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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 218 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. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230123,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67567,"identifier":"46.2-1403","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1403","url":"\/46.2-1403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1403\/","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability of employer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An employer shall not be liable for injuries to passengers and other persons resulting from the operation or use of a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span>, not owned, leased or contracted for by the employer, in a ridesharing arrangement.\n\t\tAn employer shall not be liable for injuries to passengers and other persons because he provides information or incentives or otherwise encourages his employees to participate in ridesharing arrangements.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY OF EMPLOYER (\u00a7 46.2-1403)\n\nAn employer shall not be liable for injuries to passengers and other persons\nresulting from the operation or use of a motor vehicle, not owned, leased or\ncontracted for by the employer, in a ridesharing arrangement.\n\t\tAn employer shall not be liable for injuries to passengers and other persons\nbecause he provides information or incentives or otherwise encourages his\nemployees to participate in ridesharing arrangements.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 218, \u00a7 46.1-559; 1989, c. 727.","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}}