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The tolls shall be collected by an electronic toll system that, to the extent possible, shall not impede the traffic flow of the facility. The tolls authorized by this section may only be imposed on a portion of the facility that has been designated as high-occupancy toll lanes by the Board pursuant to § 33.2-502, and the amount of the tolls shall be varied by congestion level. All such tolls may be used for programs and projects that are reasonably related to or that benefit users of the facility and, without limiting the foregoing, may be used to pay the debt service on and related reserves and financing costs for, and pledged to support, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness the proceeds of which are or were used for construction or improvement of the facility.C\n\nPrior to the imposition of tolls pursuant to this section, the Commission shall enter into an agreement with the Board and the Department that (i) sets the standards for the operations of the facility, including the collection of tolls; (ii) addresses the use and application of toll revenues and toll-backed debt proceeds and the reimbursement of any funds expended by the Board or the Department to convert any portion of the facility from high-occupancy vehicle lanes to high-occupancy toll lanes, as these terms are defined in § 33.2-500; and (iii) contains such other provisions deemed appropriate and necessary to ensure the safe and efficient operations of the general purpose and high-occupancy toll lanes on any portion of the facility where the Commission intends to exercise the authority provided in subsection B.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":306797,"text":"For the purposes of this section, “the facility” means the vicinity of the interchange of Interstate 64 and Jefferson Avenue to the interchange of Interstate 64, Interstate 264, and Interstate 664.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":306798,"text":"The Commission shall, subject to the conditions provided in this section, have the authority to impose and collect tolls on high-occupancy toll lanes on Interstate 64 in the facility. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 703<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83043,"section_number":"33.2-500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-500\/"},{"id":73601,"section_number":"33.2-502","catch_line":"Designation of HOT lanes","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-502\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207475,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85660,"identifier":"33.2-2612","token":"33.2\/IV\/26\/33.2-2612","url":"\/33.2-2612\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2612\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/26\/33.2-2612","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additional tolling authority of the Commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2612","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, “the facility<\/span>” means the vicinity of the interchange of Interstate 64 and Jefferson Avenue to the interchange of Interstate 64, Interstate 264, and Interstate 664. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commission shall, subject to the conditions provided in this section, have the authority to impose and collect tolls on high-occupancy toll lanes on Interstate 64 in the facility<\/span>. The tolls shall be collected by an electronic toll system that, to the extent possible, shall not impede the traffic flow of the facility<\/span>. The tolls authorized by this section may only be imposed on a portion of the facility<\/span> that has been designated as high-occupancy toll lanes by the Board<\/span> pursuant to § 33.2-502<\/a>, and the amount of the tolls shall be varied by congestion level. All such tolls may be used for programs and projects that are reasonably related to or that benefit users of the facility<\/span> and, without limiting the foregoing, may be used to pay the debt service on and related reserves and financing costs for, and pledged to support, bonds<\/span> and other evidences<\/span> of indebtedness the proceeds of which are or were used for construction or improvement of the facility<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Prior to the imposition of tolls pursuant to this section, the Commission shall enter into an agreement with the Board<\/span> and the Department<\/span> that (i) sets the standards for the operations of the facility<\/span>, including the collection of tolls; (ii) addresses the use and application of toll revenues and toll-backed debt proceeds and the reimbursement of any funds expended by the Board<\/span> or the Department<\/span> to convert any portion of the facility<\/span> from high-occupancy vehicle lanes to high-occupancy toll lanes, as these terms are defined in § 33.2-500<\/a>; and (iii) contains such other provisions deemed appropriate and necessary to ensure the safe and efficient operations of the general purpose and high-occupancy toll lanes on any portion of the facility<\/span> where the Commission intends to exercise the authority provided in subsection B. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONAL TOLLING AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION (\u00a7 33.2-2612)\n\nA. For the purposes of this section, “the facility” means the\nvicinity of the interchange of Interstate 64 and Jefferson Avenue to the\ninterchange of Interstate 64, Interstate 264, and Interstate 664.\n\nB. The Commission shall, subject to the conditions provided in this section,\nhave the authority to impose and collect tolls on high-occupancy toll lanes on\nInterstate 64 in the facility. The tolls shall be collected by an electronic\ntoll system that, to the extent possible, shall not impede the traffic flow of\nthe facility. The tolls authorized by this section may only be imposed on a\nportion of the facility that has been designated as high-occupancy toll lanes by\nthe Board pursuant to § 33.2-502, and the amount of the tolls shall be\nvaried by congestion level. All such tolls may be used for programs and projects\nthat are reasonably related to or that benefit users of the facility and,\nwithout limiting the foregoing, may be used to pay the debt service on and\nrelated reserves and financing costs for, and pledged to support, bonds and\nother evidences of indebtedness the proceeds of which are or were used for\nconstruction or improvement of the facility.\n\nC. Prior to the imposition of tolls pursuant to this section, the Commission\nshall enter into an agreement with the Board and the Department that (i) sets\nthe standards for the operations of the facility, including the collection of\ntolls; (ii) addresses the use and application of toll revenues and toll-backed\ndebt proceeds and the reimbursement of any funds expended by the Board or the\nDepartment to convert any portion of the facility from high-occupancy vehicle\nlanes to high-occupancy toll lanes, as these terms are defined in §\n33.2-500; and (iii) contains such other provisions deemed appropriate and\nnecessary to ensure the safe and efficient operations of the general purpose and\nhigh-occupancy toll lanes on any portion of the facility where the Commission\nintends to exercise the authority provided in subsection B.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 703.","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}}