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Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2079. Certificates for passenger carriers operating over Interstate Highway System.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-2078, upon a showing of public convenience and necessity, the Department may, if it finds from the evidence that the public interest will be promoted thereby, issue to any carrier of passengers by motor vehicle a certificate or certificates authorizing operations in the Commonwealth upon highways that are part of the Interstate Highway System. The foregoing shall be applicable only to issuance of certificates for operations over such System. Except as otherwise indicated, all other applicable provisions of this chapter shall apply to such carriers and to such certificates.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2080. Irregular route passenger certificates.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 46.2-2078, the Department may grant common carrier certificates to applicants to serve irregular routes on an irregular schedule within a specified geographic area. The Department shall issue no more certificates than the public convenience and necessity require, and shall place such restrictions upon such certificates as may be reasonably necessary to protect any existing regular or irregular route common carrier certificate holders operating within the proposed service area, but shall not deny a certificate solely on the ground that the applicant will operate in the same service area that an existing regular or irregular route common carrier certificate holder is operating. Certificates issued hereunder shall be restricted to operation of vehicles with a passenger-carrying capacity not to exceed 15 persons, including the driver. Certificates hereunder shall also be restricted to prohibit pickup or delivery of passengers at their personal residence in the City of Norfolk, except that this restriction shall not apply to specially equipped vehicles for the transportation of disabled persons.

A motor carrier receiving a notice of intent to award a contract under the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.) for irregular route common carrier service to or from a public-use airport located in the City of Norfolk or the County of Henrico is entitled to a conclusive presumption of a need for such service.

2001, c. 596; 2002, cc. 681, 734; 2007, c. 813; 2011, c. 424.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2081. Schedule required.
Every common carrier operating pursuant to this chapter shall file with the Department time schedules. A common carrier shall not deviate from its time schedule and can only amend such schedule in accordance with § 46.2-2082.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2082. Schedule changes require Department approval; posting notice.
A common carrier operating under a certificate issued by the Department pursuant to this article shall not make any change in schedules or service without having first received the approval of the Department for such change in schedules or service and without first posting a notice of such change in a conspicuous place at each station or ticket agency affected at least ten days before the effective date thereon. Any request for a change in schedules or service shall be received by the Department a minimum of ten days prior to the proposed effective date of such change.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2083. Schedule title page and content.
A. Title page of time schedules shall contain the following:

1. Time schedules must be numbered consecutively in the upper right hand corner, beginning with No. 1, and show the number of the time schedule cancelled thereby, if any.

2. Name of the motor carrier.

3. The termini or points between which the time schedules apply.

4. Date issued and date effective.

5. The name, title, and address of the officer issuing such time schedule, including street address.

B. Time schedules shall show:

1. The time of departure from all termini.

2. The time of departure from intermediate points between termini.

3. What points, if any, on route of carrier at which service cannot be rendered.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2084. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 881 and 889, cl. 2.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2085. Abandonment, discontinuance, or deviation of service.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter to the contrary, no common carrier regulated pursuant to this article shall abandon or discontinue any service established under the provisions of this chapter without permission of the Department and on such terms as the Department may prescribe. Common carriers may occasionally deviate from their route or routes when authorized to do so by the Department.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2086. Interruption of service.
All interruptions of regular service that are likely to continue for more than twenty-four hours shall be promptly reported in writing to the Department with a full statement of cause of such interruption and its probable duration; however, any interruption of regular service that results from an act of God need not be reported to the Department unless it continues for more than seventy-two hours.

All interruptions of regular service shall be promptly reported to the agents of the carrier on the routes involved.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2087. Refusal of service.
No common carrier regulated pursuant to this chapter shall refuse service without good cause. The Department may, at any time, require an explanation from such carrier for its refusal to provide service.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2088. Duties of carriers of passengers as to through routes, equipment, rates, regulations, etc.
Every common carrier regulated pursuant to this article shall establish reasonable through routes with other such common carriers and shall provide safe and adequate service, equipment, and facilities for the transportation of passengers; shall establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable individual and joint rates, fares and charges and just and reasonable regulations and practices relating thereto, and to the issuance, form, and substance of tickets, the carrying of baggage, the facilities for transportation, and all other matters relating to or connected with the transportation of passengers; and in case of such joint rates, fares, and charges, shall establish just, reasonable and equitable divisions thereof as between the carriers participating therein which shall not unduly prefer or prejudice any of such participating carriers.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2089. Undue preference not permitted.
Except as provided in § 46.2-2091, it shall be unlawful for any common carrier regulated pursuant to this article to make, give, or cause any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, port, gateway, locality, or description of traffic in any respect whatsoever, or to subject any particular person, port, gateway, locality, or description of traffic to any unjust discrimination or any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever; however, this section shall not be construed to apply to discriminations, prejudice or disadvantage to the traffic of any other carrier of whatever description.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2090. Tariffs showing rates, fares and charges; available for inspection.
Every common carrier regulated pursuant to this article shall file with the Department at least thirty days before the effective date, and make available for public inspection, tariffs showing all the rates, fares and charges for transportation, and all services in connection therewith, of passengers between points on its own route and points on the route of any other such carrier, or on the route of any common carrier by railroad, air, or water, when a through route and joint rate shall have been established. Such rates, fares, and charges shall be stated in terms of lawful money of the United States. The tariffs required by this section shall be published, filed, and posted in such form and manner, and shall contain such information as the Department may prescribe. The Department is authorized to reject any tariff filed with it that is not in consonance with this section. Any tariff rejected by the Department shall be void, and its use shall be unlawful.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2091. Unlawful to charge other than published tariff.
No common carrier regulated pursuant to this article shall charge or demand or collect or receive greater compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in such tariff than the rates, fares, and charges specified in the tariffs in effect at the time.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2092. Changes in tariffs.
No change shall be made in any rate, fare, charge, or classification, or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate, fare, charge, or classification, or the value of the service thereunder, specified in any effective tariff of a common carrier regulated pursuant to this article, except after thirty days' notice of the proposed change. Such notice shall plainly state the change proposed to be made and the time when such change will take effect. The Department may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, allow such change upon notice less than that herein specified or modify the requirements of this section with respect to posting and filing of tariffs.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2093. Joint tariffs; power of attorney.
A. A common carrier regulated pursuant to this article may authorize an agent or may join with another carrier or carriers in the publication of a joint tariff, supplement or amendment, and, where such authority is given, shall file with the Department prior to publication power of attorney or notice of concurrence, which shall specifically set out the authority given.

B. Where a carrier issues a power of attorney to an agent or a concurrence to another carrier for the publication of tariffs, such power of attorney or concurrence may not be revoked except upon sixty days' notice to the Department and the agent or carrier to which the power of attorney or concurrence was issued, except upon special permission of the Department.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2094. No transportation except when rates have been filed and published.
No common carrier regulated pursuant to this article, unless otherwise provided by this chapter, shall engage in the transportation of passengers unless the rates, fares, and charges upon which the same are transported by such carrier have been filed and published in accordance with the provisions of this article.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2095. Terminals; local license taxes on operation.
Counties, cities and towns may impose license taxes for the privilege of operating or conducting terminals for use by common carriers regulated pursuant to this article. Operation of terminals by such carriers in connection with and incidental to their business as such common carriers, and not for profit, or for such carriers where the local agent receives as his compensation a commission on tickets sold shall not be subject to the imposition of any such taxes. Lots used by such carriers for parking, storage and servicing of motor vehicles used in the business of such carriers and for taking on and discharging passengers shall not be deemed terminals. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt the payment of license taxes on any other business that may be conducted on, at, or in any such terminal or lot.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2096. Certificates required unless exempted.
Unless otherwise exempted, no person shall engage in the business of a contract passenger carrier by motor vehicle on any highway within the Commonwealth on an intrastate basis unless such person has secured from the Department a certificate of fitness authorizing such business.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2097. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 881 and 889, cl. 2.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2098. Control, supervision and regulation by Department.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every contract passenger carrier shall be subject to the exclusive control, supervision, and regulation by the Department, except that enforcement of statutes and Department regulations shall be not only by the Department, but also by the Department of State Police and local law-enforcement agencies. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the adoption of local ordinances providing for local regulation of contract passenger carriers.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099. Operation except in accordance with chapter prohibited.
No contract passenger carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers for compensation on any highway in the Commonwealth on an intrastate basis except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. There shall be no commingling of unrelated passengers by use of a contract between a contract passenger carrier and a licensed broker for the transportation of passengers by motor vehicles.

2001, c. 596.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.1. Operational requirements; penalty.
Contract passenger carriers shall provide service on a prearranged basis only for a minimum of one-hour per vehicle trip under a single contract made with one person for an agreed charge for such movement regardless of the number of passengers transported. Contract passenger carriers shall, prior to and at all times when providing compensated service, carry in each motor vehicle a trip sheet, contract order, or wireless text dispatching device identifying the names of the passengers who have arranged for use of the motor vehicle, the date and approximate time of pickup, and the origin and destination. Such trip sheet, contract order, or wireless text dispatching device shall be made available immediately upon request to authorized representatives of the Department, law-enforcement agencies, and airport authorities. Trip sheets, contract orders, or documentation produced by wireless text dispatching devices shall be retained and available for inspection at the carrier's place of business for a period of at least three years. Trip sheets, contract orders, or documentation may be retained (i) in the form of paper records; (ii) by microfilm, microfiche, similar microphotographic process; or (iii) by electronic means. The fact that a contract passenger carrier stations a motor vehicle at an airport, in front of or across the street from a hotel or motel, or within 100 feet of a recognized taxicab stand shall constitute prima facie evidence that the contract passenger carrier is operating in violation of this section, unless the carrier has (i) a completed trip sheet, contract order, or wireless text dispatching device displaying the information required by this section in the vehicle or (ii) a written agreement with an airport authority or hotel or motel owner providing office space devoted to the carrier's business in the airport, hotel, or motel. Any violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.

2001, c. 596; 2006, c. 449.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.11. Refusal of service.
No sight-seeing carrier shall refuse service without good cause. The Department may, at any time, require an explanation from such carrier for its refusal to provide service.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.12. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 22 and 111, cl. 2.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.17. Regulation of brokers.
The Department shall regulate TNC brokers and brokers and make and enforce reasonable requirements respecting their licenses, financial responsibility, accounts, records, reports, operations, and practices.

2001, c. 596; 2017, c. 635.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.18. Broker's license required.
No person shall for compensation sell or offer for sale transportation subject to this chapter or shall make any contract, agreement, or arrangement to provide, procure, furnish, or arrange for such transportation or shall hold himself out by advertisement, solicitation, or otherwise as one who sells, provides, procures, contracts, or arranges for such transportation, unless such person holds a TNC broker's license or broker's license issued by the Department to engage in such transactions. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to (i) any carrier holding a certificate or permit under the provisions of this chapter or to any bona fide employee or agent of such motor carrier, so far as concerns transportation to be furnished wholly by such carrier or jointly with other motor carriers holding like certificates or permits, or (ii) persons operating bed and breakfast establishments, provided that their broker service is provided only to guests of such bed and breakfast establishment.

For the purposes of this section, "bed and breakfast establishment" means any establishment (a) having no more than 15 bedrooms; (b) offering to the public, for compensation, transitory lodging or sleeping accommodations; and (c) offering at least one meal per day, which may but need not be breakfast, to each person to whom overnight lodging is provided.

2001, c. 596; 2017, c. 635; 2018, c. 435.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.19. Broker's license not substitute for other certificates or permits required.
No person who holds a TNC broker's license or broker's license under this article shall engage in transportation subject to this chapter unless he holds a certificate or permit as provided in this chapter. In the execution of any contract, agreement, or arrangement to sell, provide, procure, furnish, or arrange for such transportation, it shall be unlawful for a broker to employ any carrier by motor vehicle who is not the lawful holder of an effective certificate or permit issued as provided in this chapter or when such certificate or permit does not authorize the carrier to perform the service being acquired.

A person holding a broker's license shall obtain and maintain a copy of the certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to those carriers through which the broker arranges transportation services. A person holding a TNC broker's license shall obtain and maintain a copy of the credential issued by the transportation network company pursuant to subsection H of § 46.2-2099.48 to those TNC partners through which the broker arranges transportation services.

A person holding a TNC broker's license shall, for each TNC partner for whom it arranges transportation, either:

1. Verify that a TNC partner meets all requirements set forth in §§ 46.2-2099.49 and 46.2-2099.50 and obtain all documentation that a transportation network company is required to obtain pursuant to those sections; or

2. Obtain a certification from the transportation network company that authorized the TNC partner that the TNC partner has satisfied all requirements set forth in §§ 46.2-2099.49 and 46.2-2099.50.

2001, c. 596; 2013, cc. 165, 582; 2017, c. 635.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.2. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 22 and 111, cl. 2.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.20. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 861.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.21. Exemptions from operation of article.
This article shall not be construed to include:

1. Persons engaged in operating boats exclusively for fishing;

2. Persons engaged in operating boats that have (i) an approved passenger capacity of twenty-five or less persons and (ii) are operated as special or charter parties under this chapter; or

3. The City of Hampton when acting as a sight-seeing carrier by boat or special or charter party carrier by boat.

2001, c. 596; 2007, c. 813.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.22. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 861.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.30. Insurance to be kept in force.
Sight-seeing carriers by boat, special or charter party carriers by boat and motor carriers by launch shall keep in force at all times marine protection and indemnity insurance in an amount not less than $500,000 for bodily injury and property damage.

2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.31. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 861.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.4. Required certificate of fitness.
No sight-seeing carrier, unless otherwise exempted, shall transport passengers on any highway within the Commonwealth on an intrastate basis without first having obtained from the Department a certificate of fitness authorizing such operation.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.41. Certification requirements.
A. A person may apply to the Department for certification as an operator of an excursion train. The Department shall certify an applicant if the Department determines that the applicant will operate a passenger train that:

1. Is primarily used for tourism or public service; and

2. Leads to the promotion of the tourist industry in the Commonwealth.

B. An application for certification shall include:

1. The name and address of each person who owns an interest of at least 10 percent of the excursion train operation;

2. An address in the Commonwealth where the excursion train is based;

3. An operations plan, including the route to be used and a schedule of operations and stops along the route; and

4. Evidence of insurance that meets the requirements of subsection C.

C. The Department shall not certify to a person under subsection A unless the person files with the Department evidence of insurance providing coverage of liability resulting from injury to persons or damages to property in the amount of at least $10 million for the operation of the train.

D. The Department shall not certify an applicant under subsection A if the applicant or any other person owning interest in the excursion train also owns or operates a regularly scheduled passenger train service with interstate connection.

2001, c. 596; 2003, c. 286; 2007, c. 813; 2016, c. 431.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.42. Assignment of liability.
A. The operator of an excursion train shall be liable for personal injury or wrongful death arising from the operation of such excursion train, including operations, maintenance, and signalization of the tracks and facilities upon which the excursion train operates.

B. Any county, city, or town may by resolution determine that the provision of excursion train services within the locality promotes tourism and furthers other public purposes. Any railroad company that authorizes the operator of an excursion train to use its tracks and facilities for the purposes of this article shall not be liable for personal injury or wrongful death arising from the operation of such excursion train, including operations, maintenance, and signalization of the tracks and facilities upon which the excursion train operates.

C. The limitation of liability under subsection B does not apply if:

1. The injury or damages result from intentional misconduct, malice, or gross negligence of the railroad company; or

2. The operator of the excursion train was not operating in accordance with the definition of an excursion train under this chapter and the railroad company had otherwise authorized the operations that were inconsistent with this chapter.

D. Each passenger on the excursion train shall be deemed to have accepted and consented to the limitation of liability under this section. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth as the place of performance notwithstanding any choice of law rules to the contrary.

E. The railroad company may charge reasonable amounts to the operator of the excursion train for the use of its tracks and facilities as determined by agreement between the railroad company and the operator.

2001, c. 596; 2016, c. 431.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.43. Notice to passengers.
The operator of an excursion train shall:

1. Issue each passenger a ticket with the following statement in twelve point boldface type: "THE RAILROAD COMPANY WHICH OWNS THE TRACKS AND FACILITIES UPON WHICH THIS EXCURSION TRAIN OPERATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH ARISING FROM THE OPERATION OF THE EXCURSION TRAIN, INCLUDING OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND SIGNALIZATION OF THE TRACKS AND FACILITIES."

2. Post a notice near any passenger boarding area containing the same statement contained in subdivision 1, in letters that are at least two inches high.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.44. Certificate of fitness required.
No nonemergency medical transportation carrier, unless otherwise exempted, shall transport passengers on any highway within the Commonwealth on an intrastate basis without first having obtained from the Department a certificate of fitness authorizing such operation.

2011, cc. 881, 889.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.45. Certificates required unless exempted.
Unless otherwise exempted, no person shall engage in the business of a transportation network company on any highway within the Commonwealth on an intrastate basis unless such person has secured from the Department a certificate of fitness authorizing such business.

2015, cc. 2, 3.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.46. Control, supervision, and regulation by Department.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every transportation network company, TNC partner, and TNC partner vehicle shall be subject to exclusive control, supervision, and regulation by the Department, but enforcement of statutes and Department regulations shall be not only by the Department but also by any other law-enforcement officer. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the adoption of local ordinances providing for local regulation of transportation network companies, TNC partners, or TNC partner vehicles.

2015, cc. 2, 3.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.47. Operation except in accordance with chapter prohibited.
No transportation network company or TNC partner shall transport passengers for compensation on any highway in the Commonwealth on an intrastate basis except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

2015, cc. 2, 3.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.5. Specific service and route requirements.
A sight-seeing carrier shall transport passengers from a specific point or points of origin over regular routes to specific points of interest and back to the point or points of origin. Each passenger shall be issued a ticket on which shall be printed the points of interest and the fare charged for the round trip. Passengers shall be transported only on round trips without stopover privileges, and no part of a fare shall be refunded because of a passenger's refusal to complete the round trip.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.51. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2023, cc. 321 and 322, cl. 2, effective July 1, 2023.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.6. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 881 and 889, cl. 2.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 20 (Regulation of Passenger Carriers)
§ 46.2-2099.7. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 22 and 111, cl. 2.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 21 (REGULATION OF PROPERTY CARRIERS)
§ 46.2-2101. Exemptions from chapter.
The following are exempt from this chapter:

1. Motor vehicles owned and operated by the United States, District of Columbia, any state, municipality, or any other political subdivision of the Commonwealth.

2. Transportation of property between any point in this Commonwealth and any point outside this Commonwealth or between any points wholly within the limits of any city or town in the Commonwealth. This exemption shall not apply to the requirement to declare for-hire operation pursuant to § 46.2-2121.1 or the insurance requirement imposed on motor carriers pursuant to § 46.2-2143.1.

3. Motor vehicles controlled and operated by a bona fide cooperative association as defined in the Federal Marketing Act, approved June 15, 1929, as amended, or organized or existing under Article 2 (§ 13.1-312 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 13.1, while used exclusively in the conduct of the business of such association. This exemption shall not apply to the requirement to declare for-hire operation pursuant to § 46.2-2121.1.

4. Motor vehicles while used exclusively in (i) carrying newspapers, water, livestock, poultry, poultry products, buttermilk, fresh milk and cream, meats, butter and cheese produced on a farm, fish (including shellfish), slate, horticultural or agricultural commodities (not including manufactured products thereof), and forest products, including lumber and staves (but not including manufactured products thereof), (ii) transporting farm supplies to a farm or farms, (iii) hauling for the Department of Transportation, (iv) carrying fertilizer to any warehouse or warehouses for subsequent distribution to a local area farm or farms, or (v) collecting and disposing of trash, garbage and other refuse. This exemption shall not apply to the requirement to declare for-hire operation pursuant to § 46.2-2121.1.

5. Motor vehicles used for transporting property by an air carrier or carrier affiliated with a direct air carrier whether or not such property has had or will have a prior or subsequent air movement. This exemption shall not apply to the requirement to declare for-hire operation pursuant to § 46.2-2121.1.

6. Motor carriers exclusively operating passenger cars, motorcycles, autocycles, mopeds, and vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less. This exemption shall not apply to the insurance requirements imposed on motor carriers pursuant to § 46.2-2143.1 or 46.2-2143.2.

7. Personal delivery devices as defined in § 46.2-100.

Code 1950, § 56-338.2; 1954, c. 344; 1956, c. 697; 1973, c. 305; 1995, cc. 744, 803; 2001, c. 596; 2003, c. 832; 2012, c. 638; 2017, cc. 251, 788, 790, 815; 2020, c. 1269.
Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 21 (REGULATION OF PROPERTY CARRIERS)
§ 46.2-2102. Compliance with chapter required.
No motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for the transportation of property for compensation on any highway in this Commonwealth on an intrastate basis except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Code 1950, § 56-338.3; 1995, cc. 744, 803; 2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 21 (REGULATION OF PROPERTY CARRIERS)
§ 46.2-2103. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 596, cl. 2, effective July 1, 2002.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 21 (REGULATION OF PROPERTY CARRIERS)
§ 46.2-2108.1. Disposition of funds collected.
Except as otherwise provided, all fees collected by the Commissioner pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department.

2001, c. 596.

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 21 (REGULATION OF PROPERTY CARRIERS)
§ 46.2-2108.2. Necessity of a permit or certificate.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, offer, advertise, provide, procure, furnish, or arrange to transport property for compensation on an intrastate basis as a motor carrier without first obtaining from the Department a permit or certificate of fitness as required by this chapter.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2017, cc. 790, 815.

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§ 46.2-2108.3. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2017, cc. 790 and 815, cl. 2, effective January 1, 2018.

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§ 46.2-2108.4. Application; notice requirements.
A. Applications for a permit or certificate of fitness or renewal of a permit or certificate of fitness under this chapter shall be made to the Department and contain such information as the Department shall require. Such information shall include, in the application or otherwise, the matters set forth in §§ 46.2-2133 and 46.2-2134 as grounds for denying permits and certificates.

B. The applicant for a certificate of fitness issued under this chapter shall cause a notice of such application, on the form and in the manner prescribed by the Department, to be served on every affected person who has requested notification.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2013, cc. 165, 582; 2017, cc. 790, 815.

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§ 46.2-2108.5. Registered for fuels tax; business, professional, and occupational license taxes.
Permit and certificate of fitness holders shall be licensed and registered in accordance with the road tax requirements of Chapter 27 (§ 58.1-2700 et seq.) of Title 58.1 and licensed for payment of local business, professional, and occupational license taxes of Chapter 37 (§ 58.1-3700 et seq.) of Title 58.1 as required.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2017, cc. 790, 815.
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§ 46.2-2108.6. Considerations for determination of issuance of permit, or certificate.
In determining whether a permit or certificate of fitness required by this chapter shall be issued, the Department may, among other things, consider compliance with financial responsibility, bonding, and other requirements of this chapter.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2017, cc. 790, 815.

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§ 46.2-2109. Action on applications; hearings on denials and protests.
A. The Department may act upon any application required under this chapter without a hearing, unless such application is protested by any party based upon fitness allegations. Parties may protest an application by submitting written grounds to the Department setting forth (i) a precise statement of the party's objections to the application being granted; (ii) a full and clear statement of the facts that the person is prepared to provide by competent evidence; (iii) the case number assigned to the application; and (iv) a certification that a copy of the protest was sent to the applicant. The Department shall have full discretion as to whether a hearing is warranted based on the merits of any protest filed.

B. Any applicant denied without a hearing an original certificate of fitness under subsection A shall be given a hearing at a time and place determined by the Commissioner or his designee upon the applicant's written request for such hearing made within thirty days of denial.

Code 1950, § 56-338.11; 1995, cc. 744, 803; 2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 870; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2017, cc. 790, 815.

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§ 46.2-2110. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 596, cl. 2, effective July 1, 2002.

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§ 46.2-2114.1. Expired.
Expired.

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§ 46.2-2115. Determination for issuance of permit or certificate.
If the Department finds the applicant has met all requirements of this chapter, it shall issue a permit or certificate of fitness to the applicant, subject to such terms, limitations and restrictions as the Department may deem proper.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2017, cc. 790, 815.

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§ 46.2-2116. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 22 and 111, cl. 2.

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§ 46.2-2117. Temporary emergency operation.
In an emergency, the Department or its agents may, by letter, telegram, or other means, authorize a vehicle to be operated in the Commonwealth without a proper registration card or identification marker for not more than ten days.

2001, c. 596.
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§ 46.2-2118. Issuance, expiration, and renewal of permit and certificate.
All permits and certificates of fitness issued under this chapter shall be issued for a period of 12 consecutive months except, at the discretion of the Department, the periods may be adjusted as necessary. Such permits and certificates shall expire if not renewed annually. Such expiration shall be effective 30 days after the Department has provided the permittee or certificate holder notice of nonrenewal. If the permit or certificate is renewed within 30 days after notice of nonrenewal, then the permit or certificate shall not expire.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2017, cc. 790, 815.

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§ 46.2-2119. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 22 and 111, cl. 2.

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§ 46.2-2120. Filing and application fees.
Every applicant for an original certificate of fitness issued under this chapter shall, upon the filing of an application, deposit with the Department, as a filing fee, a sum in the amount of $50. The Department shall collect a fee of $3 for the issuance of a duplicate certificate of fitness.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2017, cc. 790, 815.

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§ 46.2-2121. Vehicle fees.
Every person who operates a property-carrying vehicle for compensation over the highways of the Commonwealth shall be required to pay an annual fee of $10 for each such vehicle so operated, unless (i) such operation is exempted from this chapter; (ii) the property-carrying vehicle is a passenger car, motorcycle, autocycle, moped, or vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less; (iii) a vehicle identification marker fee has been paid to the Department as to such vehicle for the current year under the provisions of Chapter 27 (§ 58.1-2700 et seq.) of Title 58.1; or (iv) a fee has been paid for the vehicle through the unified carrier registration system established pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 14504a and the regulations promulgated thereunder for carriers registered pursuant to those provisions. No more than one vehicle fee shall be charged or paid as to any vehicle in any one year under Chapter 27 (§ 58.1-2700 et seq.) of Title 58.1 and this chapter, including payments made pursuant to the unified carrier registration system.

2001, c. 596; 2003, c. 322; 2006, c. 208; 2017, cc. 790, 815.
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§ 46.2-2121.1. Declaration of for-hire operation; presumption of nonbusiness use.
Before any motor vehicle is used by a motor carrier to transport property for compensation over the highways of the Commonwealth, the owner of the vehicle shall declare to the Department that the operation of such vehicle is for hire.

Any passenger car, motorcycle, autocycle, or pickup or panel truck, as defined in § 46.2-100, subject to the declaration required by this section and determined pursuant to § 58.1-3523 to be (i) privately owned, (ii) leased pursuant to a contract requiring the lessee to pay the tangible personal property tax on such vehicle, or (iii) held in a private trust for nonbusiness purposes and registered with the Department as a personal vehicle shall be presumed to be used for nonbusiness purposes in determining whether such vehicle is a qualifying vehicle under § 58.1-3523 absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary. Any declaration given pursuant to this section shall not create any presumption of business or commercial use of the vehicle or of business activity on the part of the vehicle owner, lessee, or operator for purposes of any state or local requirement.

2017, cc. 790, 815.
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§ 46.2-2122. Bond and letter of credit requirements of applicants for certificate.
A. Every applicant for an original certificate of fitness under this chapter shall obtain and file with the Department, along with the application, a surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit, in addition to any other bond or letter of credit required by law, in the amount of $50,000, which shall remain in effect for the first five years of licensure. The bond or letter of credit shall be in a form and content acceptable to the Department. The bond or letter of credit shall be conditioned on a statement by the applicant that the applicant will not practice fraud, make any fraudulent representation, or violate any provision of this chapter in the conduct of the applicant's business. The Department may, without holding a hearing, suspend the certificate of fitness during the period that the certificate holder does not have a sufficient bond or letter of credit on file.

B. If a person suffers any of the following: (i) loss or damage in connection with the transportation service by reason of fraud practiced on him or fraudulent representation made to him by a certificate holder or his agent or employee acting within the scope of employment; (ii) loss or damage by reason of a violation by a certificate holder or his agent or employee of any provision of this chapter in connection with the transportation service; or (iii) loss or damage resulting from a breach of a contract entered into on or after July 1, 2002, that person shall have a claim against the certificate holder's bond or letter of credit, and may recover from such bond or letter of credit the amount awarded to such person by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction against the certificate holder as a result of such loss or damage up to, but not exceeding, the amount of the bond or letter of credit.

C. The certificate holder's surety shall notify the Department when a claim is made against a certificate holder's bond, when a claim is paid and/or when the bond is canceled. Such notification shall include the amount of a claim and the circumstances surrounding the claim. Notification of cancellation shall include the effective date and reason for cancellation.

D. The surety on any bond filed by a certificate holder shall be released and discharged from all liability accruing on such bond after the expiration of 60 days from the date on which the surety files with the Department a written request to be released and discharged. Such request shall not operate to relieve, release, or discharge the surety from any liability already accrued or that shall accrue before the expiration of the 60-day period.

2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2013, cc. 165, 582; 2017, cc. 790, 815.

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§ 46.2-2123. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 22 and 111, cl. 2.