CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CREATED; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR
(§ 33.2-282)

There is hereby created a Department of Rail and Public Transportation reporting
to the Secretary of Transportation and subject to the policy oversight of the
Commonwealth Transportation Board. The Department of Rail and Public
Transportation shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by and serve
at the pleasure of the Governor. The Director of the Department of Rail and
Public Transportation shall serve as a nonvoting ex officio member of the Board
and any committee of the Board dealing with passenger and freight rail,
transportation demand management, ridesharing, and public transportation issues.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 167, § 33.1-391.2; 2002, c. 355; 2014, c. 805.