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2010 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 33.1-19 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 33.1-19. Effect of Board's rules and regulations.
The rules and regulations together with any additions or
amendments thereto, prescribed by the Board under the provisions of subdivision
(3) of § 33.1-12, shall have the force and effect of law and any person, firm
or corporation violating any such rule or regulation or any addition or
amendment thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be
fined not less than $5 nor more than $100 for each offense. Such person shall
be civilly liable to the Commonwealth for the actual damage sustained by the
Commonwealth by reason of his wrongful act. Such damages may be recovered at
the suit of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and, when collected, paid
into the state treasury to the credit of the Department of Transportation.
But no such rules and regulations or additions or amendments thereto, or
repeals thereof, shall become effective until sixty days shall have elapsed following
their adoption by the Board Any rules and regulations promulgated by the
Board shall be developed in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (§
2.2-4000 et seq.) except when specifically exempted by law.