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2012 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-190 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-190. When insurance required and amount thereof.
A. Every vehicle shall be covered in a policy of liability and
property damage insurance issued by an insurance carrier authorized to transact
business in this Commonwealth, in the amounts of at least $50,000 for injury,
including death, to 1 one person, $200,000; $500,000
for injury, including death, to all persons injured in any 1 one
accident,; and $10,000 $50,000 for damage,
including destruction, to the property of any person, other than the insured.
In addition, the policy of insurance shall provide coverage for loss or damage
caused by an uninsured motorist in accordance with the provisions of §
38.2-2204 and in the amounts required by this section. The policy shall also
provide for medical expense payment coverage in the minimum amount of $1,000
$5,000 for each person injured. Taxicabs providing transportation of
students under contract with a school division shall be covered by policies
providing coverage of at least $50,000 for injury, including death, to one
person; $200,000 for injury, including death, to all persons injured in any one
accident; $10,000 for damage, including destruction, to the property of any
person other than the insured; and medical expense payment coverage in the
minimum amount of $1,000 for each person injured, or in such higher amounts as
the contract with the school division or a local ordinance may prescribe.
B. The insurance so effected shall be subject to all laws of this Commonwealth regulating insurance.
C. This insurance shall not be required in cases when pupils are transported on a common carrier if such carrier is covered by a policy of insurance affording substantially the protection required by this article.
D. This insurance shall not be required in cases where pupils are transported in vehicles which are owned or operated by a county, city, town or school board which has qualified for and received a certificate of self-insurance from the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, following a certification of financial responsibility equal to that required under subsection A of this section. The Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles may require posting of a bond by a locality or school board as a condition to issuance of a certificate of financial responsibility pursuant to this subsection.