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ELIZABETH RIVER CROSSINGS OPCO v. MEEKS

Record Nos. 130954, 130955.

749 S.E.2d 176 (2013)

ELIZABETH RIVER CROSSINGS OPCO, LLC v. Danny MEEKS, et al. Virginia Department of Transportation v. Danny MEEKS, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 31, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart A. Raphael , McLean ( Robert M. Tata , Norfolk; Marina J. Liacouras ; Dane H. Butswinkas ; Kannon K. Shanmugam ; Hunton & Williams & Connolly, on briefs), for appellant Elizabeth River Crossings OPCO, LLC.

George A. Somerville , Richmond; E. Duncan Getchell, Jr. , Solicitor General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II , Attorney General; Patricia L. West , Chief Deputy Attorney General; Michael H. Brady , Assistant Solicitor General; Timothy J. St., Richmond ; Troutman Sanders , on brief), for appellant Virginia Department of Transportation.

Patrick M. McSweeney ( Christopher 1., Lake Ridge ; Robert J. Cynkar ; Cueno, Gilbert & LaDuca; Dominion Law Center, on brief), for appellees.

Amicus Curiae: County of Fairfax, Virginia and The Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County ( David P. Bobzien , Fairfax; Gail P. Langham ; James V. McGettrick , on briefs), in support of appellants.

Amicus Curiae: Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel Commision ( Wiley F. Mitchell, Jr. ; Hugh L. Patterson ; Gary A. Bryant ; Norfolk, Wilcox & Savage, on brief), in support of appellants.

Amici Curiae: National Conference of State Legislatures and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association ( James J. O'Keeffe, IV ; Abigail E. Murchison ; Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Raonoke, on brief), in support of appellants.

Amici Curiae: Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance, and Old Dominion Highway Contractors Association ( S. Miles Dumville , Richmond; Reed Smith , on brief), in support of appellants.

Present: KINSER, C.J., MILLETTE, MIMS, McCLANAHAN, and POWELL, JJ., and RUSSELL and KOONTZ, S.JJ.

OPINION BY Justice LEROY F. MILLETTE, JR.

In this appeal we hold that the General Assembly did not unconstitutionally delegate its power of taxation to the Virginia Department of Transportation ("VDOT") and Elizabeth River Crossings OpCo, LLC ("ERC") under the terms of the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, Code § 56-556 et seq. ("PPTA"), and that the Comprehensive Agreement between VDOT and ERC does not abridge the Commonwealth's police power.

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