                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORITY (§ 33.2-2512)

In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, the Authority shall have
the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Providing general oversight of regional programs involving mass transit or
congestion mitigation, including carpooling, vanpooling, and ridesharing;

2. Providing long-range regional planning, both financially constrained and
unconstrained;

3. Recommending to federal, state, and regional agencies regional transportation
priorities, including public-private transportation projects and funding
allocations;

4. Developing, in coordination with affected counties and cities, regional
priorities and policies to improve air quality;

5. Allocating to priority regional transportation projects funds made available
to the Authority and, at the discretion of the Authority, directly overseeing
such projects;

6. Recommending to the Commonwealth Transportation Board priority regional
transportation projects for receipt of federal and state funds;

7. Imposing, collecting, and setting the amount of tolls for use of facilities
in the area embraced by the Authority, when the facility is either newly
constructed or reconstructed solely with revenues of the Authority or solely
with revenues under the control of the Authority in such a way as to increase
the facility&#8217;s traffic capacity, with the amount of tolls variable by time
of day, day of the week, vehicle size or type, number of axles, or other factors
as the Authority may deem proper, and with all such tolls to be used for
programs and projects that are reasonably related to or benefit the users of the
applicable facility, including for the debt service and other costs of bonds
whose proceeds are used for such construction or reconstruction;

8. Providing general oversight of regional transportation issues of a
multijurisdictional nature, including intelligent transportation systems,
signalization, and preparation for and response to emergencies;

9. Serving as an advocate for the transportation needs of Northern Virginia
before the state and federal governments;

10. Applying to and negotiating with the government of the United States, the
Commonwealth, or any agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision thereof
for grants and other funds available to carry out the purposes of this chapter
and receiving, holding, accepting, and administering from any source gifts,
bequests, grants, aid, or contributions of money, property, labor, or other
things of value to be held, used, and applied to carry out the purposes of this
chapter subject, however, to any condition upon which gifts, bequests, grants,
aid, or contributions are made. Unless otherwise restricted by the terms of the
gift, bequest, or grant, the Authority may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose
of such money, securities, or other property given or bequeathed to it in
furtherance of its purposes;

11. Acting as a &#8220;responsible public entity&#8221; for the purpose of the
acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation, or any
combination thereof, of a &#8220;qualifying transportation facility&#8221; under
the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (&#xA7; 33.2-1800 et seq.); and

12. Deciding on and voting to impose certain fees and taxes authorized under law
for imposition or assessment by the Authority, provided that any such fee or tax
assessed or imposed is assessed or imposed in all counties and cities embraced
by the Authority. The revenues from such certain fees and taxes shall be kept in
a separate account and shall be used only for the purposes provided in this
chapter.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 846, § 15.2-4840; 2007, c. 896; 2014, c. 805.