VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2020 SESSION

• history | hilite | pdf | print version

20103582D
HOUSE BILL NO. 170 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled December 26, 2019 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-803.2, relating to commercial motor vehicles; use of specific global positioning systems. ---------- Patron-- Austin ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-803.2 as follows:

§ 46.2-803.2. Commercial motor vehicles; global positioning systems.

No person shall drive any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in § 46.2-341.4, that (i) has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds or (ii) has a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds inclusive of a towed vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) specifically designed for large commercial vehicles that assists such vehicle to (a) avoid low overpasses, (b) avoid prohibited roads, and (c) identify highways suitable for such vehicle. Such GPS shall be used for navigation purposes whenever such motor vehicle is being operated on any highway in the Commonwealth other than an interstate highway.