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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56905</law_id><section_number>33.2-366</section_number><catch_line>Funds for counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary state highway system</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2000</reference><reference>15.2-2013</reference><reference>33.2-214</reference><reference>33.2-2400</reference><reference>33.2-315</reference><reference>33.2-342</reference><reference>46.2-1140.1</reference><reference>46.2-1143</reference><reference>46.2-1148</reference><reference>46.2-1149.1</reference><reference>56-265.23</reference><reference>56-355.2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="33.2">Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Highway Systems</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Allocation of Highway Funds</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Allocation of funds to programs" href="/33.2-358/">33.2-358</a>, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall make the following payments to counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary state <span class="dictionary">highway</span> system under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932 and that have not elected to return: to any county having withdrawn prior to June 30, 1985, and having an area greater than 100 square miles, an amount equal to $12,529 per lane-mile for fiscal year 2014, and to any county having an area less than 100 square miles, an amount equal to $17,218 per lane-mile for fiscal year 2014; to any county that elects to withdraw after June 30, 1985, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall establish a rate per lane-mile for the first year using (i) an amount for <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> based on <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> standards and unit costs used by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> to prepare its secondary state <span class="dictionary">highway</span> system <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> budget for the year in which the county withdraws and (ii) an amount for administration equal to five percent of the <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> figure determined in clause (i). The payment rates shall be adjusted annually by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in accordance with procedures established for adjusting payments to cities and towns under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways" href="/33.2-319/">33.2-319</a>, and lane mileage shall be adjusted annually to include (a) streets and <span class="dictionary">highways</span> accepted for <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> in the county system by the local governing body or (b) streets and <span class="dictionary">highways</span> constructed according to standards set forth in the county subdivision <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or county thoroughfare plan, and being not less than the standards set by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. Such counties shall be eligible to receive allocations pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Allocation of funds to programs" href="/33.2-358/">33.2-358</a>.
		Payment of the funds shall be made in four equal sums, one in each quarter of the fiscal year.
		The chief administrative officer of such counties receiving such funds shall make annual reports of expenditures to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, in such form as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall prescribe, accounting for all expenditures, including delineation between construction and <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> expenditures and reporting on their performance as specified in subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Asset management practices; report" href="/33.2-352/">33.2-352</a>. Such reports shall be included in the scope of the annual audit of each county conducted by independent certified public accountants.</p></section></text><history>1985, c. 42, &#xA7; 33.1-23.5:1; 2004, c. 118; 2013, c. 766; 2013, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 684; 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
