Bill Text: VA HB117 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Boats or other watercraft; excess width permits for transporting vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0115) [HB117 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB117-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO.117 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation on February 4, 2016) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Knight) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 18 of Chapter 10 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-1149.8, relating to permits for oversize vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 18 of Chapter 10 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-1149.8 as follows:

§46.2-1149.8. Excess width permits for vehicles transporting watercraft.

The Commissioner shall issue a permit authorizing the operation of vehicles hauling boats or other watercraft that exceed a total outside width of 102 inches but do not exceed a total outside width of 108 inches upon application by the owner of such vehicle. Such permit shall authorize the operation of such vehicle on all unrestricted state and local highways. The annual fee for a permit issued pursuant to this section and the allocation of such fee shall be the same as provided for overweight permits in §46.2-1140.1.