SEARCH SITE
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.
1995 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-335 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-335. Learner's permits; fees.
A. The Department, on receiving from any Virginia resident over the age of
fifteen years eight months, an application for a learner's permit may,
in its discretion, issue a permit entitling the applicant, while having the
permit in his immediate possession, to drive a motor vehicle on the highways
for a period of one year, when accompanied by a licensed driver eighteen
years of age or older who is actually occupying a seat beside the driver.
The provisions of §§ 46.2-323 and 46.2-334 relating to evidence and
certification of Virginia residence shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to
learner's permits issued under this section. The application for a learner's
permit shall not be granted without evidence of compliance with Article 1 (§
22.1-254 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 22.1, submitted on a form furnished
by the Board of Education and certified by the division superintendent or any
of his designees, or presentation of a high school diploma or its equivalent
or a certificate indicating completion of a prescribed course of study as
defined by the local school board pursuant to § 22.1-253.13:4. The Department
shall charge a fee of three dollars for each learner's permit issued under
this section, which shall be paid into the driver education fund of the state
treasury. It shall be unlawful for any person, after having received a
learner's permit, to drive a motor vehicle without being accompanied by a
licensed driver. Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 2
misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the
issuance of a learner's permit entitling a person to drive a commercial motor
vehicle, except as provided by the Virginia Commercial Driver's License Act
(§ 46.2-341.1 et seq.).
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of this section, the Department shall not issue a learner's permit with a classification entitling the permittee to drive motorcycles unless:
1. The person is receiving instructions from a qualified instructor in a course approved by the Department;
2. The person has successfully completed the off-street portion of the course;
3. When the instruction is conducted on the public highways, it follows a prescribed course which has been approved by the chief local law-enforcement official;
4. The persons receiving the instruction, or the motorcycles used in the instruction, are clearly marked "STUDENT DRIVER";
5. The person is under the supervision of his instructor at all times; and
6. No person, except the person receiving the instruction, occupies the motorcycle while instruction is being given.