CHAPTER 578

An Act to amend and reenact § 33-228 as amended of the Code of Virginia,
relating to certain definitions in the State Revenue Bond Act.

[S 372]
Approved April 6, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 33-228 as amended of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 33-228. As used in this article, the following words and terms shall
have the following meanings:

(1) The word “Commission” shall mean the State Highway Commis-
sion or, if the State Highway Commission shall be abolished, any board,
commission or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon
whom the powers given by this article to the Commission shall be given by
aw.

(2) The word “project” or “projects” shall mean any one or more of
the following:

(a) York River Bridge, extending from a point within the town of
Yorktown, in York County, or within York County across the York River
to Gloucester Point or some point in Gloucester County;

(b) Rappahannock River Bridge, extending from Greys Point, or its
vicinity, in Middlesex County, across the Rappahannock River to a point
in the vicinity of White Stone, in Lancaster County, or at some other
feasible points in the general vicinity of the two respective points;

(c) Claremont Ferry, operating from a point in Charles City County,
route six hundred and seventeen, across the James River to Claremont, in
Surry County, route forty;

(d) James River Bridge, extending from or near the city of Hopewell
across the James River to a point in Charles City County;

(e) James River Bridge, extending from Jamestown, in James City
County, across the James River to a point at or near Scotland Wharf, in
Surry County;

(f) The Kings Highway, including the Nansemond River Bridge, in
Nansemond County, between route one hundred and ninety-two near
Chuckatuck and route six hundred and twenty-seven at Driver Station;

(g) Old Point Ferry, operating from Old Point, in Elizabeth City
county, across Hampton Roads to Willoughby, in the city of Norfolk;
(h) James River, Chuckatuck and Nansemond River Bridges, to-
gether with necessary connecting roads, in the counties of Warwick, Isle
of Wight and Nansemond;

(i) Newport News Ferry, operating across Hampton Roads, from the
city of Newport News to Pine Beach, in the city of Norfolk;

(j) Hampton Roads Bridge, Tunnel, or Bridge and Tunnel System,
extending from a point or points in the city of Newport News or in the
county of Elizabeth City on the northwest shore of Hampton Roads across
Hampton Roads to a point or points in the city of Norfolk or in the county
of Norfolk on the southeast shore of Hampton Roads.

And shall be deemed to include all property, rights, easements and
franchises relating to any of the foregoing projects and deemed necessary
or convenient for the operation thereof and to include approaches thereto.

(3) The word “undertaking” shall mean all of the projects authorized
to be acquired or constructed under this article.

(4) The word “improvements” shall mean such repairs, replacements,
additions and betterments of and to a project acquired by purchase or by
condemnation as are deemed necessary to place it in a safe and efficient
condition for the use of the public, if such repairs, replacements, additions
and betterments are ordered prior to the sale of any bonds for the acquisi-
tion of such project.

(5) The term “cost of project”, as applied to a project to be acquired
by purchase or by condemnation, shall include the purchase price or the
amount of the award, cost of improvements, financing charges, interest
during any period of disuse before completion of improvements, cost of
traffic estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications
and surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or
incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprises,
administrative expense and such other expenses aS may be necessary or
incident to the financing herein authorized and the acquisition of the
project and the placing of the project in operation.

(6) The term “cost of project’, as applied to a project to be con-
structed, shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of all lands,
properties, rights, easements and franchises acquired, which are deemed
necessary for such construction, the cost of acquiring by purchase or con-
demnation any ferry which is deemed by the Commission to be competitive
with any bridge to be constructed, the cost of all machinery and equipment,
financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for one
year after completion of construction, cost of traffic estimates and of engi-
neering data, engineering and legal expenses, cost of plans, specifications
and surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or
incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise,
administrative expense and such other expenses as may be necessary or
incident to the financing herein authorized, the construction of the project,
the placing of the project in operation and the condemnation of property
necessary for such construction and operation.

(7) The word ‘owner’ shall include all individuals, incorporated com-
panies, copartnerships, societies or associations having any title or interest
in any property, rights, easements or franchises authorized to be acquired
by this article.