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Funds provided in this section may also be used as matching funds for federal grants to support commuter rail projects.B\n\nCapital projects, including tracks and facilities constructed, and property, equipment, and rolling stock purchased, with funds from the Fund pursuant to this section shall be owned, leased, or otherwise subject to the continuing use of the transportation districts described in subsection B of § 33.2-3500 for the useful life of the projects and property, equipment, and rolling stock, as determined by such transportation districts, and shall be made available for use by all commuter rail operations and common carriers using the railway system to which they connect under the trackage rights or operating agreements between the parties. Such transportation districts may transfer ownership of any tracks or property to the Commonwealth. Projects undertaken pursuant to this section shall be limited to those providing benefits to a region of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth as a whole, or an adjacent jurisdiction served by commuter rail originating in the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":302423,"text":"The transportation districts described in subsection B of § 33.2-3500 shall administer and expend, or commit, funds from the Fund to support the cost of operating commuter rail service; acquiring, leasing, or improving railways or railroad equipment, rolling stock, rights-of-way, or facilities; or assisting other appropriate entities to acquire, lease, or improve railways or railroad equipment, rolling stock, rights-of-way, or facilities for commuter rail transportation purposes whenever such transportation districts have determined that such acquisition, lease, or improvement is for the common good of a region of the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth as a whole. 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Such transportation districts may transfer ownership of any tracks or property to the Commonwealth. 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This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 854<\/a> and 856<\/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":78646,"section_number":"33.2-3500","catch_line":"Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-3500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207797,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84385,"identifier":"33.2-3501","token":"33.2\/IV\/35\/33.2-3501","url":"\/33.2-3501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-3501\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/35\/33.2-3501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of revenues in the Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-3501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The transportation districts described in subsection B of § 33.2-3500<\/a> shall administer and expend, or commit, funds from the Fund to support the cost of operating commuter rail service; acquiring, leasing, or improving railways or railroad equipment, rolling stock, rights-of-way, or facilities; or assisting other appropriate entities to acquire, lease, or improve railways or railroad equipment, rolling stock, rights-of-way, or facilities for commuter rail transportation purposes whenever such transportation districts have determined that such acquisition, lease, or improvement is for the common good of a region of the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth as a whole. Funds provided in this section may also be used as matching funds for federal grants to support commuter rail projects. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Capital projects, including tracks and facilities constructed, and property, equipment, and rolling stock purchased, with funds from the Fund pursuant to this section shall be owned, leased, or otherwise subject to the continuing use of the transportation districts described in subsection B of § 33.2-3500<\/a> for the useful life of the projects and property, equipment, and rolling stock, as determined by such transportation districts, and shall be made available for use by all commuter rail operations and common carriers using the railway system to which they connect under the trackage rights or operating agreements between the parties. Such transportation districts may transfer ownership of any tracks or property to the Commonwealth. Projects undertaken pursuant to this section shall be limited to those providing benefits to a region of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth as a whole, or an adjacent jurisdiction<\/span> served by commuter rail originating in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF REVENUES IN THE FUND (\u00a7 33.2-3501)\n\nA. The transportation districts described in subsection B of § 33.2-3500\nshall administer and expend, or commit, funds from the Fund to support the cost\nof operating commuter rail service; acquiring, leasing, or improving railways or\nrailroad equipment, rolling stock, rights-of-way, or facilities; or assisting\nother appropriate entities to acquire, lease, or improve railways or railroad\nequipment, rolling stock, rights-of-way, or facilities for commuter rail\ntransportation purposes whenever such transportation districts have determined\nthat such acquisition, lease, or improvement is for the common good of a region\nof the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth as a whole. Funds provided in this\nsection may also be used as matching funds for federal grants to support\ncommuter rail projects.\n\nB. Capital projects, including tracks and facilities constructed, and property,\nequipment, and rolling stock purchased, with funds from the Fund pursuant to\nthis section shall be owned, leased, or otherwise subject to the continuing use\nof the transportation districts described in subsection B of § 33.2-3500\nfor the useful life of the projects and property, equipment, and rolling stock,\nas determined by such transportation districts, and shall be made available for\nuse by all commuter rail operations and common carriers using the railway system\nto which they connect under the trackage rights or operating agreements between\nthe parties. Such transportation districts may transfer ownership of any tracks\nor property to the Commonwealth. Projects undertaken pursuant to this section\nshall be limited to those providing benefits to a region of the Commonwealth,\nthe Commonwealth as a whole, or an adjacent jurisdiction served by commuter rail\noriginating in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, cc. 854, 856.","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}}