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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 3170

PUBLIC LAW 98-607—OCT. 30, 1984

Public Law 98-607 98th Congress An Act Oct. 30, 1984 [H.R. 6441]

Contracts with U.S.

23 USC 101 note.

To eliminate restrictions with respect to the imposition and collection of tolls on the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike upon repayment by the Commonwealth of Virginia of certain Federal-aid highway funds used on such turnpike.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) upon the repayment by the Commonwealth of Virginia to the Treasurer of the United States of an amount equal to the total amount of Federal-aid highway funds heretofore paid on account of the immediate connectors and approaches to the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike, such turnpike shall be free of all restrictions with respect to the imposition and collection of tolls or other charges on or for the use thereof contained in title 23, United States Code, or section 131 of the Federal Highway Act of 1970, or any regulation or agreement thereunder. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any apportionment of funds under section 1040))(5)(B) of title 23, United States Code. (b) The amount repaid under subsection (a) shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for "Federal-Aid Highway (Trust Fund)". Such amount shall be credited to the unprogrammed balance of the Federal-aid interstate funds last apportioned to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The amount so credited shall be in addition to all other funds then apportioned to such State and shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of title 23, United States Code. Approved October 30, 1984.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6441: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): Oct. 11, considered and passed House and Senate.