                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AGREEMENTS WITH COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS OR PUBLIC ROAD AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVE
FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC GRADE CROSSINGS (§ 56-405.1)

Whenever the Commissioner of Highways or representative of the appropriate
public road authority determines that it is in the best interest of the public
to assist a railroad in its grade crossing maintenance and repair activities, he
is authorized to enter into an agreement with the railroad company for the
repair or maintenance of any crossing of a railroad and a public highway or for
the sale of materials to the railroad company for the repair and maintenance of
any such crossing. Any such agreement shall provide for the railroad company to
bear the cost of the repair or maintenance or material furnished and such other
conditions as the Commissioner of Highways or representative of the appropriate
public road authority deems necessary or advisable to protect the interest of
the public.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 175; 1996, cc. 114, 157.