HB235: License plates; replacement of certain.

Chief Patron

John Cosgrove (R-78)
Chesapeake, VA
Served: 2002–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

02/07/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Replacement of certain license plates. Provides that when any person who has registered a vehicle with the Department shows to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the license plates issued for display on another vehicle registered with the Department have a combination of letters and numbers sufficiently similar to the combination of letters and numbers of the license plates issued for display on his vehicle that law-enforcement agencies and toll facility operators have frequently and repeatedly mistakenly identified his vehicle as being in violation of law or as having failed to pay a toll, the Commissioner must cancel the license plates of the vehicle that was actually involved with the violation of law or failure to pay a toll and issue new license plates for that vehicle with a substantially different combination of letters and numbers.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/14/2008, 02/07/2008 and 02/07/2008.

Comments

Waldo Jaquith writes:

Good idea.

Posted 4 months ago. #

Tim McCormack writes:

Summary: If
1) I violate traffic laws and regulations,
2) My license plate is very similar to yours, and
3) Your vehicle is often mistaken for mine due to that similarity,

Then:
1) My license plate is changed to something very different, and
2) I pay for the change.

Posted 4 months ago. #

Tim McCormack writes:

Never mind Consequences #2 -- I misread the bill. It is not clear that any individual foots the bill for the plate change.

Posted 4 months ago. #