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The foregoing shall be applicable only to issuance of certificates for operations over such System. Except as otherwise indicated, all other applicable provisions of this chapter shall apply to such carriers and to such certificates.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":275374,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-2078, upon a showing of public convenience and necessity, the Department may, if it finds from the evidence that the public interest will be promoted thereby, issue to any carrier of passengers by motor vehicle a certificate or certificates authorizing operations in the Commonwealth upon highways that are part of the Interstate Highway System. The foregoing shall be applicable only to issuance of certificates for operations over such System. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0596\">596<\/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":69795,"section_number":"46.2-2078","catch_line":"No certificate to issue when service already adequate","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2078\/"}],"permalink":{"id":232393,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76712,"identifier":"46.2-2079","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/6\/46.2-2079","url":"\/46.2-2079\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2079\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/6\/46.2-2079","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificates for passenger carriers operating over Interstate Highway System","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2079","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"No certificate to issue when service already adequate\" href=\"\/46.2-2078\/\">46.2-2078<\/a>, upon a showing of public convenience and necessity, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may, if it finds from the <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> that the public interest will be promoted thereby, <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> to any carrier of passengers by <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">certificates<\/span> authorizing <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">operations<\/span><\/span> in the Commonwealth upon <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> that are part of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Interstate<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Highway<\/span> System. The foregoing shall be applicable only to issuance of <span class=\"dictionary\">certificates<\/span> for <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">operations<\/span><\/span> over such System. Except as otherwise indicated, all other applicable provisions of this chapter shall apply to such carriers and to such <span class=\"dictionary\">certificates<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATES FOR PASSENGER CARRIERS OPERATING OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (\u00a7\n46.2-2079)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-2078, upon a showing of public\nconvenience and necessity, the Department may, if it finds from the evidence\nthat the public interest will be promoted thereby, issue to any carrier of\npassengers by motor vehicle a certificate or certificates authorizing operations\nin the Commonwealth upon highways that are part of the Interstate Highway\nSystem. The foregoing shall be applicable only to issuance of certificates for\noperations over such System. Except as otherwise indicated, all other applicable\nprovisions of this chapter shall apply to such carriers and to such\ncertificates.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596.","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}}