Motor Vehicles Passed HB19 Issuance of driver's licenses to minors. Exempts minors holding valid driver's licenses issued by other states from the requirement that they receive their Virginia licenses from a juvenile and domestic relations or family court judge at a formal ceremony. Patron - Guest HB67 Special license plates; employees of the Virginia Department of Transportation. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to employees of the Virginia Department of Transportation. Patron - Orrock HB72 Special license plates; National Speleological Society. Authorizes issuance of special license plates bearing the legend NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Patron - McEachin HB89 Special license plates; aviation enthusiasts. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to aviation enthusiasts. Patron - Parrish HB95 Ordinances prohibiting parking in streets and highways. Adds towns located in Fairfax County to those localities that may prohibit persons from parking specifically defined commercial vehicles (tractor trucks, trailers, etc.) in areas zoned for residential use. This bill is very similar to Senate Bill No. 308, the sole distinction being the changes in line 15. The language of this bill makes it clear that each ordinance is to apply only within the locality's own jurisdiction. Patron - Devolites HB108 Speed limits. Increases the speed limit on limited access highways in Frederick County to 65 miles per hour. Patron - Sherwood HB115 Special license plates; supporters of the National Air and Space Museum Annex at Dulles Airport. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of the National Air and Space Museum Annex at Dulles Airport. These are "revenue-sharing" plates, a portion of whose revenues (after the first 1,000 sets) will go to the Department of Aviation to support the National Air and Space Museum Annex. This bill is a duplicate of SB 409. Patron - Callahan HB255 Special license plates; supporters of Great Meadow; returned Peace Corps volunteers. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to supporters of Great Meadow and members of the returned Peace Corps volunteers. Patron - Katzen HB295 Operation of motor vehicle by habitual offender; participation in alternative incarceration programs. Prohibits credit for time served in alternative incarceration programs for those persons convicted of driving while habitual offenders if they have been sentenced to incarceration, allowed to participate in the alternative incarceration program, and been removed from the program. No good time credit is given for Diversion Center Incarceration participation. These offenders will then have to serve the full mandatory, minimum sentence imposed for such offense. Patron - Clement HB327 Registration of uninsured motor vehicles. Increases the fee for registration of an uninsured motor vehicle from $400 to $500; increases from $400 to $500 the fee for registering a vehicle that is claimed to be insured, but it found not to be so. Patron - Dillard HB390 Motor vehicles; removal of inspection sticker. Provides that the unauthorized taking, possession or use of a vehicle inspection sticker is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Currently, a first offense is punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor and a Class 1 misdemeanor for second or subsequent offenses. Patron - Moran HB418 License plates for delivery of unladen vehicles ("drive-away" tags). Allows test-drives by prospective buyers of vehicles displaying "drive-away" tags. Patron - Clement HB445 Radar jamming devices. Makes use of radar jammers illegal. Patron - Almand HB453 Special license plates; members of the American Radio Relay League. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to members of the American Radio Relay League. Patron - Darner HB461 Motor vehicle dealers; warranty obligations. Provides that warranty parts compensation paid to dealers is to be stated as a percentage of markup (an approximation of retail markup) and is to be uniformly applied to all of the manufacturer's or distributor's parts (unless otherwise provided in statute). The bill also provides that, in the case of a dealer's claim against a manufacturer, a dealer's failure to comply with the specific requirements of the manufacturer for processing the claim will not void or reduce the amount of the claim so long as the dealer has presented "reasonable documentation" to substantiate the claim. In addition, dealers cannot be charged back for sales incentives or other charges related to vehicles subsequently exported by their purchasers if the dealer had no knowledge of the purchasers' intentions to export the vehicles. Patron - Abbitt HB462 Motor vehicle dealers. Requires manufacturers to offer to their same line-make franchised dealers all models manufactured for that line-make and prohibits manufacturers' requiring that dealers pay extra fees, remodel their facilities, or purchase "unreasonable" advertising displays or other materials in order to receive a model or a series of vehicles. Patron - Abbitt HB469 Dealer's license plates. Permits limited use of dealer's license plates by persons authorized by dealers on vehicles being driven to or from a point of sale, an auction, a repair facility, or a dealer exchange. Patron - Wardrup HB498 Rural mail carriers. Provides for display of warning signs on rural mail carrier vehicles only while the vehicles are engaged in the collection or delivery of mail (instead of from their first stop to their last stop). Patron - Weatherholtz HB531 Habitual offenders; driving without a license. Places the duty to determine whether a person charged with driving without a license was previously determined to be an habitual offender on the Commonwealth's attorney, rather than on the court. This bill is recommended by the Committee on District Courts. Patron - Jones, J.C. HB534 Vehicle registrations. Includes vehicle color (selected by the owner from a list of colors supplied by the Commissioner) on registration cards and requires DMV to retain vehicle color information in their vehicle data records. Patron - Dickinson HB594 Warning lights on certain vehicles. Allows vehicles owned and used by certain construction companies to be equipped with amber warning lights. Patron - Cantor HB604 Motor vehicle dealers. Allows the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board to license certain charities as dealers without their having to comply with the statutory requirements for minimum size of office space and vehicle display space. Patron - Orrock HB627 Traffic light violations. Extends to July 1, 2005, the sunset provision applicable to the photo enforcement program established in certain localities to facilitate the enforcement of traffic light violations. This bill is a duplicate of SB 310. Patron - McDonnell HB634 Restoration of privilege after driving while license revoked or suspended. Requires that notice of a petition for restoration of driving privilege be given to the attorney for the Commonwealth and to the Commissioner of DMV who is to make a determination whether the person may be ineligible for restoration. A hearing on the petition may not be set for earlier than 30 days from the petition. The Commissioner of DMV is authorized to give notice of the filing of a petition to the Attorney General, who is then authorized to participate in the proceedings on behalf of the Commonwealth. The court is authorized to require the petition to be assessed by VASAP. The bill clarifies that a petition for restoration may not be made prior to five years after loss of privilege if loss of privilege was based in part on a DUI conviction. The bill also corrects an inadvertent omission of the word "adjudication" in the Habitual Offender statute. This bill is recommended by the Commission on VASAP. Patron - Armstrong HB640 Special license plates; 1999 Bicentennial of George Washington. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates commemorating the 1999 Bicentennial of George Washington. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2003. This bill is a duplicate of SB 108. Patron - Puller HB654 Warning lights on certain buses. Allows buses operated as public carriers to use white "strobe" warning lights similar to those used as warning lights on school buses. Patron - Bloxom HB662 Persons charged with first drug offense. Provides that as a term or condition of deferred disposition under the first offender statute, the court may require the accused to be evaluated and enter a treatment and/or education program certified or licensed by an ASAP program certified by the Commission on VASAP. Currently only a DMHMRSAS certified program is authorized. Patron - Almand HB682 Clean Fuel Fleet Program. Replaces list of specific localities to which the Clean Fuel Fleet Program applies with a generic description, based on the federal Clean Air Act, and authorizes abolition of the entire Clean Fuel Fleet Program if approved by federal EPA. Patron - Reid HB705 Parking. Adds Loudoun to the list of counties (Fairfax, James City, Montgomery, Prince William, and York) that may regulate parking on state secondary highways within their boundaries. Patron - May HB735 Motor vehicle speed detection devices. Allows Prince William County to use laser speed detection devices. Patron - McQuigg HB738 Commercial vehicle parking in residential areas. Grants Prince William County (by population) the same power to regulate commercial vehicle parking in residential areas currently granted only to Fairfax County (by population). Patron - McQuigg HB770 Special license plates; supporters of AAA; Tercentenary of City of Williamsburg. Authorizes issuance of special license plates (i) to supporters of the American Automobile Association and (ii) commemorating the Tercentenary of the City of Williamsburg. Patron - Landes HB799 Special license plates; persons once declared missing in action. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to persons once declared missing in action. Patron - Keating HB867 Driver's licenses, learner's permits, and the motor vehicle sales and use tax. Provides for a motorcycle learner's permit (distinct from the regular learner's permit) and fees for such permits; revises limitations applicable to operation of motorcycles by holders of motorcycle learner's permits; eliminates the requirement that photographs on certain driver's licenses and special identification cards be profile photographs and requires use of special age descriptors instead; and clarifies that certain buses, school buses, well-drilling equipment, specialized mobile equipment, and trailers and semitrailers not designed or used to carry property are subject to the motor vehicle sales and use tax. There are some technical amendments. Patron - Rollison HB868 Special license plates; Wildlife Foundation of Virginia; Virginia Wildlife Federation. Authorizes issuance of special license plates bearing the legend "Wildlife Foundation of Virginia" and others bearing the legend "Virginia Wildlife Federation." Patron - Rollison HB872 Driver demerit points. Provides for assignment of six demerit points for DUI (§ 18.2-266) and for driving underage after underage consumption of alcohol (§ 18.2-266.1). Patron - Griffith HB877 Registration-exempt vehicles used for seasonal transportation of farm produce and livestock. Changes the 30-mile limitation on operation of registration-exempt vehicles used for the seasonal transportation of farm produce and livestock to allow operation of these vehicles either 30 miles or the distance to the nearest storage house, packing plant, or market, but not more than 50 miles. Patron - Abbitt HB951 Vehicle registration; fees. Increases to four dollars (from present two dollars) the surcharge on vehicle registrations used for emergency medical services purposes (the so-called "two for life" fee). One-half of additional revenues go to the Rescue Squad Assistance Fund, the remainder to localities for use in conjunction with emergency medical services and rescue purposes. The act becomes effective on January 1, 1999. Patron - Armstrong HB953 Suspension of driver's licenses. Allows 30 (instead of present 10) days for persons convicted in absentia of traffic offenses to pay fines and court costs before their driver's licenses are suspended. Patron - Armstrong HB995 Special license plates; Eastern Shore tourism. Authorizes issuance of special license plates promoting tourism on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Patron - Bloxom HB1013 Motor vehicle, T&M vehicle, trailer, and motorcycle dealers. Provides that interest income on the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board Fund shall accrue to the Fund; provides for optional multi-year licensure of dealers; revises bonding requirements for motor vehicle dealers; expands coverage of Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund to include leased motor vehicles; increases amounts that can be recovered from the Fund; and revises requirements related to disclosure of dealer processing fees in dealer advertising. Patron - Rollison HB1014 Restricted driver's licenses. Places restrictions on driver's licenses issued to persons less than 18 years old if they are convicted of certain motor vehicle offenses. Patron - Scott HB1030 Buses. Allows Williamsburg to restrict the operation of nonscheduled buses (other than school buses) within its boundaries. Patron - Grayson HB1038 Driver improvement clinic fees. Changes mandatory fee of $75 for attending driver improvement clinics to a maximum fee of $75. Patron - Wagner HB1168 Speed limits. Changes maximum speed limit for vehicles traveling under VDOT oversize and overweight permits from 10 mph less than the posted speed limit (everywhere) to 55 mph on highways where the posted speed limit is 55 mph or more. Patron - Ruff HB1232 Special license plates; Fraternal Order of Police Associates; Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to members of the Fraternal Order of Police Associates or Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary. Patron - Van Yahres HB1339 Commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle driver's licenses. Revises the portion of the definition of "commercial vehicle" relating to firefighting, rescue and emergency vehicles. Patron - Diamonstein HB1349 Special license plates; 400th anniversary of Jamestown settlement. Authorizes issuance of special license plates combining the design of the Jamestown anniversary plates with the design of Virginia Senate or House of Delegates plates. Patron - Dillard HB1426 Speed limits in residence districts. Clarifies definition of "residence district" as used in Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles) of the Code of Virginia. Patron - Cantor SB9 Special license plates; supporters of Virginia's minor league baseball teams. Authorizes issuance of special license plates for supporters of the Virginia's minor league baseball teams. Patron - Benedetti SB107 Parking. Allows Dinwiddie County to regulate parking (including installation of parking meters), stopping, and standing of vehicles within its boundaries. Accords similar powers to Augusta and Rockingham Counties (but without authority to install parking meters). Patron - Martin SB108 Special license plates; 1999 Bicentennial of George Washington. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates commemorating the 1999 Bicentennial of George Washington. This bill's provision expires on July 1, 2003. This bill is a duplicate of HB 640. Patron - Gartlan SB121 Special license plates; Loyal Order of Moose. Authorizes issuance of special license plates for members of the Loyal Order of Moose. Patron - Forbes SB177 Vehicle registration; fees. Increases to four dollars (from present two dollars) the surcharge on vehicle registrations used for emergency medical services purposes (the so-called "two for life" fee). One-half of the increased revenues goes to the Rescue Squad Assistance Fund and the remainder to localities for emergency medical services and rescue purposes. The act becomes effective on January 1, 1999. Patron - Reynolds SB239 Speed limits. Increases the speed limit on limited access highways in Frederick County to 65 miles per hour. Patron - Potts SB258 Buses. Allows Williamsburg to restrict the operation of nonscheduled buses (other than school buses) within its boundaries. This bill is a duplicate of House Bill No. 1030. Patron - Norment SB300 Driver's license. Provides that upon conviction for failure to pay fines and costs, the license suspension imposed becomes effective 30 days after notice (currently ten days). Patron - Reynolds SB301 Special license plates; 250th anniversary of the City of Alexandria. Authorizes issuance of special license plates commemorating the 250th anniversary of the City of Alexandria, County of Chesterfield, and County of Culpeper. The act expires on July 1, 2003. Patron - Ticer SB308 Ordinances prohibiting parking in streets and highways. Adds towns located in Fairfax County to those localities that may prohibit persons from parking specifically defined commercial vehicles (tractor trucks, trailers, etc.) in areas zoned for residential use. Patron - Howell SB310 Vehicle registrations. Includes vehicle color (selected by the owner from a list of colors supplied by the Commissioner) on registration cards and requires DMV to retain vehicle color information in its vehicle data records. This bill is a duplicate of HB 534. Patron - Houck SB315 Photo-red programs. Extends to July 1, 2005, the sunset on local photo-enforcement of traffic light signals programs. This bill is a duplicate of HB 627. Patron - Schrock SB336 Motor vehicle dealers. Provides for special conditions under which charities that sell donated motor vehicles can be licensed as motor vehicles dealers. Patron - Watkins SB344 Vehicle window-tinting films. Allows use of tinting films with less than 35 percent light transmittance on the rear windows and rear side windows of multi-purpose passenger vehicles. Patron - Stolle SB409 Special license plates; supporters of the National Air and Space Museum Annex at Dulles Airport. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of the National Air and Space Museum Annex at Dulles Airport. These are "revenue-sharing" plates, a portion of whose revenues (after the first 1,000 sets) will go to the Department of Aviation to support the National Air and Space Museum Annex. This bill is a duplicate of HB 115. Patron - Whipple SB410 Disabled parking fines; prepayment. Authorizes the prepayment of disabled parking fines. Patron - Whipple SB435 Amber warning lights. Allows vehicles used to lead funeral processions to be equipped with amber warning lights. Patron - Marsh SB437 Motorcycle helmets. Exempts from helmet requirements persons on motorcycles operating as part of certain parades at speeds of no more than 15 mph. Patron - Miller, K.G. SB457 Restricted driver's licenses. Places special restrictions on the driver's licenses of persons less than 18 years old if those persons are convicted of certain traffic offenses. Patron - Barry SB458 Records; convictions for boating while under the influence. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to maintain the records of persons convicted of operating a watercraft or motorboat while intoxicated. These records are to be electronically made available to law-enforcement officers. The bill requires district and circuit courts to keep full records of such violations and submit these records following the procedures used under § 46.2-383 for drivers convicted of motor vehicle violations, so that such records can be incorporated into the DMV database. Currently, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) maintains records of convictions for boating under the influence. If a law-enforcement officer wants access to a record of prior convictions for drunk boating, he would have to contact DGIF. This bill will allow quicker access to such records. Patron - Barry SB490 Accident reports; photographs. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to maintain accident reports for a period of at least 36 months from the date of the accident and the Department of State Police to maintain negatives of any photographs relating thereto for at least 36 months from the date of the accident. Patron - Reasor SB568 Special license plates; supporters of credit union. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to supporters of credit unions. Patron - Stosch SB579 Traffic Safety Fund. Vests the DMV Commissioner with the responsibility for administering the Fund and accepting grants, gifts, bequests, and other moneys for deposit in the Fund. Patron - Whipple SB588 Photo-enforcement of toll payments. Authorizes use of photo-monitoring equipment for enforcement of toll payments for use of toll facilities. Patron - Forbes SB624 Commercial vehicles on interstate highways. Exempts commercial vehicles being used for interstate highway maintenance or construction work from the law limiting commercial vehicles to the two right-most lanes of interstate highways with three or more lanes in each direction and speed limits of 65 mph or more. Patron - Schrock SB633 Clean Fuel Fleet Program. Replaces list of specific localities to which the Clean Fuel Fleet Program applies with a generic description, based on the federal Clean Air Act, and authorizes abolition of the entire Clean Fuel Fleet Program if approved by federal EPA. Patron - Bolling Failed HB8 Safety belts. Exempts children in excess of the number of safety belt devices from the requirement that drivers ensure that passengers from 4 to 16 are secured by safety belt devices. Patron - Davies HB60 Duty of certain persons accompanying driver to report accidents. Changes period of time for reporting of hit and run accidents by passengers in the offending vehicle from 24 hours after the accident to a reasonable period after the accident. Patron - Howell HB75 Emergency vehicles. Provides that exemptions from traffic laws granted to emergency vehicles operated in response to emergency calls do not include exemptions from statutes prohibiting passing stopped school buses. There are technical amendments. Patron - Guest HB149 Special license plates; Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates with the logo: Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. A portion of the fees generated by these plates, after the first 1,000 sets, will go to the Game Protection Fund. Patron - Abbitt HB316 Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive is suspended or revoked. Allows a court to issue a restricted license for any part or all of the license suspension period imposed when someone is convicted of driving on a suspended license. Patron - Robinson HB365 Department of Motor Vehicles; enforcement. Expands the Department's enforcement powers by authorizing the Commissioner, his assistants, full-time members of the Department's enforcement division, and police officers appointed by the Commissioner to enforce all criminal laws of the Commonwealth. Department law-enforcement officers are also authorized to take statements during the enforcement of such laws. In addition to the Board and its representatives, agents of the Department are authorized to inspect motor vehicle dealer records. Any person who prohibits the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board, its representatives, or Department agents from examining Motor Vehicle Dealer records shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Misdemeanor only. Patron - Weatherholtz HB371 Truck traffic. Prohibits truck traffic on portions of Pleasant Valley Road and Stone Road in Fairfax County, except for local deliveries. Patron - McClure HB480 Violations of certain local motor vehicle ordinances. Provides that fines imposed for violation of local motor vehicle ordinances (those adopted under authority of § 46.2-1300) will go to the Literary Fund (not to the locality), if the violation occurred on an interstate highway. Patron - Abbitt HB587 Motor vehicle titles and registrations. Allows DMV to refuse to register or title a vehicle if the applicant has had his driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle suspended or revoked without being granted a limited or restricted license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in Virginia. Patron - Albo HB672 Restoration of driving privilege after administrative revocation of driver's license. Changes the periods of administrative revocation applied as credit toward restoration of driving privilege after having been declared an habitual offender. The bill corrects the error which allows credit for time spent without a license (i) following a second rather than a third conviction of an offense which results in loss of driver's license and (ii) prior to a determination of habitual offender status. This bill is incorporated into HB 634. Patron - Joannou HB687 Special license plates; members of the General Assembly. Provides that, for special license plates issued for members of the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate, license numbers shall be based on seniority; however, any member can receive a license plate number that is the same as his district number if (i) he so requests and (ii) his license plate number based on his district number will be no lower than his license number based on his seniority. The bill becomes effective on January 1, 2000. Patron - Wardrup HB750 Use of interstate highways by commercial vehicles. Provides additional restriction on operation of commercial vehicles (other than buses or school buses) on interstate highways with more than two lanes in each direction by confining their operation in the eighth planning district to the two right-most lanes of such highways, regardless of the posted speed limit. Patron - Marshall HB934 Speed limits; reckless driving. Increases standard speed limits. Patron - Guest HB966 Driver's licenses. Provides for refusal to renew or reissue driver's licenses of persons for whom the Department of Social Services could not serve notices of intent to suspend such driver's licenses. Patron - Rollison HB997 License revocation. Provides that a license revocation for drug offenses or deferral of proceedings runs concurrently with a license revocation for failure to pay fines and costs. Patron - Bloxom HB1069 Motorcycle riders. Limits the motorcycle helmet law to persons less than 21 years old. Patron - Stump HB1076 Motor vehicle warning lights. Limits colored warning lights used by law-enforcement vehicles to blue lights. Patron - Reid HB1123 Fog lights. Limits use of vehicle fog lights to periods of inclement weather that require the use of vehicle headlights. Patron - Behm HB1150 Confiscation of certain motor vehicles prohibited. Prohibits the Commonwealth or local governments from going onto private property for the purpose of confiscating any motor vehicle, even if the vehicle is unregistered. Patron - Katzen HB1167 Speed limits. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and other authorities having jurisdiction over highways the same authority to increase highway speed limits as they have to decrease them. Patron - Ruff HB1180 Restricted driver's licenses. Places special restrictions on the driver's licenses of persons less than 18 years old if those persons are convicted of certain traffic offenses. Patron - O'Brien HB1217 Overweight vehicle permits. Authorizes issuance of overweight permits for haulers of gravel, sand, or crushed stone, based on the number of their axles. Patron - Stump HB1279 Passing stopped school buses. Provides for filing of affidavits attesting to the painting, lettering, and equipping of school buses, in cases charging reckless driving for passing stopped school buses. Incorporated in HB 1284. Patron - Hargrove HB1284 Passing stopped school buses; reckless driving. Provides for filing of affidavits as to markings and warning devices on school buses illegally passed while loading or discharging passengers. This bill does not change the law prescribing a civil penalty for passing a stopped school bus (§ 46.2-844). Patron - Jones, D.C. HB1309 Aggressive driving; penalty. Provides that anyone who engages in "aggressive driving" shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, including a mandatory, minimum fine of $250 not subject to suspension by the court. "Aggressive driving" is defined as committing any two or more of the following violations in a single act or series of acts in close proximity to another motor vehicle: (i) an unsafe lane change; (ii) following too closely; (iii) failure to yield to an overtaking vehicle; (iv) speeding; (v) driving too fast for traffic conditions; (vi) failing to give an adequate signal; and (vii) racing. Patron - Rust HB1310 Reckless driving; failure to obey traffic light signals. Provides that failure to obey traffic light signals constitutes reckless driving if it results in property damage or bodily injury. Patron - Rust HB1318 Nighttime driving restriction. Prohibits persons under age 18 from operating a motor vehicle between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless they are driving to or from work or a school-sponsored activity, accompanied by a parent or spouse, or driving because of an emergency. Patron - Marshall SB7 Radar jamming devices. Makes purposeful use of any device or mechanism to interfere with radar or another speed detection device used by law enforcement punishable as a traffic infraction. Patron - Benedetti SB101 Speed determination devices. Allows local law-enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia, Roanoke County, and Roanoke City to use laser speed measurement devices. Patron - Edwards SB241 Motor vehicle dealers. Requires manufacturers to offer to their same line-make franchised dealers all models manufactured for that line-make and prohibits manufacturers' requiring that dealers pay extra fees, remodel their facilities, or purchase "unreasonable" advertising displays or other materials in order to receive a model or a series of vehicles. Patron - Williams SB242 Motor vehicle dealers; warranty obligations. Provides that warranty parts compensation paid to dealers is to be stated as a percentage of markup (an approximation of retail markup) and is to be uniformly applied to all of the manufacturer's or distributor's parts (unless otherwise provided in statute). The bill also provides that, in the case of a dealer's claim against a manufacturer, a dealer's failure to comply with the specific requirements of the manufacturer for processing the claim will not void or reduce the amount of the claim so long as the dealer has presented "reasonable documentation" to substantiate the claim and that dealers cannot be charged back for sales incentives or other charges related to vehicles subsequently exported by their purchasers if the dealer had no knowledge of the purchasers' intentions to export the vehicles. Patron - Williams SB292 Tracking mud or debris onto highways. Prohibits operating a vehicle so as to track mud or debris onto any highway. Patron - Reynolds SB356 Special license plates. Requires the DMV Commissioner to afford the Superintendent of State Police an opportunity to comment on the proposed design of all special license plates authorized on or after January 1, 1998. Patron - Chichester SB398 Safety belts. Exempts children in excess of the number of safety belt devices from the requirement that drivers ensure that passengers from 4 to 16 are secured by safety belt devices. Patron - Maxwell SB408 Radar jamming devices. Makes purposeful use of any device or mechanism to interfere with radar or another speed detection device used by law enforcement punishable as a traffic infraction. Patron - Whipple SB574 Disposition of certain motor vehicle-related citations. Provides an alternative method for disposition of citations by law-enforcement officers for violations of certain motor vehicle-related offenses. Patron - Saslaw SB644 Incorporation of Virginia Code by local ordinance; prefix. Authorizes law-enforcement personnel to charge individuals under local ordinances which parallel state law by listing the Virginia Code provision on the document and prefixing the statute with "L" or "LOCAL." The bill also corrects an erroneous internal cross-reference. Patron - Mims Carried Over HB59 Positive drug test as a disqualifier for commercial driver's license. Provides that anyone who tests positive when tested for nonprescribed controlled substances shall thereafter be disqualified from driving a commercial vehicle pursuant to a commercial driver's license for a period of 90 days. Patron - Woodrum HB321 Special license plates; Corvette club members. Authorizes issuance to Corvette club members of special license plates bearing the legend CORVETTE CLUB MEMBER. Patron - Dillard HB451 Speed limits at highway accidents and incidents. Imposes a speed limit of 20 mph less than the otherwise applicable speed limit in the vicinity of highway or roadside accidents or similar highway or roadside incidents. Violations constitute traffic infractions punishable by fines up to $250. Patron - Deeds HB483 Taxicabs. Expands the coverage of § 46.2-2013.1 (limitations on advertising of taxicab service) to the whole Commonwealth (instead of just Planning District Eight). Patron - Van Yahres HB493 Registration, licensing, certificates of title; offenses. Increases the penalty from a traffic infraction ($200 fine) to a Class 1 misdemeanor for persons who (i) display or possess any registration card, certificate of title, license plate or decal which is fictitious, or has been canceled, revoked, suspended or altered or (ii) refuse to give the State Police or the Department any title, registration, plate, or decal which has been canceled, suspended or revoked. New Class 1 misdemeanors are created for persons who (i) refuse to allow the Department to inspect the title of any vehicle offered for sale; (ii) display or possess any registration, title, plate, or decal which has been issued to another; and (iii) refuse to give the State Police or the Department any title, registration, plate, or decal which has been altered or issued to another. The offenses for operating a vehicle without a license plate and for possessing a certificate of title issued to another are expanded to include the license plates and certificates of title of out-of-state vehicles. Patron - Weatherholtz HB500 Reckless driving. Authorizes, in addition to any other penalty, a fine of up to $10,000 for any person convicted of reckless driving that causes an accident resulting in a delay for traffic on highways, in tunnels, or on bridges in the interstate highway system. Patron - Hamilton HB601 Vehicle registration; fees. Increases to three dollars (from present two dollars) the surcharge on vehicle registrations used for emergency medical services purposes (the so-called "two for life" fee). Patron - Orrock HB737 School bus drivers; cellular telephone use. Prohibits school bus drivers from using cellular telephones when operating a school bus with passengers on board unless a mechanical breakdown or emergency occurs. Patron - McQuigg HB763 Photo radar enforcement of school crossing speed limits. Establishes a pilot program of photo radar enforcement of school crossing speed limits similar to that for photo enforcement of traffic light signals. The pilot program expires after five years (July 1, 2003). Patron - Devolites HB844 Driver's license applications. Requires all driver's license applications to include an option for the applicant to donate one dollar to Prevent Blindness Virginia. DMV is to provide an explanation of the purpose of these contributions with all driver's license applications. Patron - Reid HB881 Driver's licenses. Provides for refusal to issue, renew, or reissue driver's licenses of persons for whom the Department of Social Services could not serve notices of intent to suspend such driver's licenses. Patron - Diamonstein HB936 Traffic light violations; enforcement. Authorizes law-enforcement officers who have not observed a traffic light violation to arrest a violator, provided that another law-enforcement officer who has observed the violation immediately sends a radio message to the arresting officer positively identifying the vehicle the violator was driving. Patron - Guest HB962 Branded vehicle titles. Requires the title of all salvage vehicles to be branded. This does not affect branding of rebuilt vehicles nor does it affect nonrepairable vehicles for which nonrepairable certificates have been issued. Patron - Robinson HB1012 DMV records. Exempts certain information in DMV records from release to or through the Virginia Information Providers Network Authority. Patron - Rollison HB1018 Photo-monitoring programs. Adds James City County (by population) to the list of localities authorized to have a pilot program using photo-monitoring equipment to enforce traffic light signals. Patron - Grayson HB1025 Speed limits in highway work zones; photo enforcement. Provides for photo enforcement of speed limits in highway work zones. Patron - Grayson HB1122 Photo enforcement of traffic light signals. Adds City of Hampton (by population) to the list of localities that may establish photo enforcement of traffic light signals programs. Patron - Behm HB1142 Taxicabs. Allows local governments to regulate taxicab stand dues. There are some technical amendments. Patron - Moran HB1305 Special license plates; Sons of Confederate Veterans. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Patron - May HB1328 Proof of insurance. Requires drivers of vehicles involved in certain accidents to show proof of insurance (or registration of an uninsured vehicle); provides for taking of driver's licenses and license plates and impoundment of vehicles for drivers that fail to comply. Patron - Marshall HB1397 Photo monitoring systems; traffic light signals. Allows the Town of Warrenton to use photo monitoring systems to enforce traffic light signals. Patron - Katzen HB1414 Driver's licenses. Provides for display of licensee's disabilities, chronic medical conditions, and/or drug allergies on his driver's license. Patron - Christian SB233 Antique motor vehicle; special license plates for motor vehicle collectors. Decreases minimum age of antique motor vehicles for 25 years to 20 years; authorizes issuance of special license plates for motor vehicle collectors. Vehicle for which these license plates are issued would be subject to a 3,000 miles annual operating limit. These license plates would be valid until the vehicle is sold and would be subject to a one-time fee of $5. Patron - Trumbo SB255 Photo-red programs. Adds James City County (by population) to the list of localities authorized to have a pilot program using photo-monitoring equipment to enforce traffic light signals and repeals the July 1, 2000, sunset on the programs. Patron - Norment SB280 Driver's licenses. Provides that driver's licenses issued to applicants who are 70 years old or older are valid for two years (instead of five) and cannot be issued unless the applicant takes and passes an eye test. Patron - Barry SB325 Driver's licenses. Provides for refusal to renew or reissue driver's licenses of persons for whom the Department of Social Services could not serve notices of intent to suspend such driver's licenses. Patron - Woods SB441 Tolls for motorcycles. Prohibits charging motorcycles higher tolls if they have sidecars or are towing trailers or both. This would not apply to facilities whose bond indentures provide otherwise. Patron - Houck SB636 Vehicle sunshading applications. Allows persons with medical waivers to have sunshading applications on non-windshield glass with as little as 15 percent light transmittance. Patron - Hanger SB643 Driver's licenses. Provides for display of licensee's chronic medical conditions and/or drug allergies on his driver's license. Patron - Mims < PREVIOUS | CONTENTS | NEXT >