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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 782<\/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 2012, chapters 729<\/a> and 733<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60169,"section_number":"33.2-209","catch_line":"Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-209\/"},{"id":57318,"section_number":"33.2-214","catch_line":"Transportation; Six-Year Improvement Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-214\/"},{"id":81007,"section_number":"33.2-221","catch_line":"Other powers, duties, and responsibilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-221\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205749,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70747,"identifier":"33.2-301","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/1\/33.2-301","url":"\/33.2-301\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-301\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/1\/33.2-301","dublin_core":{"Title":" Contracts for maintenance of components of Interstate System","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-301","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All maintenance<\/span> on components of the Interstate System<\/span>, excluding frontage roads, shall be carried out under contracts<\/span> awarded by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> or the Board<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-209<\/a>, 33.2-214<\/a>, and 33.2-221<\/a>, except for instances where good and sufficient reasons for not doing so have been shown in advance in writing by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> to the Board<\/span> and to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Transportation, the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Finance, the Senate Committee on Transportation, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Department<\/span> from performing emergency work at any time on the Interstate System<\/span> with its own employees or agents or to assume the maintenance<\/span> responsibilities of a contractor who has been determined to be in default<\/span> or as a result of a contract<\/span> termination.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n CONTRACTS FOR MAINTENANCE OF COMPONENTS OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM (\u00a7 33.2-301)\n\nAll maintenance on components of the Interstate System, excluding frontage\nroads, shall be carried out under contracts awarded by the Commissioner of\nHighways or the Board pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-209, 33.2-214, and 33.2-221, except\nfor instances where good and sufficient reasons for not doing so have been shown\nin advance in writing by the Commissioner of Highways to the Board and to the\nChairmen of the House Committee on Transportation, the House Committee on\nAppropriations, the House Committee on Finance, the Senate Committee on\nTransportation, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. Nothing\nin this section shall be construed to prevent the Department from performing\nemergency work at any time on the Interstate System with its own employees or\nagents or to assume the maintenance responsibilities of a contractor who has\nbeen determined to be in default or as a result of a contract termination.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 782, \u00a7 33.1-49.1; 2012, cc. 729, 733; 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}}