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1996 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-676 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-676. Golf carts.
A. No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificates, license
plates or decals, or to pay any registration fee, for any golf cart which is
not operated on or over any public highway in the Commonwealth for any other
purpose other than operating it across a highway from one portion of a golf
course to another portion thereof or to another adjacent golf course. Nor shall
any person be required to obtain registration certificates, license plates or
decals, or to pay any fees to operate a golf cart across any highway if the
person driving the golf cart has with him in the vehicle either (i) a valid
special parking permit issued to him under § 46.2-1238 or (ii) a valid
special parking decal a valid special parking placard issued to him
under § 46.2-731.
B. Nor shall any No person shall be required to obtain
registration certificates, license plates or decals, or to pay any registration
fee to operate a golf cart along a road between his home and golf course if:
(i) the trip would not be longer than one-half mile in either direction, and
(ii) the speed limit on the road is no more than thirty-five miles per hour,
and (iii) the driver of the vehicle is at least sixteen years old, and (iv)
while operating along a highway the vehicle displays a slow-moving vehicle
emblem in conformity with § 46.2-1081.
C. No person shall be required to obtain registration certificates, license plates or decals, or to pay any registration fee to operate a golf cart owned by the County of Halifax on the public highways if such golf cart displays a slow-moving vehicle emblem in conformity with § 46.2-1081 and is being operated on highways with speed limits of thirty-five miles per hour or less within the Town of Halifax on official business of the maintenance department of the County of Halifax by an employee of that Department who is a licensed driver.