1996 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 784

File Code: Motor Vehicles - Licensing & Registration
Sponsored By:
Senator Dyson
Entitled:
Vehicle Laws - License Restriction for a Minor - Prohibition Against Minors as Passengers

Synopsis:

Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to impose a restriction on the driver's license of a minor which prohibits the minor from transporting another minor as a passenger; requiring the restriction to be in effect for 180 days from the original date of issuance; exempting passengers who are family members of the licensee from the provisions of the Act; authorizing a police officer to enforce the Act only as a secondary violation; and providing that a violation of the Act is a moving violation for a specified purpose.

Legislative History

Senate Action
3/1
First Reading Senate Rules
3/8
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
3/15
Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
House Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DRIVERS' LICENSES
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPT. OF
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY, JUVENILE CAUSES, YOUTH
MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
MOTOR VEHICLES - GENERAL -see also- ABANDONED VEHICLES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Transportation
( 16-113 , 16-113 , 16-113 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available