Records of the Virginia Secretary of Transportation, 2014-2018

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
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Preferred citation:

Records of the Virginia Secretary of Transportation, 2014-2018. Accession 52182, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Virginia Secretary of Transportation
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Records of the Virginia Secretary of Transportation, 2014-2018. Accession 52182, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

The Secretary of Transportation records, 2014-2018, consist of 13 archival boxes and are divided into 4 series. Series have been designated for Correspondence - Assigned State Agencies (I), Correspondence - Secretary (II), Decision briefs (III) and Subject files (IV). These records document the work of Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne, Jr., during the McAuliffe administration and were created or collected, 2014-2018, though some documents in this collection pre-date this time period.

Biographical / historical:

In 1970, the Governor's Management Commission Study recommended the creation of six "Deputy Governors" to assist the Chief Executive in his managerial duties. Compatible functions of government were grouped under these administrative heads, who would serve as the Governors top management team or "secretariats," as they are called now.

Governor Linwood Holton's top priority for the 1972 session of the General Assembly was a proposal for a Governor's Cabinet, reorganizing state agencies into six major departments--each headed by a secretary appointed by the governor. Transportation and public safety was one of these six departments. The office of Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety was created on April 8, 1972, by an act passed by the General Assembly. Governor Holton appointed Wayne A. Whitham, a member of the Winchester City Council, as the first Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety. When Whitham took office on July 1, 1972, he was responsible for State Highway Commission, Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of State Police, Highway Safety Division, Office of Emergency Services, Department of Military Affairs, Virginia State Crime Commission and the Law Enforcement Officers Training Standards Commission. The Office has undergone a series of administrative reorganizations since. On April 12, 1976, the Legislature established separate secretariats for transportation and for public safety, effective July 1, 1976. On July 1, 1984, the offices were again combined. Most recently, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety was divided into separate secretariats on February 22, 1990. The Secretary of Transportation is a member of the Governor's Cabinet, and is appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. The Secretary is responsible to the governor for the Department of Transportation, Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Department of Aviation, Department of Motor Vehicles, Virginia Port Authority and the Motor Vehicle Dealers Board.

Aubrey Layne, Jr., was reappointed Virginia's Secretary of Transportation by Governor Terrence McAuliffe on 22 November 2013. Layne was appointed the Commonwealth Transportation Board as the Hampton Roads representative in 2009 and to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Commission in 2010. Prior to his appointment, Layne served as President of the Achievable Dream Academies and before that as President and Principal Broker of Great Atlantic Properties. Layne earned a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Richmond is 1979, is a Certified Public Accountant, and received an MBA from Old Dominion University in 1997.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from the Virginia Secretary of Transportation on 10 January 2018.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into the following series:

  • Series I. Correspondence - Assigned State Agencies, 2014-201 8(bulk 2014-2017)
  • Series II. Correspondence - Secretary, 2014-2017
  • Series III. Decision memoranda, 2014-2018 (buk 2014-2017)
  • Series IV. Subject files, 2014-2017
Physical description:
5.85 cubic feet (13 Boxes)