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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 566<\/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, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70421,"section_number":"55.1-308","catch_line":"Private roads; public use; maintenance and improvements","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-308\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63525,"section_number":"33.2-335","catch_line":"Taking certain streets into secondary state highway system","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-335\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205893,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55773,"identifier":"33.2-336","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/3\/33.2-336","url":"\/33.2-336\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-336\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/3\/33.2-336","dublin_core":{"Title":"Funds allocated to counties for Rural Addition Program; street standards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-336","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the Board<\/span> and the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall not diminish funds allocated or allocable to any county for use under the Rural Addition Program by reason of any county ordinance<\/span> authorizing the use of private roads not built to standards set by the Department<\/span> or construction of subdivision streets built to standards other than those established by the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In those counties where this section is applicable, the ordinance<\/span> shall also state that any and all streets that are not constructed to meet the standards necessary for inclusion in the systems of state highways shall be privately maintained and shall not be eligible for acceptance into the systems of state highways unless improved to current Department<\/span> standards with funds other than those appropriated by the General Assembly and allocated by the Board<\/span>. For any street that is not constructed to Department<\/span> standards, the subdivision plat and all approved deeds of subdivision, or similar instruments, shall contain a statement advertising that the streets in the subdivision do not meet the standards necessary for inclusion in the systems of state highways and will not be maintained by the Department<\/span> or the county approving the subdivision and are not eligible for rural addition funds, as defined in § 33.2-335<\/a>, or any other funds appropriated by the General Assembly and allocated by the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFUNDS ALLOCATED TO COUNTIES FOR RURAL ADDITION PROGRAM; STREET STANDARDS (\u00a7\n33.2-336)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board and the Commissioner of\nHighways shall not diminish funds allocated or allocable to any county for use\nunder the Rural Addition Program by reason of any county ordinance authorizing\nthe use of private roads not built to standards set by the Department or\nconstruction of subdivision streets built to standards other than those\nestablished by the Department.\n\nB. In those counties where this section is applicable, the ordinance shall also\nstate that any and all streets that are not constructed to meet the standards\nnecessary for inclusion in the systems of state highways shall be privately\nmaintained and shall not be eligible for acceptance into the systems of state\nhighways unless improved to current Department standards with funds other than\nthose appropriated by the General Assembly and allocated by the Board. For any\nstreet that is not constructed to Department standards, the subdivision plat and\nall approved deeds of subdivision, or similar instruments, shall contain a\nstatement advertising that the streets in the subdivision do not meet the\nstandards necessary for inclusion in the systems of state highways and will not\nbe maintained by the Department or the county approving the subdivision and are\nnot eligible for rural addition funds, as defined in § 33.2-335, or any\nother funds appropriated by the General Assembly and allocated by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 566, \u00a7 33.1-72.2; 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}}