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HOUSE BILL NO. 475 House Amendments in [ ] -- January 15, 2001 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-334.2, relating to nighttime driving restrictions for persons under eighteen. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Parrish ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-334.2 as follows:

§ 46.2-334.2. Persons under eighteen; nighttime driving restriction.

No person under the age of eighteen [ , who is otherwise authorized by law to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of the Commonwealth, ] shall operate a motor vehicle on the highways of the Commonwealth between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. except when driving (i) to or from a place of business where he is [ regularly ] employed; (ii) to or from a school-sponsored activity; (iii) when accompanied by a parent, a person acting in loco parentis, or by a spouse age eighteen years or older, provided that such person accompanying the driver is actually occupying a seat beside the driver and is lawfully permitted to operate a motor vehicle at that time; [ and or ] (iv) in cases of emergency.