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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 471<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapters 469<\/a> and 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72795,"section_number":"33.2-1524","catch_line":"Commonwealth Transportation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1524\/"},{"id":63337,"section_number":"33.2-1721","catch_line":" Cessation of tolls","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1721\/"},{"id":86949,"section_number":"33.2-1722","catch_line":"Use of certain funds by Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1722\/"},{"id":61923,"section_number":"33.2-289","catch_line":"Board of Directors","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-289\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66763,"section_number":"33.2-2901","catch_line":"Creation of the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-2901\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207601,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55318,"identifier":"33.2-2900","token":"33.2\/IV\/29\/33.2-2900","url":"\/33.2-2900\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2900\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/29\/33.2-2900","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2900","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority” means the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority created by \u00a7 33.2-2901<\/a> or, if the Authority is abolished, the board<\/span>, body, commission, or agency succeeding to the principal functions thereof or on whom the powers given by this chapter to the Authority are conferred by law<\/span>, but shall not include the City of Richmond or the Counties of Chesterfield and Henrico.\n\t\t“Authority facility<\/span>” means all facilities purchased, constructed, or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and all extensions and improvements thereof.\n\t\t“Bonds” or “revenue bonds<\/span>” means revenue bonds<\/span> or revenue refunding bonds of the Authority issued under the provisions of this chapter.\n\t\t“Cost,” as applied to any project<\/span>, includes the cost of construction, landscaping, and conservation; the cost of acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, and interests acquired by the Authority for such construction, landscaping, and conservation; the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved; the cost of all machinery and equipment; the cost of financing charges and interest prior to and during construction and for a period of time after completion of construction as deemed advisable by the Authority; the cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and legal services, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues<\/span>, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing the project<\/span>; the cost of administrative expenses; and the cost of payments to the Department<\/span> or others for services during the period of construction, initial working capital, debt service reserves, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the construction of the project<\/span>, the financing of such construction, and the placing of the project<\/span> in operation. Any obligation or expense incurred by the Commonwealth Transportation Board<\/span> or by the City of Richmond or the County of Henrico or Chesterfield, before or after the effective date of this chapter, for surveys, engineering, borings, plans and specifications, legal and other professional and technical services, reports, studies, and data in connection with the construction of a project<\/span> shall be repaid or reimbursed by the Authority and the amounts thereof shall be included as a part of the cost of the project<\/span>.\n\t\t“Limited access highway<\/span>” means a highway specially designed for through traffic over or to which owners<\/span> or occupants of abutting property or other persons have no easement of or right to light, air, view, or access by reason of the fact<\/span> that their property abuts upon such highway, and access to which highway is controlled by the Authority, the Commonwealth, the City of Richmond, the County of Henrico, or the County of Chesterfield so as to give preference to through traffic by providing access connections with selected public highways<\/span> only and by prohibiting crossings at grade or direct private driveway connections.\n\t\t“Owner<\/span>” includes all individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, and corporations, the City of Richmond, the County of Henrico, the County of Chesterfield, and all public agencies and instrumentalities having any title to or interest in any property, rights, easements, and interests authorized to be acquired by this chapter.\n\t\t“Project<\/span>” means any single facility constituting an Authority facility<\/span>, as described in the resolution or trust agreement providing for its construction, including extensions and improvements thereof.\n\t\t“Public highways<\/span>” shall include public highways<\/span>, roads, and streets, whether maintained by the Commonwealth or the City of Richmond or the County of Henrico or Chesterfield.\n\t\t“Revenues<\/span>” means all fees, tolls, rents, rates, receipts, moneys, and income derived by the Authority through the ownership and operation of Authority facilities, and includes all cash contributions made to the Authority by the Commonwealth or any agency or department<\/span> thereof, the City of Richmond, and the Counties of Henrico and Chesterfield not specifically dedicated by the contributor for a capital improvement.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 33.2-2900)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority” means the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation\nAuthority created by \u00a7 33.2-2901 or, if the Authority is abolished, the board,\nbody, commission, or agency succeeding to the principal functions thereof or on\nwhom the powers given by this chapter to the Authority are conferred by law, but\nshall not include the City of Richmond or the Counties of Chesterfield and\nHenrico.\n\t\t“Authority facility” means all facilities purchased, constructed,\nor otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to the provisions of this\nchapter and all extensions and improvements thereof.\n\t\t“Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means revenue bonds or\nrevenue refunding bonds of the Authority issued under the provisions of this\nchapter.\n\t\t“Cost,” as applied to any project, includes the cost of\nconstruction, landscaping, and conservation; the cost of acquisition of all\nland, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, and interests acquired by the\nAuthority for such construction, landscaping, and conservation; the cost of\ndemolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired,\nincluding the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures\nmay be moved; the cost of all machinery and equipment; the cost of financing\ncharges and interest prior to and during construction and for a period of time\nafter completion of construction as deemed advisable by the Authority; the cost\nof traffic estimates and of engineering and legal services, plans,\nspecifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, and other expenses\nnecessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of\nconstructing the project; the cost of administrative expenses; and the cost of\npayments to the Department or others for services during the period of\nconstruction, initial working capital, debt service reserves, and such other\nexpenses as may be necessary or incident to the construction of the project, the\nfinancing of such construction, and the placing of the project in operation. Any\nobligation or expense incurred by the Commonwealth Transportation Board or by\nthe City of Richmond or the County of Henrico or Chesterfield, before or after\nthe effective date of this chapter, for surveys, engineering, borings, plans and\nspecifications, legal and other professional and technical services, reports,\nstudies, and data in connection with the construction of a project shall be\nrepaid or reimbursed by the Authority and the amounts thereof shall be included\nas a part of the cost of the project.\n\t\t“Limited access highway” means a highway specially designed for\nthrough traffic over or to which owners or occupants of abutting property or\nother persons have no easement of or right to light, air, view, or access by\nreason of the fact that their property abuts upon such highway, and access to\nwhich highway is controlled by the Authority, the Commonwealth, the City of\nRichmond, the County of Henrico, or the County of Chesterfield so as to give\npreference to through traffic by providing access connections with selected\npublic highways only and by prohibiting crossings at grade or direct private\ndriveway connections.\n\t\t“Owner” includes all individuals, partnerships, associations,\norganizations, and corporations, the City of Richmond, the County of Henrico,\nthe County of Chesterfield, and all public agencies and instrumentalities having\nany title to or interest in any property, rights, easements, and interests\nauthorized to be acquired by this chapter.\n\t\t“Project” means any single facility constituting an Authority\nfacility, as described in the resolution or trust agreement providing for its\nconstruction, including extensions and improvements thereof.\n\t\t“Public highways” shall include public highways, roads, and\nstreets, whether maintained by the Commonwealth or the City of Richmond or the\nCounty of Henrico or Chesterfield.\n\t\t“Revenues” means all fees, tolls, rents, rates, receipts, moneys,\nand income derived by the Authority through the ownership and operation of\nAuthority facilities, and includes all cash contributions made to the Authority\nby the Commonwealth or any agency or department thereof, the City of Richmond,\nand the Counties of Henrico and Chesterfield not specifically dedicated by the\ncontributor for a capital improvement.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 471, \u00a7 15.2-7000; 2014, cc. 469, 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}}