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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 167 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 1992 \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 2002, chapter 355<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205263,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59251,"identifier":"33.2-282","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/5\/33.2-282","url":"\/33.2-282\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-282\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/5\/33.2-282","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department of Rail and Public Transportation created; appointment of Director","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-282","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby created a Department<\/span> of Rail and Public Transportation<\/span> reporting to the Secretary<\/span> of Transportation and subject to the policy oversight of the Commonwealth Transportation Board<\/span>. The Department<\/span> of Rail and Public Transportation<\/span> shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Director of the Department<\/span> of Rail and Public Transportation<\/span> shall serve as a nonvoting ex officio member of the Board<\/span> and any committee of the Board<\/span> dealing with passenger and freight rail, transportation demand management, ridesharing, and public transportation<\/span> issues<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CREATED; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR\n(\u00a7 33.2-282)\n\nThere is hereby created a Department of Rail and Public Transportation reporting\nto the Secretary of Transportation and subject to the policy oversight of the\nCommonwealth Transportation Board. The Department of Rail and Public\nTransportation shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by and serve\nat the pleasure of the Governor. The Director of the Department of Rail and\nPublic Transportation shall serve as a nonvoting ex officio member of the Board\nand any committee of the Board dealing with passenger and freight rail,\ntransportation demand management, ridesharing, and public transportation issues.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 167, \u00a7 33.1-391.2; 2002, c. 355; 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}}