Sunday, October 12, 2008
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since 2007.
HB523: Vehicle safety inspection; extends time for members of armed services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1158.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1158.1. Extension of validity of vehicle safety inspection approval stickers issued for vehicles whose registered owners are persons in the armed services of the United States.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any vehicle
safety inspection approval sticker issued for any vehicle whose that
is principally garaged outside the Commonwealth while its registered owner
is a person in the armed services of the United States shall be held not to
have expired during the period of the owner's official absence from the
Commonwealth in the armed services of the United States, regardless of
whether such vehicle is operated in or through the Commonwealth during the
owner's official absence from the Commonwealth in the armed services of the
United States. Should the armed services member be domiciled in another
state of the United States, nothing in this section shall be construed to
absolve such person from obtaining a current inspection sticker from his state
of domicile, if required by such state. In cases where the a
vehicle's owner has been officially absent from the Commonwealth because of
service in the armed services of the United States but returns to Virginia
following such official absence and the vehicle does not have a current,
valid vehicle safety inspection approval sticker and returns to or becomes
operational in the Commonwealth, for any reason, the operator
vehicle's owner will have 24 72 hours following such
return, Sundays and holidays excepted, to have the vehicle inspected.
Furthermore, no penalty shall be imposed on any such owner or operator for
operation of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer after the expiration of a
period fixed for the inspection thereof, over the most direct route between the
place where such vehicle is kept or garaged and an official inspection station
for the purpose of having it inspected pursuant to an appointment with such
station.
For the purposes of this section, "service in the armed services of the United States" includes active duty service with the regular armed forces of the United States or the National Guard or other reserve component.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1158.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1158.1. Extension of validity of vehicle safety inspection approval stickers issued for vehicles whose registered owners are persons in the armed services of the United States.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any vehicle
safety inspection approval sticker issued for any vehicle whose registered
owner is a person in the armed services of the United States shall be held not
to have expired during the period of the owner's official absence from the
Commonwealth in the armed services of the United States. Should the armed
services member be domiciled in another state of the United States, nothing in
this section shall be construed to absolve such person from obtaining a current
inspection sticker from his state of domicile, if required by such state. In
cases where the vehicle does not have a current, valid vehicle safety
inspection approval sticker and returns to or becomes operational in the
Commonwealth, for any reason, the operator will have 24 72
hours, Sundays and holidays excepted, to have the vehicle inspected.
Furthermore, no penalty shall be imposed on any such owner or operator for
operation of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer after the expiration of a
period fixed for the inspection thereof, over the most direct route between the
place where such vehicle is kept or garaged and an official inspection station
for the purpose of having it inspected pursuant to an appointment with such
station, or when operation of the motor vehicle within the
Commonwealth is for a period of less than seven hours from point of entry to
point of exit and is exclusively to facilitate interstate
travel due to military orders, family emergency, or family bereavement.
For the purposes of this section, "service in the armed services of the United States" includes active duty service with the regular armed forces of the United States or the National Guard or other reserve component.
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