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2008 SESSION
SB 691 Towing; regulations for those seeking tow truck authorization documents and provisional changes.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Towing. Allows tow trucks to use crossovers on controlled-access highways when providing a public safety towing and recovery service under the direction of a law-enforcement agency. Additionally, the bill repeals the provision that allows insurance company agents and persons subject to a vehicle security interest to have vehicles that have been towed as the result of a police-towing request to be towed to another location ("secondary tow"). The bill also allows the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators to promulgate regulations specifying additional training or conditions for individuals seeking tow truck authorization documents. The bill, further, exempts from the requirement that tow truck operators have tow truck authorization documents issued by the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators tow trucks that are (i) towing vehicles from origins in another state and are passing through the Commonwealth to destinations outside the Commonwealth, or (ii) towing vehicles from origins in another state to destinations in the Commonwealth, or (iii) not engaged to towed vehicles by physical, mechanical means that cause the towed vehicle to be moved or lifted off the ground. Finally, the bill provides that a person cannot not be refused a license or a tow truck driver authorization document by the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators solely because of a prior criminal conviction, unless the criminal conviction directly relates to the towing and recovery of vehicles and safety of the users of the services offered by such licensee or holder of a tow truck authorization document. This bill is identical to HB 1012 (Hugo).
FULL TEXT
- 01/15/08 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 083829348 pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 083829348-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/08 House: Committee substitute printed 083845348-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB691ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/08 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB691ER2) pdf
- 03/18/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/15/08 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 083829348
- 01/15/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/31/08 Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/08 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/08 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/05/08 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/05/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB691E
- 02/05/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 083829348-E
- 02/06/08 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/12/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/08 House: Read first time
- 02/12/08 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/19/08 House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/08 House: Committee substitute printed 083845348-H1
- 02/21/08 House: Read second time
- 02/22/08 House: Read third time
- 02/22/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 083845348-H1
- 02/22/08 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/25/08 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/26/08 House: Read third time
- 02/26/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB691H1
- 02/26/08 House: Passed House with substitute (92-Y 4-N)
- 02/26/08 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (92-Y 4-N)
- 02/28/08 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/08 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/03/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB691ER)
- 03/03/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/08 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/12/08 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 03/13/08 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/13/08 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 6-N)
- 03/13/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (89-Y 6-N)
- 03/13/08 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 03/13/08 House: Reenrolled
- 03/13/08 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB691ER2)
- 03/13/08 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 03/13/08 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 03/13/08 House: Enacted, Chapter 647 (effective 7/1/08)
- 03/18/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)