2/17/06-A bill has died that sought to require the Commonwealth Transportation Board to impose a fee on trucks and combination vehicles for use in maintaining state highways.
HB200, sponsored by Rep. Robert Marshall, R-Manassas, remained in the House Transportation Committee Feb. 15 – the deadline to advance from the chamber to the Senate.
The bill would have allowed the board to calculate, impose, and collect a fee for damage done to highways by certain vehicles.
The amount of the fee was to be based on the difference between the amount received annually by the commonwealth from the federal government for highway maintenance and the annual cost to the commonwealth of repairing damage done to the highways of the commonwealth by vehicles subject to the fee.
The amount of the fee and the method of payment were to be determined by the board.
The fee was to be imposed on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis and no vehicle upon which a fee is assessed is to be operated on any highway of the commonwealth if the fee is not paid in full on or before the date upon which payment of the fee is due.

2/6/06-A bill in the House Transportation Committee would require the Commonwealth Transportation Board to impose a fee on trucks and combination vehicles for use in maintaining state highways.
HB200, sponsored by Rep. Robert Marshall, R-Manassas, would allow the board to calculate, impose, and collect a fee for damage done to highways by certain vehicles.
The amount of the fee is to be based on the difference between the amount received annually by the commonwealth from the federal government for highway maintenance and the annual cost to the commonwealth of repairing damage done to the highways of the commonwealth by vehicles subject to the fee.
The amount of the fee and the method of payment are to be determined by the board.
The fee is to be imposed on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis and no vehicle upon which a fee is assessed is to be operated on any highway of the commonwealth if the fee is not paid in full on or before the date upon which payment of the fee is due.
For House bill status, call (804) 698-1500. In Virginia, call 1-877-391-3228.