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2009 SESSION


CHAPTER 102
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-341.18:01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to transport of hazardous materials; commercial motor vehicles.
[H 2238]
Approved February 25, 2009

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 46.2-341.18:01 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-341.18:01. Disqualification for violation of out-of-service order; commercial motor vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers; commercial motor vehicle used to transport hazardous materials.

The Commissioner shall disqualify, for a period of two years, any person convicted of violating an out-of-service order while operating (i) a commercial motor vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver, for a period of two years or (ii) notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-341.18, a commercial motor vehicle while used in the transport of hazardous materials required to be placarded under federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 C.F.R. Part 172, Subpart F). If the person is convicted of two or more violations of this section, and each offense arose from a separate incident committed within a period of 10 years, the disqualification shall be for five years.