                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ESTABLISHED (§ 33.2-256)

A. There is hereby created a Department of Transportation within the executive
branch, which shall be under the supervision and management of the Commissioner
of Highways and responsible to the Secretary of Transportation.

B. The core mission of the Department shall be as follows:

   1. To maintain and operate the system of state highways;

   2. To develop, oversee, and manage highway projects included in the Six-Year
   Improvement Program pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-214 based on guidance from the
   Commonwealth Transportation Board or funded pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-1524; and

   3. To ensure the safety of the traveling public on the system of state
   highways.
   				Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit or restrict the
   powers otherwise granted to the Department or Commissioner.

HISTORY: 2014, c. 805; 2017, cc. 166, 273.