CODE OF VIRGINIA

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORITY (§ 33.2-2512)

In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, the Authority shall have
the following duties and responsibilities:

   1.  Providing general oversight of regional programs involving mass transit or
   congestion mitigation, including carpooling, vanpooling, and ridesharing;

   2.  Providing long-range regional planning, both financially constrained and
   unconstrained;

   3.  Recommending to federal, state, and regional agencies regional
   transportation priorities, including public-private transportation projects
   and funding allocations;

   4.  Developing, in coordination with affected counties and cities, regional
   priorities and policies to improve air quality;

   5.  Allocating to priority regional transportation projects funds made
   available to the Authority and, at the discretion of the Authority, directly
   overseeing such projects;

   6.  Recommending to the Commonwealth Transportation Board priority regional
   transportation projects for receipt of federal and state funds;

   7.  Imposing, collecting, and setting the amount of tolls for use of
   facilities in the area embraced by the Authority, when the facility is either
   newly constructed or reconstructed solely with revenues of the Authority or
   solely with revenues under the control of the Authority in such a way as to
   increase the facility’s traffic capacity, with the amount of tolls
   variable by time of day, day of the week, vehicle size or type, number of
   axles, or other factors as the Authority may deem proper, and with all such
   tolls to be used for programs and projects that are reasonably related to or
   benefit the users of the applicable facility, including for the debt service
   and other costs of bonds whose proceeds are used for such construction or
   reconstruction;

   8.  Providing general oversight of regional transportation issues of a
   multijurisdictional nature, including intelligent transportation systems,
   signalization, and preparation for and response to emergencies;

   9.  Serving as an advocate for the transportation needs of Northern Virginia
   before the state and federal governments;

   10.  Applying to and negotiating with the government of the United States, the
   Commonwealth, or any agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision thereof
   for grants and other funds available to carry out the purposes of this chapter
   and receiving, holding, accepting, and administering from any source gifts,
   bequests, grants, aid, or contributions of money, property, labor, or other
   things of value to be held, used, and applied to carry out the purposes of
   this chapter subject, however, to any condition upon which gifts, bequests,
   grants, aid, or contributions are made. Unless otherwise restricted by the
   terms of the gift, bequest, or grant, the Authority may sell, exchange, or
   otherwise dispose of such money, securities, or other property given or
   bequeathed to it in furtherance of its purposes;

   11.  Acting as a “responsible public entity” for the purpose of
   the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation, or any
   combination thereof, of a “qualifying transportation facility”
   under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (§ 33.2-1800 et seq.);
   and

   12.  Deciding on and voting to impose certain fees and taxes authorized under
   law for imposition or assessment by the Authority, provided that any such fee
   or tax assessed or imposed is assessed or imposed in all counties and cities
   embraced by the Authority. The revenues from such certain fees and taxes shall
   be kept in a separate account and shall be used only for the purposes provided
   in this chapter.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 846, § 15.2-4840; 2007, c. 896; 2014, c. 805.