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HOUSE BILL NO. 280 Offered January 11, 2006 Prefiled January 4, 2006 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-337 of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuance of a license to operate a motorcycle. ----------
Patrons-- BaCote, Eisenberg, Englin, Jones, D.C., Miller, Scott, J.M., Spruill and Watts
---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 46.2-337 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-337. Passage of motorcycle rider training course certified by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation prerequisite for licensure to operate motorcycle; regulations.

No person shall drive be licensed to drive any motorcycle on a highway in the Commonwealth unless he has passed a special examination, including written material and a road test, pertaining to his ability to drive a motorcycle with reasonable competence and with safety to other persons using the highways motorcycle rider training course certified by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. The Department shall adopt regulations as may be necessary to provide for the special examination under § 46.2-325 of persons desiring to qualify to drive motorcycles in the Commonwealth and for the granting of licenses or permits suitably endorsed for qualified applicants.