33.1-23.5:1 - Funds for counties which have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary system of state hig... - Virginia Statutes

§ 33.1-23.5:1. Funds for counties which have withdrawn or elect to withdrawfrom the secondary system of state highways.

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 33.1-23.5, pursuant to subsection A of §33.1-23.1, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall make the followingpayments to counties which have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from thesecondary system of state highways under the provisions of § 11 of Chapter415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, and which have not elected to return: toany county having withdrawn prior to June 30, 1985, and having an areagreater than 100 square miles, an amount equal to $3,616 per lane-mile forfiscal year 1986, and to any county having an area less than 100 squaremiles, an amount equal to $7,201 per lane-mile for fiscal year 1986; to anycounty that elects to withdraw after June 30, 1985, the CommonwealthTransportation Board shall establish a rate per lane-mile for the first yearusing (i) an amount for maintenance based on maintenance standards and unitcosts used by the Department of Transportation to prepare its secondarysystem maintenance budget for the year in which the county withdraws, and(ii) an amount for administration equal to five percent of the maintenancefigure determined in (i) above. The payment rates shall be adjusted annuallyby the Board in accordance with procedures established for adjusting paymentsto cities and towns under § 33.1-41.1, and lane mileage shall be adjustedannually to include (i) streets and highways accepted for maintenance in thecounty system by the local governing body, or (ii) streets and highwaysconstructed according to standards set forth in the county subdivisionordinance or county thoroughfare plan, and being not less than the standardsset by the Department of Transportation. Such counties shall, in addition,each receive for construction from funds allocated pursuant to subdivision B3 of § 33.1-23.1 an annual amount calculated in the same manner as paymentsfor construction in the state secondary highway system are calculated.

Payment of the funds shall be made in four equal sums, one in each quarter ofthe fiscal year, and shall be reduced, in the case of each such county, bythe amount of federal-aid construction funds credited to each such county.

The chief administrative officer of such counties receiving such funds shallmake annual reports of expenditures to the Board, in such form as the Boardshall prescribe, accounting for all expenditures, including delineationbetween construction and maintenance expenditures and reporting on theirperformance as specified in subdivision B 3 of § 33.1-23.02. Such reportsshall be included in the scope of the annual audit of each county conductedby independent certified public accountants.

(1985, c. 42; 2004, c. 118.)