HB 941

            
2020 SESSION

20103093D

HOUSE BILL NO. 941


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to require the Commissioner 
 of Highways to place permanent electronic speed indicator signs on U.S. Route 
 17.
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Patron-- Webert

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. � 1 The 
 Commissioner of Highways shall erect and maintain in the 
 northbound and southbound directions on U.S. Route 17 in Fauquier 
 County near the intersections with Belvoir Road, Old 
 Tavern Road, and Blantyre Road at least six 
 permanent electronic speed indicator signs that display the speed limit on such 
 highway and the speed of the driver approaching such sign.
 
 
2. That the Department of Transportation (the Department) 
 shall pay for the electronic speed indicator signs required pursuant to this 
 act. However, if funds for such purpose are not allocated in the general 
 appropriation act by the 2020 Regular Session of the General Assembly, the governing 
 body of Fauquier County shall have the option to pay for such signs. If the 
 governing body of Fauquier County has the option to pay for such signs and 
 declines, the Department shall erect such signs when the Department has funds 
 available for such purpose.