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The Retail EmployerGeneral Assembly Special Session II has ended with no new funding for Transportation
During the Special Session II beginning June 23 and ending in the early morning hours of July 10th, the Virginia Retail Federation maintained contact with members of the General Assembly from both sides of the aisle to keep a pulse on what funding vehicles were likely to be part of the final solution for the funding of Transportation. From the beginning of the session there was opposition on both sides of the aisle for every funding measure, whether it was the gas tax, grantors tax, transient occupancy tax, titling tax or sales and use tax. Much of the opposition to one tax or the other was dependent upon what area or region of the Commonwealth the Delegate or Senator represented.
(Click here to view legislation considered that the VRF monitored during the special session. If you want to view how a Delegate or Senator voted click on the bill number and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on final vote.)
Most everyone agrees that the Commonwealth’s transportation system has problems, whether it is the need for new roads or maintaining existing roads. Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads are currently suffering from overdevelopment which has led to major daily backup due to an inadequate road system. The need for other alternative modes of transportation is getting neither the attention nor funding needed to develop this much needed form of transportation which will reduce the dependence on vehicular transportation.
With the transportation problem not going away, the VRF will monitor how the issues of funding transportation will be addressed in the 2009 session of the General Assembly. It is believed that many of the tax increases proposed during the special session will reappear during the next session. The VRF would like your input by completing a brief survey. Click here for the survey.
| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
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HB 6001 - Cole - Highway construction funds; provides for allocation thereof for primary, urban, & secondary systems. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6002 - Cole - Transportation Trust Fund; increases amount of sales and use tax revenue dedicated thereto. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6003 - Cole - Highway construction funds; provides for allocation thereof for primary & secondary systems. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6004 - Albo - Highway maintenance funds; provides for allocation thereof by Transportation Board. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6005 - Oder - Transportation, Department of; independent audit required. (notes!) |
(H) Incorporated by Transportation (HB6023-Lingamfelter) |
06/24/08 |
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HB 6006 - Saxman - Transportation Trust Fund; revenues and royalties to State from offshore drilling dedicated thereto. (notes!) |
(S) Reported from Finance (7-Y 6-N) |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6007 - Lingamfelter - Motor fuels tax; eliminates current cents per gallon and replaces it with 5% sales and use tax. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Finance |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6008 - Oder - Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; abolishes Authority & taxes, fees, etc. dedicated thereto. (notes!) |
(H) Failed to pass in House |
07/09/08 |
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HB 6012 - Putney - Highway maintenance; increase of sales and use tax, provided approved by voter referendum. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6013 - Hargrove - Transportation Board; election of non-at-large members, and Transportation Commissioner. |
(H) Stricken from House calendar |
07/09/08 |
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HB 6014 - Landes - Interstate Public-Private Partnership Compact; repeals establishment thereof. (notes!) |
(H) Failed to pass in House |
07/09/08 |
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HB 6015 - Pollard - Park-and-ride facilities; Transportation Board to establish expansion fund. (notes!) |
(H) Tabled in Appropriations |
06/24/08 |
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HB 6016 - Pollard - Secondary highway system; improvements of existing highways not subject to certain standards, etc. (notes!) |
(S) Passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) |
07/09/08 |
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HB 6017 - Rust - Food and beverage tax; allows counties to impose without referendum. (notes!) |
(H) Tabled in Finance |
06/24/08 |
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HB 6018 - Gear - Retail Sales and Use Tax; dedication of portion of current revenue for transportation. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6019 - Hamilton - Hampton Roads highway districts; requests for proposals or tolling of certain highway facilities. (notes!) |
(S) Referred to Committee on Transportation |
07/09/08 |
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HB 6021 - Rust - Highway maintenance funds; provides method by which Transportation Board is to allocate funds. |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6024 - Lingamfelter - Income tax, state; telework tax credit to aide transportation, report. (notes!) |
(H) Tabled in Finance |
06/24/08 |
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HB 6025 - Frederick - Highway maintenance; allocation of funds by Transportation Board to counties for highway systems. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6026 - Armstrong - Transportation; provides statewide and regional transportation funding by increasing certain taxes. |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6027 - Hogan - Transportation Board; may enter into fixed-price contracts for materials, etc. for construction. (notes!) |
(S) Passed Senate (33-Y 0-N) |
07/09/08 |
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HB 6028 - Tata - Light rail system; General Assemby determines expansion from Norfolk to beachfront in VA Beach. (notes!) |
(S) Passed Senate (33-Y 1-N) |
07/09/08 |
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HB 6029 - Albo - Transportation funding and administration; eliminating and replacing certain state fees and taxes. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6030 - Marshall, R.G. - Transportation Capital Projects Bond Act of 2008; created. (notes!) |
(H) Tabled in Appropriations |
06/24/08 |
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HB 6031 - Marshall, R.G. - Vehicle overweight and overload fees; establishment by Transportation Board of new schedule thereof. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6032 - Marshall, R.G. - Efficiency in Government Advisory Councils; established. |
(H) Failed to pass in House |
07/09/08 |
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HB 6033 - Marshall, R.G. - Commonwealth Competition Council; repeals, monetary savings applied to Transportation Trust Fund. |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6036 - Marshall, R.G. - Alcoholic beverage control; Board to study on how to privatize government stores, etc. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6038 - Marshall, R.G. - Letting of contracts; Transportation Board to determine which transportation projects to be funded. |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6039 - Marshall, R.G. - Motor fuels; quarterly reporting thereof sold to retailers. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Finance |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6040 - Marshall, R.G. - Highway construction funds, primary; allocates funds among State's 23 planning districts. |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6041 - Marshall, R.G. - Secondary highway system; excludes certain subdivision & local subdivision streets from being taken. |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6042 - Albo - Transportation funding and administration; eliminating and replacing certain state fees and taxes. (notes!) |
(H) Left in Rules |
07/10/08 |
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HB 6055 - Hamilton - Transportation funding & administration; revenues to be used in certain areas therefor. |
(S) Referred to Committee on Finance |
07/09/08 |
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SB 6001 - Cuccinelli - Retail Sales and Use Tax; revenues to Transportation Trust Fund. (notes!) |
(S) Referred to Committee on Finance |
06/23/08 |
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SB 6002 - Miller, J.C. - Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; abolished, several technical changes. (notes!) |
(S) Rereferred to Finance |
06/24/08 |
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SB 6003 - Miller, J.C. - Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Organization; inclusion, etc. to Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. |
(S) Rereferred to Finance |
06/24/08 |
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SB 6004 - Cuccinelli - Highway maintenance; allocation of funds by Transportation Board to counties for highway systems. |
(S) Referred to Committee on Transportation |
06/23/08 |
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SB 6005 - Cuccinelli - Offshore natural gas & petroleum resources; state to credit Transportation Trust Fund all royalties. (notes!) |
(S) Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
(S) Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (SB6011-Wagner) (9-Y 0-N) |
06/24/08 |
SB 6006 - Stolle - Transportation funding and administration; provides funds for transportation in Hampton Roads. |
(S) Rereferred to Finance |
06/24/08 |
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SB 6007 - Stolle - Tolls; Transportation Board to impose & collect for use of all Interstate Highway System components. |
(S) Referred to Committee on Finance |
06/23/08 |
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SB 6008 - Norment - Simulcast horse racing; allocates portion of proceeds to Transportation Trust Fund. |
(S) Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (6-Y 8-N) |
06/24/08 |
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SB 6009 - Saslaw - Transportation funding, statewide and regional; establishes new taxes & increases rates of certain. |
(H) VOTE: -- Defeated (39-Y 59-N) |
07/09/08 |
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SB 6010 - Colgan - Transportation funding and administration; creates new statewide & regional revenue sources, report. |
(S) Rereferred to Finance |
06/24/08 |
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(S) Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
(S) Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
06/23/08 |
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SB 6013 - Deeds - Income tax, state; telework tax credit to aide transportation. |
(H) Left in Finance |
07/10/08 |
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SB 6014 - Deeds - Income tax, state; deduction if utilizing alternative modes of transportation. |
(S) Referred to Committee on Finance |
06/23/08 |
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SB 6015 - Edwards - Transportation funding; creates sources of revenue by increasing motor vehicle sales & use tax, etc. |
(S) Rereferred to Finance |
06/24/08 |
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SB 6016 - Vogel - Property Owners Association Act; reformation and definition of declarations. |
(H) Left in General Laws |
07/10/08 |
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