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HOUSE BILL NO. 2149 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 8, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-715 of the Code of Virginia, relating to display of single license plate on certain motor vehicles. ---------- Patron-- Ingram ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-715 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-715. Display of license plates.

License plates assigned to a motor vehicle, other than a moped, motorcycle, autocycle, tractor truck, trailer, or semitrailer, or to persons licensed as motor vehicle dealers or transporters of unladen vehicles, shall be attached to the front and the rear of the vehicle. The license plate assigned to a moped, motorcycle, autocycle, trailer, or semitrailer shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle. The license plate assigned to a tractor truck shall be attached to the front of the vehicle. The license plates issued to licensed motor vehicle dealers and to persons licensed as transporters of unladen vehicles shall consist of one plate for each set issued and shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle to which it is assigned.

Notwithstanding the contrary provisions of this article to the contrary, if a motor vehicle to which two license plates are assigned (i) has a fiberglass body, (ii) does not have factory-installed front license plate brackets, and (iii) is not more than 56 inches high, then only one license plate is required to be attached to the vehicle and such license plate shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle.

For any summons issued for a violation of this section, the court may, in its discretion, dismiss the summons, where proof of compliance with this section is provided to the court on or before the court date.