License plates; replacement of certain. (HB235)

Introduced By

Del. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake)

Progress

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

Description

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. Amends § 46.2-711, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

  • 12/28/2007 Committee
  • 12/28/2007 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083463472
  • 12/28/2007 Referred to Committee on Transportation
  • 01/14/2008 Assigned Transportation sub: 3
  • 02/07/2008 Continued to 2009 in Transportation

Comments

Waldo Jaquith writes:

Good idea.

Posted 66 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 66 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 66 months ago.