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2008 SESSION

083807272
SENATE BILL NO. 113
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled January 3, 2008
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-300 of the Code of Virginia, relating to driving without a license; penalties.
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Patron-- McDougle
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 46.2-300 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-300. Driving without license prohibited; penalties.

No person, except those expressly exempted in §§ 46.2-303 through 46.2-308, shall drive any motor vehicle on any highway in the Commonwealth until such person has applied for a driver's license, as provided in this article, satisfactorily passed the examination required by § 46.2-325, and obtained a driver's license, nor unless the license is valid.

A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Upon conviction under this section, the court shall suspend the person's privilege to drive for a period not to exceed 90 days.