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Chief Patron: Stanley
Martinsville Southern Connector (language only)

Item 447 #3s

Item 447 #3s

Transportation
Department of Transportation

Language

Page 532, following line 8, insert:

"I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all state tax revenues generated by the legal gaming and marijuana industries in Planning District 12 shall be transferred by the Commissioner of Taxation to the Department of Transportation for construction of the Martinsville Southern Connector to improve U.S. Route 220 from the Northern Carolina state line to William F. Stone Highway (U.S. Route 58/U.S. Route 220 Bypass)."



Explanation

(This amendment directs the construction of the Martinsville Southern connector using the regional collection of tax revenues generated from the Virginia's gaming and, soon-to-be-realized, marijuana industries. VDOT and the Federal Highway Administration have completed the Martinsville Southern Connector Study/Route 220 Environmental Impact Statement for the preferred alternative to improve U.S. Route 220 from the Northern Carolina state line to the U.S. Route 58/U.S. Route 220 Bypass.)