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2019 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1700 (Member Request)

Chief Patron: Hugo
Use of NVTA Funding (language only)

Item 4-5.11 #2h

Item 4-5.11 #2h

Special Conditions and Restrictions on Expenditures
Limitations on Use of State Funding

Language
Page 601, after line 45, insert:

"4-5.11 4-5.11: LIMITATIONS ON USE OF STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING$0$0

LIMITATIONS ON USE OF STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING

“a. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code of Virginia, no expenditure of any revenues deposited into the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Fund shall be provided to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) nor shall such funds be provided to support METRO-related projects unless such action has received express General Assembly approval as evidenced by inclusion in an Appropriation Act."



Explanation

(This amendment prohibits the use of any funds of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to support METRO or METRO-related projects without express General Assembly approval.)