1999 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 597

File Code: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Prior Year Introduction As: SB 151/98 - JPR
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 original driver's license of a minor which prohibits the minor from transporting individuals under a specified age; requiring the restriction to be in effect for a specified time period; exempting specified passengers 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 the purpose of awarding points against a driver's license.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/5
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/10
Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
3/8
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
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 VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED VEH; OFF-RD. VEH.; TRUCK
MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
TRANSPORTATION -see also- BUSES; MASS TRANSIT; RAILROADS
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 offered