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SENATE BILL NO. 793 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled December 31, 2014 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-813 of the Code of Virginia, relating to towing vehicles with occupants. ---------- Patron-- Carrico ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-813 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-813. Occupation of trailer or motor vehicle being towed on highways.

No person shall occupy a motor vehicle, house trailer, or camping trailer while it is being towed on a public highway in this the Commonwealth. No operator of a towing vehicle shall knowingly permit another person to occupy a motor vehicle as defined in § 46.2-100, house trailer, or camping trailer as defined in § 46.2-100, while it such motor vehicle, house trailer, or camping trailer is being towed.

In any civil proceeding, the violation of this section shall not constitute negligence per se.