Bill Text: VA SB519 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: License plates; provides for issuance of only one plate for all registered vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-21 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (13-Y 2-N) [SB519 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-SB519-Prefiled.html
10102523D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§46.2-711 and 46.2-715 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §46.2-711. Furnishing number and design of plates; displaying on vehicles required. A. The Department shall furnish one license plate for every
registered B. The Department shall issue appropriately designated license plates for: 1. Passenger-carrying vehicles for rent or hire for the transportation of passengers for private trips; 2. Taxicabs; 3. Passenger-carrying vehicles operated by common carriers or restricted common carriers; 4. Property-carrying motor vehicles to applicants who operate as private carriers only; 5. Applicants who operate motor vehicles as carriers for rent or hire; and 6. Trailers and semitrailers. C. The Department shall issue appropriately designated license plates for motor vehicles held for rental as defined in §58.1-2401. D. No vehicles shall be operated on the highways in the Commonwealth without displaying the license plates required by this chapter. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to vehicles used to collect and deliver the Unites States mail to the extent that their rear license plates may be covered by the "CAUTION, FREQUENT STOPS, U.S. MAIL" sign when the vehicle is engaged in the collection and delivery of the United States mail. E. Pickup or panel trucks are exempt from the provisions of subsection B with reference to displaying for-hire license plates when operated as a carrier for rent or hire. However, this exemption shall not apply to pickup or panel trucks subject to regulation under Chapter 21 (§46.2-2100 et seq.) of this title. §46.2-715. Display of license plates.
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