                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(FOR CONTINGENT EXPIRATION, SEE ACTS 2020, CC. 1230 AND 1275) REGIONAL
CONGESTION RELIEF FEE (§ 58.1-802.4)

In addition to any other tax or fee imposed under the provisions of this
chapter, a fee, delineated as the &#8220;regional congestion relief fee,&#8221;
is hereby imposed on each deed, instrument, or writing by which lands,
tenements, or other realty located in any county or city in a planning district
described in this section is sold and is granted, assigned, transferred, or
otherwise conveyed to or vested in the purchaser or any other person, by such
purchaser&#8217;s direction. The fee shall be imposed in a planning district
established pursuant to Chapter 42 (§ 15.2-4200 et seq.) of Title 15.2 that (i)
as of January 1, 2013, has a population of two million or more, as shown by the
most recent United States census, has not less than 1.7 million motor vehicles
registered therein, and has a total transit ridership of not less than 50
million riders per year across all transit systems within the planning district
or (ii) as shown by the most recent United States census meets the population
criteria set forth in clause (i) and also meets the vehicle registration and
ridership criteria set forth in clause (i). The rate of the fee, when the
consideration or value of the interest, whichever is greater, equals or exceeds
$100, shall be $0.10 for each $100 or fraction thereof, exclusive of the value
of any lien or encumbrance remaining thereon at the time of the sale, whether
such lien is assumed or the realty is sold subject to such lien or encumbrance.
In any case in which the fee is imposed pursuant to clause (ii) such fee shall
be effective beginning on the July 1 immediately following the calendar year in
which all of the criteria under such clause have been met.
		The fee imposed by this section shall be paid by the grantor, or any person
who signs on behalf of the grantor, of any deed, instrument, or writing subject
to the fee imposed by this section; however, the grantor and grantee may arrange
for the grantee to pay all or a portion of the fee.
		No such deed, instrument, or other writing shall be admitted to record unless
certification of the clerk wherein first recorded has been affixed thereto that
the fee imposed pursuant to this section has been paid.
		Fees imposed by this section shall be collected by the clerk of the court and
deposited into the state treasury as soon as practicable. Such fees shall then
be deposited into special funds established by law. In the case of Planning
District 8, the revenue generated and collected therein shall be deposited into
the fund established in § 33.2-2509. For additional planning districts that may
become subject to this section, funds shall be established by appropriate
legislation.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.