High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes and High-Occupancy Toll Lanes

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This is Chapter 5 of the Code of Virginia, titled “High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes and High-Occupancy Toll Lanes.” It is part of Subtitle II “Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation”, which is part of Title 33.2 “Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems”. It contains 6 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 6 sections.

§ 33.2-500	Definitions
§ 33.2-501	Designation of HOV lanes; use of such lanes; penalties
§ 33.2-502	Designation of HOT lanes
§ 33.2-503	HOT lanes enforcement
§ 33.2-504	Release of personal information to or by HOT lanes operators; penalty
§ 33.2-505	Exclusion of HOT lanes from certain other laws