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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 834<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85353,"section_number":"46.2-2099.42","catch_line":"Assignment of liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2099.42\/"},{"id":54549,"section_number":"56-575.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-575.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":160581,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62379,"identifier":"15.2-6710","token":"15.2\/IV\/67.1\/15.2-6710","url":"\/15.2-6710\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6710\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/67.1\/15.2-6710","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assignment of liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6710","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-2099.42<\/a>, no private excursion train operator that has entered into a public-private partnership contract<\/span> with the Authority pursuant to the Public-Private Educational Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 (\u00a7 56-575.1<\/a> et seq.) shall be liable upon a claim of personal injury or wrongful death arising from the operation of an excursion train, including operations, maintenance, or signalization of the tracks or facilities upon which the excursion train operates, except in the case of the gross negligence<\/span> or intentional act of the private excursion train operator. Any authority created pursuant to this chapter shall post notice of such immunity from liability at the time of ticketing and at all train entrances.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSIGNMENT OF LIABILITY (\u00a7 15.2-6710)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-2099.42, no private excursion train\noperator that has entered into a public-private partnership contract with the\nAuthority pursuant to the Public-Private Educational Facilities and\nInfrastructure Act of 2002 (\u00a7 56-575.1 et seq.) shall be liable upon a claim of\npersonal injury or wrongful death arising from the operation of an excursion\ntrain, including operations, maintenance, or signalization of the tracks or\nfacilities upon which the excursion train operates, except in the case of the\ngross negligence or intentional act of the private excursion train operator. Any\nauthority created pursuant to this chapter shall post notice of such immunity\nfrom liability at the time of ticketing and at all train entrances.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 834.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}