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In making HOT lanes designations, the Board shall also specify the high-occupancy requirement and conditions for use of such HOT lanes or may authorize the Commissioner of Highways to make such determination consistent with the terms of a comprehensive agreement executed pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1808. The high-occupancy requirement for a HOT lanes facility constructed or operated as a result of the Public-Private Transportation Act (\u00a7 33.2-1800 et seq.) shall not be less than three.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":264747,"text":"The Board may designate one or more lanes of any highway, including lanes that may previously have been designated HOV lanes under \u00a7 33.2-501, in the Interstate System, primary state highway system, or National Highway System, or any portion thereof, as HOT lanes. 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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 783<\/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":85660,"section_number":"33.2-2612","catch_line":"Additional tolling authority of the Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-2612\/"},{"id":54759,"section_number":"33.2-503","catch_line":"HOT lanes enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-503\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58174,"section_number":"33.2-1800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1800\/"},{"id":67786,"section_number":"33.2-1808","catch_line":"Comprehensive agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1808\/"},{"id":80087,"section_number":"33.2-501","catch_line":"Designation of HOV lanes; use of such lanes; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-501\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206121,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73601,"identifier":"33.2-502","token":"33.2\/II\/5\/33.2-502","url":"\/33.2-502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-502\/","token":"33.2\/II\/5\/33.2-502","dublin_core":{"Title":"Designation of HOT lanes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> may designate one or more lanes of any highway, including lanes that may previously have been designated HOV lanes<\/span> under \u00a7 33.2-501<\/a>, in the Interstate System<\/span>, primary state highway system, or National Highway System<\/span>, or any portion thereof, as HOT lanes<\/span>. In making HOT lanes<\/span> designations, the Board<\/span> shall also specify the high-occupancy requirement<\/span> and conditions for use of such HOT lanes<\/span> or may authorize the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> to make such determination consistent with the terms of a comprehensive agreement executed pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1808<\/a>. The high-occupancy requirement<\/span> for a HOT lanes<\/span> facility constructed or operated as a result of the Public-Private Transportation Act (\u00a7 33.2-1800<\/a> et seq.) shall not be less than three.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGNATION OF HOT LANES (\u00a7 33.2-502)\n\nThe Board may designate one or more lanes of any highway, including lanes that\nmay previously have been designated HOV lanes under \u00a7 33.2-501, in the\nInterstate System, primary state highway system, or National Highway System, or\nany portion thereof, as HOT lanes. In making HOT lanes designations, the Board\nshall also specify the high-occupancy requirement and conditions for use of such\nHOT lanes or may authorize the Commissioner of Highways to make such\ndetermination consistent with the terms of a comprehensive agreement executed\npursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1808. The high-occupancy requirement for a HOT lanes\nfacility constructed or operated as a result of the Public-Private\nTransportation Act (\u00a7 33.2-1800 et seq.) shall not be less than three.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 783, \u00a7 33.1-56.2; 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}}