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HOUSE BILL NO. 2042 Offered January 13, 1997 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-712 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicle license plates. ---------- Patrons-- Hull, Diamonstein, May, Plum and Scott ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-712 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-712. Requirements of license plates and decals.

Every license plate shall display the registration number assigned to the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer and to the owner thereof, the name of the Commonwealth, which may be abbreviated, and the year or the month and year, which may be abbreviated and in the form of decals, for which it is issued. Subject to the need for legibility, the size of the plate, the letters, numerals, and decals thereon, and the color of the plate, letters, numerals, and decals shall be in the discretion of the Commissioner.

The Department shall develop, in consultation with the Council on Information Management not later than July 1, 1998, a design for every license plate to include machine-readable scan lines or bar codes that will permit the automatic electronic transmission of vehicle information pertaining to the vehicle for which the license plates were issued.

Decals shall be placed on the license plates in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner, and shall indicate the month and year of expiration. On the issuance of the decals, a new registration card shall be issued with the same date of expiration as the decals.