Towing; regulations for those seeking tow truck authorization documents and provisional changes. (SB691)
Introduced By
Sen. John Watkins (R-Midlothian)
Progress
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Description
Towing. Requires that a vehicle has insurance providing coverage for towing, recovery, and storage fees in order to be considered "insured motor vehicle" for the purpose of vehicle registration. The bill further allows tow trucks to use crossovers on controlled-access highways when providing a public safety towing and recovery service. Additionally, the bill repeals the provision that allows insurance company agents and persons subject to a vehicle security interest to have vehicles that have been towed as the result of a police-towing request to be towed to another location ("secondary tow"). Also repealed is the requirement that towing and recovery businesses accept insurance company checks in payment for towing, recovery, and storage charges. The bill also allows the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators to promulgate regulations specifying additional training or conditions for individuals seeking tow truck authorization documents. The bill, further, exempts from the requirement that tow truck operators have tow truck authorization documents issued by the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators tow trucks that are (i) towing vehicles from origins in another state and are passing through the Commonwealth to destinations outside the Commonwealth, or (ii) towing vehicles from origins in another state to destinations in the Commonwealth, or (iii) not engaged to towed vehicles by physical, mechanical means that cause the towed vehicle to be moved or lifted off the ground. Finally, the bill provides that a person cannot not be refused a license or a tow truck driver authorization document by the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators solely because of a prior criminal conviction, unless the criminal conviction directly relates to the towing and recovery of vehicles and safety of the users of the services offered by such licensee or holder of a tow truck authorization document. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/15/2008 | Presented and ordered printed 083829348 |
| 01/15/2008 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
| 01/21/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (SB691) |
| 01/31/2008 | Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2008 | Read second time |
| 02/05/2008 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 02/05/2008 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/05/2008 | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB691E |
| 02/05/2008 | Printed as engrossed 083829348-E |
| 02/06/2008 | Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2008 | Communicated to House |
| 02/12/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/12/2008 | Read first time |
| 02/12/2008 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
| 02/18/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (SB691E) |
| 02/19/2008 | Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2008 | Committee substitute printed 083845348-H1 |
| 02/21/2008 | Read second time |
| 02/22/2008 | Read third time |
| 02/22/2008 | Committee substitute agreed to 083845348-H1 |
| 02/22/2008 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/25/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (SB691H1) |
| 02/25/2008 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/26/2008 | Read third time |
| 02/26/2008 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB691H1 |
| 02/26/2008 | Passed House with substitute (92-Y 4-N) |
| 02/26/2008 | VOTE: --- PASSAGE (92-Y 4-N) |
| 02/28/2008 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 03/03/2008 | Enrolled |
| 03/03/2008 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB691ER) |
| 03/03/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (SB691ER) |
| 03/03/2008 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/04/2008 | Signed by President |
| 03/12/2008 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
| 03/12/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
| 03/13/2008 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 0-N) |
| 03/13/2008 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 6-N) |
| 03/13/2008 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (89-Y 6-N) |
| 03/13/2008 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
| 03/13/2008 | Reenrolled |
| 03/13/2008 | Reenrolled bill text (SB691ER2) |
| 03/13/2008 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 03/13/2008 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 03/13/2008 | Enacted, Chapter 647 (effective 7/1/08) |
| 03/14/2008 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 647 (effective 7/1/08) |
| 03/18/2008 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647) |
Comments
I'd just like to thank Sen Watkins for including the following provision in his bill:
"the bill provides that a person cannot not be refused a license or a tow truck driver authorization document by the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators solely because of a prior criminal conviction, unless the criminal conviction directly relates to the towing and recovery of vehicles and safety of the users of the services offered by such licensee or holder of a tow truck authorization document"
See, ever since my relatives and I got convicted of kidnapping, sodomy, assault and the rest of that stuff, the only work we've been able to get was playing ourselves in the cast of Deliverance.
Now, with Sen Watkins help, we'll soon be able to drive roving towtrucks in homeowner associations all over Virginia!
Is this a great country or what?
Billie Bob the (soon to be) Roving Towtruck Driver