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To allow certain veterans to use high occupancy vehicle lanes, including toll lanes.
Summary
This bill allows disabled veterans to use high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, including toll lanes, without meeting the normal occupancy requirements. A disabled veteran is defined as a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at or above a percentage determined by local authorities to qualify. Disabled veterans must display a special license plate, registered transponder, or other approved identification to use the HOV lanes. Unlike other HOV lane users who typically need multiple occupants in their vehicle, disabled veterans may use these lanes with just one occupant. Public authorities are prohibited from charging tolls to disabled veterans using these HOV lanes.
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Actions (3)
- Jan 8, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Jan 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Jan 7, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 7, 2025
Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To allow certain veterans to use high occupancy vehicle lanes, including toll lanes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “HOV Lanes for Heroes Act”.
SEC. 2. HOV FACILITIES.
(a) In General.—Section 166(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following:
“(7) Disabled veterans.—
“(A) In general.—The public authority may allow a disabled veteran to use the HOV facility if such veteran has a license plate that clearly identifies the vehicle, a registered transponder, or other method of identification the public authority considers necessary for qualification.
“(B) Definition of disabled veteran.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘disabled veteran’ means a veteran (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38) who the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has determined has a service-connected (as such term is defined in such section) disability rated at or above a percentage determined to be qualifying by the public authority.
“(C) Occupancy exception.—Notwithstanding the occupancy requirement of subsection (a)(2), 1 occupant described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph may be permitted to use a HOV facility.
“(D) No charge for tolls.—Under this paragraph, a public authority may charge no toll.”.
(b) Conforming Amendments.—Section 166 of such title is further amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1) by striking “through (5)” and inserting “through (7)”; and
(2) in subsection (d)(1) by striking “paragraph (4) or
(5)” and inserting “paragraph (4), (5), (6), or (7)”. <all>
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