                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TOLLS FOR USE OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM COMPONENTS (§ 33.2-309)

A. Subject to the limitations provided in &#xA7; 33.2-119 and in accordance with
all applicable federal and state statutes and requirements, the Board may impose
and collect tolls from all classes of vehicles in amounts established by the
Board for the use of any component of the Interstate System within the
Commonwealth.

B. The toll facilities authorized by this section shall be subject to the
provisions of federal law for the purpose of tolling motor vehicles to finance
interstate construction and reconstruction, promote efficiency in the use of
highways, reduce traffic congestion, and improve air quality and for such other
purposes as may be permitted by federal law.

C. In order to mitigate traffic congestion in the vicinity of the toll
facilities, no toll facility shall be operated without high-speed automated toll
collection technology designed to allow motorists to travel through the toll
facilities without stopping to make payments. Nothing in this subsection shall
be construed to prohibit a toll facility from retaining means of nonautomated
toll collection in some lanes of the facility. The Board shall also consider
traffic congestion and mitigation thereof and the impact on local traffic
movement as factors in determining the location of the toll facilities
authorized pursuant to this section.

D. The revenues collected from each toll facility established pursuant to this
section shall be deposited into segregated subaccounts in the Transportation
Trust Fund and may be allocated by the Board as the Board deems appropriate to:

   1. Pay or finance all or part of the costs of programs or projects, including
   the costs of planning, operation, maintenance, and improvements incurred in
   connection with the toll facility, provided that such allocations shall be
   limited to programs and projects that are reasonably related to or benefit the
   users of the toll facility. The priorities of metropolitan planning
   organizations, planning district commissions, local governments, and
   transportation corridors shall be considered by the Board in making project
   allocations from such revenues deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund.

   2. Repay funds from the Toll Facilities Revolving Account or the
   Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund.

   3. Pay the Board&#8217;s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the
   administration and management of the toll facility.

HISTORY: 2007, c. 477, § 33.1-23.03:10; 2008, cc. 602, 838; 2014, c. 805; 2015,
c. 681; 2016, c. 780; 2017, c. 836.