CHAPTER 630

An Act to protect and further the public interest, economy, safety and
conventence through the provision of transportation facilities, high-
ways and other modes of transport; and to this end to create the
Northern Virginia Transportation District in certain counties and
cities under the control of the Northern Virginia Transportation Com-
mission, and to provide for membership upon the latter; to authorize
certain counties and cities to appropriate funds in connection with
certain interstate matters involving transportation; and to provide
for the construction of the act.

[H 814]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. Declaration.— ;

The development of a transportation system, composed of transit
facilities, public highways, and other modes of transport, is necessary
for the orderly growth and development of the area hereinafter defined
and of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and the creation of a transporta-
tion district comprising said area as hereinafter provided, in which shall
function as a public instrumentality a transportation commission with all
of the powers granted by the “Transportation District Act of 1964,” and
amendments thereof, and subject to all the provisions thereof, is hereby
determined to be the most advisable means of planning and developing a
transportation system required for said area and for the safety, comfort
poe onvendenice of its citizens and for the economical utilization of public
unds.

§ 2. Northern Virginia Transportation District Created.—

For the purpose of taking advantage of the “Transportation District
Act of 1964”, there is hereby created the Northern Virginia Transporta-
tion District in which shall function the Northern Virginia Transporta-
tion Commission, with all of the powers granted by such law, and amend-
ments thereof, and any other law, and subject to all of the provisions
thereof, and the district as created shall be deemed for any and all pur-
poses to have been validly created under said Act.
§ 3. Northern Virginia Transportation District Described— |.

Subject to amendment as provided by the “Transportation District
Act of 1964”, or by other law, the said Northern Virginia Transportation
District shall embrace the Counties of Arlington and Fairfax, and the
Cities of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax. ; .

_ § 4. Members of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commis-
sion.—

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, Section 3, of the “Transpor-
tation District Act of 1964”, the members of the Northern Virginia
Transportation Commission shall consist of four members from Fairfax
County, three from Arlington County, two from the City of Alexandria,
one from the City of Falls Church, one from the City of Fairfax and the
Chairman of the State Highway Commission or his designee; the members
from the respective counties and cities shall be appointed by the governing
bodies of their county or city in the manner specified therein.

§ 5. Authorization to Appropriate.— .

The component governments of the Northern Virginia Transporta-
tion District hereby created, are authorized to make appropriations to
cover the Virginia share of the expenses of the Joint Commission to con-
sider certain matters relating to passenger carrier facilities in the Wash-
ington metropolitan area, which Joint Commission has been empowered
under a joint resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, to negotiate
an interstate compact between Virginia, Maryland and the District of
Columbia dealing with transportation.

Act Liberally Construed.— ;

This act, being necessary for the welfare of the State and its in-
habitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

§ 7. Severability.

If any part or parts, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is
for any reason declared unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this act which shall remain in
force as if such act had been passed with the unconstitutional part or
parts, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or such applications
thereto eliminated; and the General Assembly hereby declares that it
would have passed this act if such unconstitutional part or parts, section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase had not been included herein or
if such application had not been made.