; 2013, cc. 388, 569, 585, 646, 741;\n2014, c. 805; 2019, c. 802.","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}}