Bill Text: VA HB1426 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Taxicabs; markings and roof signs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-02-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001) [HB1426 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2011-HB1426-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 1
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-2059.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to roof signs and markings for taxicabs.
[H 1426]
Approved February 4, 2011

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-2059.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-2059.1. Roof signs and markings for taxicabs.

Every motor vehicle operating in the Commonwealth as a taxicab or performing a taxicab service shall bear a roof sign and markings (i) the word or words "taxicab," "taxi," or "cab," permanently affixed to its exterior, in letters at least three inches in height identifying, and (ii) a roof sign. Such markings and roof sign, taken together, shall clearly reflect that the motor vehicle is operating as a taxicab or performing a taxicab service.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.

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