Bill Text: VA HB289 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Driving in flooded areas; localities may by ordinance prohibit, exception.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-11 - Failed to pass in House [HB289 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB289-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 289 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 4, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-800.3, relating to local regulation driving in flooded areas; no wake. ---------- Patron-- Helsel ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-800.3 as follows:

§46.2-800.3. Driving in flooded areas prohibited.

The governing body of any locality may by ordinance prohibit any person from operating a motor vehicle or watercraft on a flooded highway, street, alley, or parking lot, regardless of whether such highway, street, alley, or parking lot is publicly or privately owned in such a manner as to increase the level of floodwaters to a level that causes or could reasonably be expected to cause damage to any real or personal property.

Such ordinance shall not apply to any law-enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel engaged in the performance of his duties nor to the operator of any vehicle owned or controlled by the Department of Transportation.

A violation of such ordinance shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor.