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VA Code § 46.2-2078 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 20 - Regulation of Passenger Carriers|§ 46.2-2078. No certificate to issue when service already adequate

No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate over the route of any certificated common carrier unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Department that the service rendered by such certificate holder, over such route, is inadequate to the requirements of the public necessity and convenience; and if the Department is of the opinion that the service rendered by such certificate holder over such route is in any respect inadequate to the requirements of the public necessity and convenience, such certificate holder shall be given reasonable time and opportunity to remedy such inadequacy before any certificate shall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate over such route.For the purpose of this section, the transportation of passengers by an urban-suburban bus line, hereby defined as a bus line, the majority of whose passengers use the buses for traveling a distance no more than forty miles, measured one way, on the same day, between their places of abode and their places of work, shopping areas, or schools, shall not be deemed an operation over the route of any common carrier of passengers holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity.2001, c. 596.
VA Code § 46.2-2079 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2080 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2081 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2082 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2083 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2085 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2086 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2087 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2088 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2089 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2090 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2091 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2092 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2093 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2094 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2095 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2096 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2098 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2099 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2099.1 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2099.4 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2099.5 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2099.11 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2099.17 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2099.18 (2021)
2021 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.
VA Code § 46.2-2099.19 (2021)
2021 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; or2. 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.