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The Commission shall solicit public comment on its budget and funding plan by posting a summary of such budget and funding plan on its website and holding a public hearing. Such public hearing shall be advertised on the Commission’s website and in a newspaper of general circulation in Planning District 23.B\n\nThe administrative and operating expenses of the Commission shall be provided in an annual budget adopted by the Commission. To the extent that funds for such expenses are not provided from other sources, the expenses shall be paid from the Fund and the Regional Transit Fund on an approximately pro rata basis of the programs supported by the Fund and the Regional Transit Fund. Such budget shall be limited solely to the administrative and operating expenses of the Commission and shall not include any funds for construction or acquisition of transportation facilities or the performance of any transportation service.C\n\nMembers may be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825, if approved by the Commission. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Commission.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":283484,"text":"The Commission shall adopt an annual budget and develop a funding plan and shall provide for such adoption in its bylaws. The funding plan shall provide for the expenditure of funds over a four- to six-year period and shall align with the Statewide Transportation Plan established pursuant to § 33.2-353 as much as possible. 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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 545<\/a> and 678<\/a> 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. 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 2016, chapters 603<\/a> and 608<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 1241<\/a> and 1281<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59740,"section_number":"33.2-2600","catch_line":"Hampton Roads Transportation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-2600\/"},{"id":75408,"section_number":"33.2-2600.1","catch_line":"Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program and Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-2600.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71377,"section_number":"2.2-2813","catch_line":"Definitions; compensation and expense payments from state funds for service on collegial bodies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2813\/"},{"id":73173,"section_number":"2.2-2825","catch_line":"Reimbursement for certain travel expenditures; restrictions on reimbursement","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2825\/"},{"id":71190,"section_number":"33.2-353","catch_line":"Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and update Statewide Transportation Plan","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-353\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207447,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79159,"identifier":"33.2-2605","token":"33.2\/IV\/26\/33.2-2605","url":"\/33.2-2605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2605\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/26\/33.2-2605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annual budget and allocation of expenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission shall adopt an annual budget and develop a funding plan and shall provide for such adoption in its bylaws. The funding plan shall provide for the expenditure of funds over a four- to six-year period and shall align with the Statewide Transportation Plan established pursuant to § 33.2-353<\/a> as much as possible. The Commission shall solicit public comment on its budget and funding plan by posting a summary of such budget and funding plan on its website and holding a public hearing<\/span>. Such public hearing<\/span> shall be advertised on the Commission’s website and in a newspaper of general circulation in Planning District 23. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The administrative and operating expenses of the Commission shall be provided in an annual budget adopted by the Commission. To the extent that funds for such expenses are not provided from other sources, the expenses shall be paid from the Fund and the Regional Transit Fund on an approximately pro rata basis of the programs supported by the Fund and the Regional Transit Fund. Such budget shall be limited solely to the administrative and operating expenses of the Commission and shall not include any funds for construction or acquisition of transportation facilities or the performance of any transportation service. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Members may be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses provided in §§ 2.2-2813<\/a> and 2.2-2825<\/a>, if approved by the Commission. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Commission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNUAL BUDGET AND ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES (\u00a7 33.2-2605)\n\nA. The Commission shall adopt an annual budget and develop a funding plan and\nshall provide for such adoption in its bylaws. The funding plan shall provide\nfor the expenditure of funds over a four- to six-year period and shall align\nwith the Statewide Transportation Plan established pursuant to § 33.2-353\nas much as possible. The Commission shall solicit public comment on its budget\nand funding plan by posting a summary of such budget and funding plan on its\nwebsite and holding a public hearing. Such public hearing shall be advertised on\nthe Commission’s website and in a newspaper of general circulation in\nPlanning District 23.\n\nB. The administrative and operating expenses of the Commission shall be provided\nin an annual budget adopted by the Commission. To the extent that funds for such\nexpenses are not provided from other sources, the expenses shall be paid from\nthe Fund and the Regional Transit Fund on an approximately pro rata basis of the\nprograms supported by the Fund and the Regional Transit Fund. Such budget shall\nbe limited solely to the administrative and operating expenses of the Commission\nand shall not include any funds for construction or acquisition of\ntransportation facilities or the performance of any transportation service.\n\nC. Members may be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses provided\nin §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825, if approved by the Commission. Funding\nfor the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by\nthe Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, cc. 545, 678; 2016, cc. 603, 608; 2020, cc. 1241, 1281.","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}}