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After adopting a resolution supporting the action, the governing body of the locality may request revenue-sharing funds to improve, construct, reconstruct, or maintain a highway system located in another locality or between two or more localities or to bring subdivision streets, used as such prior to the date specified in § 33.2-335, up to standards sufficient to qualify them for inclusion in the primary or secondary state highway system. All requests for funding shall be accompanied by a prioritized listing of specified projects.B\n\nIn allocating funds under this section, the Board shall give priority to projects as follows: first, to projects that have previously received an allocation of funds pursuant to this section; second, to projects that (i) meet a transportation need identified in the Statewide Transportation Plan pursuant to § 33.2-353 or (ii) accelerate a project in a locality’s capital plan; and third, to projects that address pavement resurfacing and bridge rehabilitation projects where the maintenance needs analysis determines that the infrastructure does not meet the Department’s maintenance performance targets.C\n\nThe Department shall contract with the locality for the implementation of the project. Such contract may cover either a single project or may provide for the locality’s implementation of several projects. The locality shall undertake implementation of the particular project by obtaining the necessary permits from the Department in order to ensure that the improvement is consistent with the Department’s standards for such improvements. At the request of the locality, the Department may provide the locality with engineering, right-of-way acquisition, construction, or maintenance services for a project with its own forces. The locality shall provide payment to the Department for any such services. If administered by the Department, such contract shall also require that the governing body of the locality pay to the Department within 30 days the local revenue-sharing funds upon written notice by the Department of its intent to proceed. Any project having funds allocated under this program shall be initiated in such a fashion that at least a portion of such funds have been expended within one year of allocation. Any revenue-sharing funds for projects not initiated after two subsequent fiscal years of allocation may be reallocated at the discretion of the Board.D\n\nTotal Commonwealth funds allocated by the Board under this section shall not exceed the greater of $100 million or seven percent of funds available for distribution pursuant to subsection B of § 33.2-358 prior to the distribution of funds pursuant to this section, whichever is greater, in each fiscal year, subject to appropriation for such purpose. For any fiscal year in which less than the full program allocation has been allocated by the Board to specific governing bodies, those localities requesting the maximum allocation under subsection A may be allowed an additional allocation at the discretion of the Board.E\n\nThe funds allocated by the Board under this section shall be distributed and administered in accordance with the revenue-sharing program guidelines established by the Board.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":267811,"text":"From revenues made available by the General Assembly and appropriated for the improvement, construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of the systems of state highways, the Board may make an equivalent matching allocation to any locality for designations by the governing body of up to $5 million for use by the locality to improve, construct, maintain, or reconstruct the highway systems within such locality with up to $2.5 million for use by the locality to maintain the highway systems within such locality. After adopting a resolution supporting the action, the governing body of the locality may request revenue-sharing funds to improve, construct, reconstruct, or maintain a highway system located in another locality or between two or more localities or to bring subdivision streets, used as such prior to the date specified in § 33.2-335, up to standards sufficient to qualify them for inclusion in the primary or secondary state highway system. All requests for funding shall be accompanied by a prioritized listing of specified projects.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":267812,"text":"In allocating funds under this section, the Board shall give priority to projects as follows: first, to projects that have previously received an allocation of funds pursuant to this section; second, to projects that (i) meet a transportation need identified in the Statewide Transportation Plan pursuant to § 33.2-353 or (ii) accelerate a project in a locality’s capital plan; and third, to projects that address pavement resurfacing and bridge rehabilitation projects where the maintenance needs analysis determines that the infrastructure does not meet the Department’s maintenance performance targets.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":267813,"text":"The Department shall contract with the locality for the implementation of the project. Such contract may cover either a single project or may provide for the locality’s implementation of several projects. The locality shall undertake implementation of the particular project by obtaining the necessary permits from the Department in order to ensure that the improvement is consistent with the Department’s standards for such improvements. At the request of the locality, the Department may provide the locality with engineering, right-of-way acquisition, construction, or maintenance services for a project with its own forces. The locality shall provide payment to the Department for any such services. If administered by the Department, such contract shall also require that the governing body of the locality pay to the Department within 30 days the local revenue-sharing funds upon written notice by the Department of its intent to proceed. Any project having funds allocated under this program shall be initiated in such a fashion that at least a portion of such funds have been expended within one year of allocation. Any revenue-sharing funds for projects not initiated after two subsequent fiscal years of allocation may be reallocated at the discretion of the Board.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":267814,"text":"Total Commonwealth funds allocated by the Board under this section shall not exceed the greater of $100 million or seven percent of funds available for distribution pursuant to subsection B of § 33.2-358 prior to the distribution of funds pursuant to this section, whichever is greater, in each fiscal year, subject to appropriation for such purpose. For any fiscal year in which less than the full program allocation has been allocated by the Board to specific governing bodies, those localities requesting the maximum allocation under subsection A may be allowed an additional allocation at the discretion of the Board.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":267815,"text":"The funds allocated by the Board under this section shall be distributed and administered in accordance with the revenue-sharing program guidelines established by the Board.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14294,"edition_id":1,"name":"Allocation of Highway Funds","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12831,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:37","permalink":{"id":205955,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14294,"identifier":"5","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/5","url":"\/33.2\/II\/3\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12831,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highway Systems","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12830,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":205741,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12831,"identifier":"3","token":"33.2\/II\/3","url":"\/33.2\/II\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12830,"edition_id":1,"name":"Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12806,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":205369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12830,"identifier":"II","token":"33.2\/II","url":"\/33.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12806,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":204785,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12806,"identifier":"33.2","token":"33.2","url":"\/33.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":72011,"structure_id":14294,"section_number":"33.2-351","catch_line":"Definition of \"allocation.\"","url":"\/33.2-351\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/5\/33.2-351","metadata":false},{"id":77931,"structure_id":14294,"section_number":"33.2-352","catch_line":"Asset management practices; 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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 827<\/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 7 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 2008, chapter 608<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 830<\/a> and 868<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 729<\/a> and 733<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 684<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 828<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 1230<\/a> and 1275<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72559,"section_number":"15.2-2303.2","catch_line":"Proffered cash payments and expenditures","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2303.2\/"},{"id":71998,"section_number":"33.2-214.1","catch_line":"Statewide prioritization process for project selection","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-214.1\/"},{"id":63525,"section_number":"33.2-335","catch_line":"Taking certain streets into secondary state highway system","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-335\/"},{"id":77373,"section_number":"33.2-338","catch_line":"Construction and improvement of primary or secondary highways by counties","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-338\/"},{"id":63826,"section_number":"33.2-365","catch_line":"Allocation of proceeds of Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Capital Projects Revenue Bonds","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-365\/"}],"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\/"},{"id":71190,"section_number":"33.2-353","catch_line":"Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and update Statewide Transportation Plan","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-353\/"},{"id":81138,"section_number":"33.2-358","catch_line":"Allocation of funds to programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-358\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74518,"identifier":"33.2-357","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/5\/33.2-357","url":"\/33.2-357\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-357\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/5\/33.2-357","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revenue-sharing funds for systems in certain localities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-357","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> From revenues made available by the General Assembly and appropriated for the improvement, construction, reconstruction, or maintenance<\/span> of the systems of state highways<\/span>, the Board<\/span> may make an equivalent matching allocation to any locality for designations by the governing body of up to $5 million for use by the locality to improve, construct, maintain, or reconstruct the highway<\/span> systems within such locality with up to $2.5 million for use by the locality to maintain the highway<\/span> systems within such locality. After adopting a resolution supporting the action, the governing body of the locality may request revenue-sharing funds to improve, construct, reconstruct, or maintain a highway<\/span> system located in another locality or between two or more localities or to bring subdivision streets, used as such prior to the date specified in § 33.2-335<\/a>, up to standards sufficient to qualify them for inclusion in the primary or secondary state highway<\/span> system. All requests for funding shall be accompanied by a prioritized listing of specified projects. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In allocating funds under this section, the Board<\/span> shall give priority to projects as follows: first, to projects that have previously received an allocation of funds pursuant to this section; second, to projects that (i) meet a transportation need identified in the Statewide Transportation Plan pursuant to § 33.2-353<\/a> or (ii) accelerate a project in a locality’s capital plan; and third, to projects that address pavement resurfacing and bridge rehabilitation projects where the maintenance<\/span> needs analysis determines that the infrastructure does not meet the Department<\/span>’s maintenance<\/span> performance targets. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall contract<\/span> with the locality for the implementation of the project. Such contract<\/span> may cover either a single project or may provide for the locality’s implementation of several projects. The locality shall undertake implementation of the particular project by obtaining the necessary permits from the Department<\/span> in order<\/span> to ensure that the improvement is consistent with the Department<\/span>’s standards for such improvements. At the request of the locality, the Department<\/span> may provide the locality with engineering, right-of-way acquisition, construction, or maintenance<\/span> services for a project with its own forces. The locality shall provide payment to the Department<\/span> for any such services. If administered by the Department<\/span>, such contract<\/span> shall also require that the governing body of the locality pay to the Department<\/span> within 30 days the local revenue-sharing funds upon written notice by the Department<\/span> of its intent<\/span> to proceed. Any project having funds allocated under this program shall be initiated in such a fashion that at least a portion of such funds have been expended within one year of allocation. Any revenue-sharing funds for projects not initiated after two subsequent fiscal years of allocation may be reallocated at the discretion of the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Total Commonwealth funds allocated by the Board<\/span> under this section shall not exceed the greater of $100 million or seven percent of funds available for distribution pursuant to subsection B of § 33.2-358<\/a> prior to the distribution of funds pursuant to this section, whichever is greater, in each fiscal year, subject to appropriation for such purpose. For any fiscal year in which less than the full program allocation has been allocated by the Board<\/span> to specific governing bodies, those localities requesting the maximum allocation under subsection A may be allowed an additional allocation at the discretion of the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The funds allocated by the Board<\/span> under this section shall be distributed and administered in accordance with the revenue-sharing program guidelines established by the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVENUE-SHARING FUNDS FOR SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES (\u00a7 33.2-357)\n\nA. From revenues made available by the General Assembly and appropriated for the\nimprovement, construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of the systems of\nstate highways, the Board may make an equivalent matching allocation to any\nlocality for designations by the governing body of up to $5 million for use by\nthe locality to improve, construct, maintain, or reconstruct the highway systems\nwithin such locality with up to $2.5 million for use by the locality to maintain\nthe highway systems within such locality. After adopting a resolution supporting\nthe action, the governing body of the locality may request revenue-sharing funds\nto improve, construct, reconstruct, or maintain a highway system located in\nanother locality or between two or more localities or to bring subdivision\nstreets, used as such prior to the date specified in § 33.2-335, up to\nstandards sufficient to qualify them for inclusion in the primary or secondary\nstate highway system. All requests for funding shall be accompanied by a\nprioritized listing of specified projects.\n\nB. In allocating funds under this section, the Board shall give priority to\nprojects as follows: first, to projects that have previously received an\nallocation of funds pursuant to this section; second, to projects that (i) meet\na transportation need identified in the Statewide Transportation Plan pursuant\nto § 33.2-353 or (ii) accelerate a project in a locality’s capital\nplan; and third, to projects that address pavement resurfacing and bridge\nrehabilitation projects where the maintenance needs analysis determines that the\ninfrastructure does not meet the Department’s maintenance performance\ntargets.\n\nC. The Department shall contract with the locality for the implementation of the\nproject. Such contract may cover either a single project or may provide for the\nlocality’s implementation of several projects. The locality shall\nundertake implementation of the particular project by obtaining the necessary\npermits from the Department in order to ensure that the improvement is\nconsistent with the Department’s standards for such improvements. At the\nrequest of the locality, the Department may provide the locality with\nengineering, right-of-way acquisition, construction, or maintenance services for\na project with its own forces. The locality shall provide payment to the\nDepartment for any such services. If administered by the Department, such\ncontract shall also require that the governing body of the locality pay to the\nDepartment within 30 days the local revenue-sharing funds upon written notice by\nthe Department of its intent to proceed. Any project having funds allocated\nunder this program shall be initiated in such a fashion that at least a portion\nof such funds have been expended within one year of allocation. Any\nrevenue-sharing funds for projects not initiated after two subsequent fiscal\nyears of allocation may be reallocated at the discretion of the Board.\n\nD. Total Commonwealth funds allocated by the Board under this section shall not\nexceed the greater of $100 million or seven percent of funds available for\ndistribution pursuant to subsection B of § 33.2-358 prior to the\ndistribution of funds pursuant to this section, whichever is greater, in each\nfiscal year, subject to appropriation for such purpose. For any fiscal year in\nwhich less than the full program allocation has been allocated by the Board to\nspecific governing bodies, those localities requesting the maximum allocation\nunder subsection A may be allowed an additional allocation at the discretion of\nthe Board.\n\nE. The funds allocated by the Board under this section shall be distributed and\nadministered in accordance with the revenue-sharing program guidelines\nestablished by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 827, \u00a7 33.1-23.05; 2008, c. 608; 2011, cc. 830, 868; 2012,\ncc. 729, 733; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 684; 2018, c. 828; 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.","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}}