CHAPTER 15
DELEGATION OF DUTIES (REPEALED)

24VAC30-15-10. General Provisions. (Repealed.)

A. The Code of Virginia empowers the commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation to delegate certain duties to the Chief Engineer, Deputy Commissioner, and Assistant Commissioner as circumstances so require.

B. Duties delegated to the Chief Engineer. The Commissioner has delegated the following duties to the Chief Engineer:

1. The execution of the necessary certificates or other instruments to effectively comply with the statutes enacted granting the commissioner the authority to exercise the power of eminent domain and acquire rights-of-way, after the commissioner's approval right-of-way plans.

2. The execution of certificates of deposit and all other instruments contemplated by §§ 33.1-119 through 33.1-129 of the Code of Virginia.

3. The execution of all contracts or agreements pertaining to the Chief Engineer's areas of specific responsibility:

a. Highway design;

b. Right-of-way;

c. Construction;

d. Maintenance;

e. Traffic engineering;

f. Structure and bridge;

g. Equipment;

h. Environmental planning and administration; and

i. Materials.

4. This includes, but is not limited to:

a. Contracts for construction and maintenance projects;

b. Agreements for joint highway/railway projects with railroads; and

c. Agreements with the Federal Highway Administration.

C. Duties delegated to the Deputy Commissioner. The commissioner has delegated the following duties to the Deputy Commissioner:

1. All acts of the commissioner necessary to discontinue or abandon roads in the Secondary System of State Highways as contemplated by Chapter 1, Article II, Title 33.1 (§§ 33.1-25 through 33.1-47.1) of the Code of Virginia.

2. The execution of all contracts or agreements pertaining to the Deputy Commissioner's areas of specific responsibility:

a. Highway and transportation planning;

b. Project programming and scheduling;

c. Financial planning; and

d. General administration of the department.

3. This includes, but is not limited to:

a. Agreements for highway projects within cities and towns;

b. Agreements with the Federal Highway Administration;

c. Agreements with the Urban Mass Transportation Administration;

d. Agreements with the Federal Railroad Administration; and

e. Agreements with local governments, transportation planning commissions, and other parties eligible for transit and planning financial assistance.

D. Duties delegated to the Assistant Commissioner for Administration. The commissioner has delegated the following duties to the Assistant Commissioner:

1. The development and issuance of appropriate policy on organizational memberships within the department;

2. The development of appropriate procedures to monitor adherence to the policy; and

3. The maintenance of a record on organizational memberships.

Statutory Authority

§ 33.1-8 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR385-01-30, eff. March 8, 1995; repealed, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 10, eff. February 18, 2009.