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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 52<\/a> and 86<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapter 315<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1431809,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359779,"identifier":"33.2-104","token":"33.2\/I\/1\/33.2-104","url":"\/33.2-104\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-104\/","token":"33.2\/I\/1\/33.2-104","dublin_core":{"Title":"English units of measure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-104","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Neither the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> nor the Department<\/span> shall expend any funds whatsoever for the purpose of (i) converting the units of measure displayed on any highway<\/span> sign from English units of measure to metric units of measure, (ii) replacing any highway<\/span> sign displaying English units of measure with one bearing metric units of measure, or (iii) replacing any highway<\/span> sign displaying English units of measure with one bearing both English and metric units of measure. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span>, Commissioner of Highways<\/span>, and Department<\/span> shall use English units of measure in the design, advertisement, construction, and preparation of plans and specifications of every highway<\/span>, bridge, tunnel, or overpass construction or maintenance<\/span> project. However, nothing in this section shall prevent the Board<\/span>, Commissioner of Highways<\/span>, or Department<\/span> from continuing the use of metric units of measure in the design, advertisement, or construction of any project or the preparation of plans or specifications for a project if, prior to July 1, 1999, metric units of measure were used in the design, advertisement, plans, or specifications for the project. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENGLISH UNITS OF MEASURE (\u00a7 33.2-104)\n\nA. Neither the Commissioner of Highways nor the Department shall expend any\nfunds whatsoever for the purpose of (i) converting the units of measure\ndisplayed on any highway sign from English units of measure to metric units of\nmeasure, (ii) replacing any highway sign displaying English units of measure\nwith one bearing metric units of measure, or (iii) replacing any highway sign\ndisplaying English units of measure with one bearing both English and metric\nunits of measure.\n\nB. The Board, Commissioner of Highways, and Department shall use English units\nof measure in the design, advertisement, construction, and preparation of plans\nand specifications of every highway, bridge, tunnel, or overpass construction or\nmaintenance project. However, nothing in this section shall prevent the Board,\nCommissioner of Highways, or Department from continuing the use of metric units\nof measure in the design, advertisement, or construction of any project or the\npreparation of plans or specifications for a project if, prior to July 1, 1999,\nmetric units of measure were used in the design, advertisement, plans, or\nspecifications for the project.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 52, 86, \u00a7 33.1-190.2; 1999, c. 315, \u00a7 33.1-190.3; 2014, c.\n805.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}