2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

24100834D

HOUSE BILL NO. 142

Offered January 10, 2024

Prefiled January 2, 2024

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-830.3, relating to installation of crosswalks; waiving certain requirement.

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Patron—Reid

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-830.3 as follows:

§ 46.2-830.3. Property owners' associations; crosswalks.

The Department of Transportation, when determining the need for a crosswalk within a community subject to the Property Owners' Association Act (§ 55.1-1800 et seq.), shall waive any requirement that a certain number of individuals cross such highway within a particular period of time if the location of the proposed crosswalk is adjacent to and providing access to a facility that attracts pedestrians or generates an increased pedestrian presence. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the Department of Transportation to waive any safety or engineering standards other than the requirement that a certain number of individuals cross such highway within a particular period of time.