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- HB 7 Bicycles; riders approaching intersection controlled by traffic lights need not to wait two minutes.
- HB 34 Signs or advertising, unlawful; Commissioner of Highways agreements with local government.
- HB 71 Integrated Directional Sign Program; adds term retail.
- HB 72 Highway work zones; required to be marked with warning signs with attached flashing lights.
- HB 85 HOV lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates.
- HB 87 Aircraft; person who projects point of light from laser at an aircraft is guilty of misdemeanor.
- HB 97 Motorcycles; driving two abreast in a single lane.
- HB 99 Leased vehicles' registration; DMV to obtain name of business, street address, etc. of lessees.
- HB 106 Driver's licenses; required to show street address of licensee's principal residence in State.
- HB 119 Golf carts; allows governing body of Town of Urbanna to authorize operation on highways.
- HB 122 Driver’s licenses; allows military veterans who are at least 21 to have veteran status indicated.
- HB 155 Revenue sharing funds for highways; funds provided to localities are a grant, etc.
- HB 171 Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; bonding requirements.
- HB 179 Uninsured motorists; raises uninsured motor vehicle fee.
- HB 182 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.
- HB 187 Police check-points; prohibits establishment of motorcycle only check-points.
- HB 188 State secondary highway system; makes certain road and bridge in Shenandoah County part of system.
- HB 194 Driver's licenses, commercial; requires DMV to consider applicants' military experience.
- HB 235 Motor vehicle, T&M, etc., dealers; limits number of supplemental sales licenses that can be issued.
- HB 252 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; changes in composition.
- HB 256 HOV lanes; extends sunset clause in Northern Virginia and in Hampton Roads.
- HB 262 Transportation Board; adds urban and rural at-large members.
- HB 289 Handicapped parking; allows localities by ordinance to grant free parking.
- HB 303 Overweight permits; Issuance for haulers of farm animal feed.
- HB 304 DMV service charge; eliminates fee.
- HB 308 Driver's licenses etc.;all issued by DMV that include a photograph must be produced by DMV.
- HB 310 Driver's licenses; applicants may designate insulin-dependent or a hearing or speech impairment.
- HB 333 Economic development sites; fund for access roads.
- HB 353 Motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing; amends several licensing laws.
- HB 370 Highway median maintenance; VDOT to enter into agreements with local governments.
- HB 376 Driver's licenses; storage of driver's license information.
- HB 388 Drivers licenses; allows military veterans to have their veteran status indicated.
- HB 407 Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
- HB 427 Highway maintenance funds; CTB to allocate funds on basis of achieving level of disparity.
- HB 440 Vessels; prohibits VDOT from making fast to or lying alongside certain bridges.
- HB 510 Virginia ports; change in ownership.
- HB 524 Driver's license holders; transmssions of medical examinations to DMV electronically.
- HB 539 Private road; county ordinance may require maintenance by certain lot purchasers.
- HB 541 DMV; collection of fees.
- HB 542 Highway maintenance projects; allows localities to use revenue-sharing funds.
- HB 545 VDOT; allowed to drive on portion of highway other than a roadway to/from scene of traffic accident.
- HB 553 Airports, privately owned; duty of care and liability of landowners.
- HB 554 Political subdivisions; Department of Aviation lease approval requirement.
- HB 560 Driver's licenses; prohibits issuance to certain persons.
- HB 568 Driver's licenses; allows military veterans to have their veteran status indicated.
- HB 583 Mobile infrared transmitters; allows local governments to use devices to change traffic lights.
- HB 584 Highway median maintenance; VDOT to enter into agreements with local governments.
- HB 588 Speed limits; maximum speed limit in an industrial park is 35 miles per hour.
- HB 599 Northern Virginia Transportation District; responsibilities of Department of Transportation.
- HB 600 Transportation Board; changes composition.
- HB 601 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; board membership.
- HB 604 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007.
- HB 616 Advertising; within the limits of the highway, increases civil penalty, localities to share penalty.
- HB 626 Highway noise; governing body of locality may evaluate from highways it may designate for analysis.
- HB 627 Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; use of state funds.
- HB 646 Outdoor advertising; permit application fees.
- HB 647 Driver's licenses; minors to be accompanied by parent, guardian, etc., to ceremony.
- HB 649 Vehicle odometers; increases penalty for tampering.
- HB 651 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: I SUPPORT ANIMAL RESCUE.
- HB 659 Transportation Board; increases number of members.
- HB 660 Solar photovoltaic power production projects; VDOT to lease space within highway rights-of-way.
- HB 685 Emergency lights; removes member of fire department, rescue squad, etc.
- HB 686 License plates, special; issuance to veterans of Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm.
- HB 688 Driver's license, special; required for convicted methamphetamine offenders.
- HB 689 Driver's license; allows issuance to an applicant who fails to provide a social security number.
- HB 693 HOV lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates.
- HB 699 Highway maintenance funds; allocation of funds.
- HB 706 Pedestrians; requires vehicle drivers to stop at marked crosswalks, etc.
- HB 721 Towing and Recovery Operators, Board of; abolishes Board.
- HB 742 Farm vehicles; distance limit.
- HB 746 Farm vehicles; exemption from registration.
- HB 762 License plates, special; changes those promoting tourism on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
- HB 774 License plates, special; repeals issuance to supporters celebrating centennial of Fort Belvoir.
- HB 778 Tolls; prohibits on Interstate 95 without approval of General Assembly.
- HB 780 Converted electric vehicles; creates definition for vehicles converted from gas to electric power.
- HB 784 Exercise due care; requires drivers to avoid colliding with pedestrian.
- HB 785 Following too closely; includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, mopeds, etc.
- HB 798 Salvage vehicles; consumer awareness of issues that may occur from purchasing at auction.
- HB 800 Speed limits; shall be 35 miles per hour on nonsurface treated highways.
- HB 805 Motor vehicles; authorized on-road clean screen program and emissions inspection.
- HB 806 Overweight and oversize vehicle permits and fees; provides a method of assigning cost-based fees.
- HB 827 Transportation districts; repeals allocation of funds.
- HB 843 License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Trees Virginia.
- HB 844 Edgar Mullins Bridge; designating as bridge on Route 666 and on South Mountain Road in Wise County.
- HB 846 Jake brakes; Town of St. Paul to regulate use when operating motor vehicles within Town.
- HB 857 Bicycles; Town Council of Blacksburg to permit operation in either direction on one-way streets.
- HB 860 Towing ordinances; localities in Northern Virginia to require companies to submit to inspection.
- HB 861 Vehicle and trailer immobilization; subject to removal for outstanding parking violations.
- HB 864 Transportation Board; changes composition, Governor shall appoint or remove members, etc.
- HB 865 Taxicabs; local regulation.
- HB 868 Plug-in electric-drive vehicles; may park free of charge in certain parking spaces when recharging.
- HB 870 Repairable vehicles; definition, exemption.
- HB 875 Motor vehicle insurance; places time limits on appeals to DMV for suspension of driver's license.
- HB 884 DMV; privileged records of law-enforcement officers.
- HB 889 Tolls; collected for use of Midtown or Downtown Tunnels between Norfolk and Portsmouth.
- HB 891 Mobile infrared transmitters; violation of prohibition on operation of nonemergency vehicles.
- HB 909 Highway maintenance and construction; allocation of funds.
- HB 914 Children at play signs; allows county or town governments to install.
- HB 957 Zero tolerance; shall continue for two years following restoration of driving privileges for DUI.
- HB 1025 Drivers licenses; allows military veterans to have their veteran status indicated.
- HB 1038 Overweight and oversize vehicle permits and fees; provides a method of assigning cost-based fees.
- HB 1039 Highway maintenance payments; increased by Commisioner where traffic volumes exceed certain average.
- HB 1040 License plates, special; issuance of those commemorating America's buffalo soldiers.
- HB 1042 Driver's licenses; extends expiration date for certain active military personnel.
- HB 1043 Vehicle registration; grace period for replacement of plates, etc., for member of armed forces, etc.
- HB 1058 Advertising; within the limits of a highway, increases civil penalty.
- HB 1070 All-terrain and utility vehicles; expands definition.
- HB 1072 Motor vehicle emissions inspections; privatizes services now provided by DEQ, etc.
- HB 1164 Secondary and urban system highways; STO to conduct periodic examination of process.
- HB 1178 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; offenders.
- HB 1183 Virginia Port Authority; amends several provisions governing conduct of business.
- HB 1185 The Road to Revolution; expands potential for sites on state heritage trail.
- HB 1195 Vehicle weight limits; increases tandem axle weight limit.
- HB 1214 Suspended license; when court may reduce charge.
- HB 1217 Sergeants David Lambert Highway & Brandon Asbury Highway; designates portions of Routes 19 and 609.
- HB 1224 Real property; VDOT to exchange real property in Tazewell County for private property.
- HB 1236 License plates, special; issuance to members and former members of U.S. Army Rangers.
- HB 1245 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; changes in composition.
- HB 1252 Construction of structures affecting navigable airspace; technical review.
- HB 1263 VDOT Integrated Directional Sign Program; maintenance, etc., of signs and impact of changes.
- HB 1290 Pedestrians; posting of right-of-way signs in City of Falls Church.
- HB 1296 Huguenot Memorial Bridge; sets maximum speed limit on Bridge in City of Richmond.
- HB 1297 Tolls; use to fund other facility.
- SB 93 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing word: RESTON! and legend: LIVE WORK PLAY.
- SB 113 Driver’s licenses; minors to be accompanied by parent, guardian, etc., to ceremony.
- SB 155 Repairable vehicles; definition, exemption from certain provisions, exceptions.
- SB 195 Towing ordinances; localities in Northern Virginia to require companies to submit to inspection.
- SB 209 HOV lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates.
- SB 225 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.
- SB 228 Vehicle and trailer immobilization; subject to removal for outstanding parking violations.
- SB 230 Highway projects; VDOT to provide for training and certification of local government employees.
- SB 231 Taxicabs; local regulation.
- SB 237 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; changes in composition.
- SB 264 Following too closely; includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, mopeds, etc.
- SB 280 Motor vehicle insurance; places time limits on appeals to DMV for suspension of driver's license.
- SB 315 VDOT; allowed to drive on portion of highway other than a roadway to/from scene of traffic accident.
- SB 322 Motor carriers; insurance requirements.
- SB 334 License plates, special; issuance to supporters of NASCAR.
- SB 335 Weight limits; haulers of sand, gravel, and crushed stone.
- SB 337 DMV; collection of fees.
- SB 343 Motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing; amends several licensing laws.
- SB 364 Towing; allows police-requested towing to be initiated by employees authorized by local agency.
- SB 388 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007.
- SB 421 Motor vehicle dealers; recovering title.
- SB 454 Handicapped parking; allows localities by ordinance to grant free parking.
- SB 481 Vehicle odometers; increases penalty for tampering.
- SB 502 Motor vehicle emissions inspections; privatizes services now provided by DEQ, etc.
- SB 530 Colleges, etc., projects, certain; required to hold at least one public hearing before undertaking.
- SB 531 Northern Virginia Transportation District; responsibilities of Transportation Board.
- SB 587 License plates, special; changes those promoting tourism on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
- SB 593 Back of Dragon; designates portion of Route 16 in Tazewell and Smyth Counties.
- SB 595 Railroad grade crossings; vehicles who are required to stop for trains.
- SB 603 Driver's licenses; allows suspension of or refusal to renew of prisoners who do not pay fees.
- SB 619 Commonwealth Tolling Assistance Program; established.
- SB 686 Electronic titling program; allows DMV to establish for new motor vehicles.