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The Department shall issue no more certificates than the public convenience and necessity require, and shall place such restrictions upon such certificates as may be reasonably necessary to protect any existing regular or irregular route common carrier certificate holders operating within the proposed service area, but shall not deny a certificate solely on the ground that the applicant will operate in the same service area that an existing regular or irregular route common carrier certificate holder is operating. Certificates issued hereunder shall be restricted to operation of vehicles with a passenger-carrying capacity not to exceed 15 persons, including the driver. 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 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. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2002, chapters 681<\/a> and 734<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 813<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 424<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80087,"section_number":"33.2-501","catch_line":"Designation of HOV lanes; use of such lanes; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-501\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70034,"section_number":"2.2-4300","catch_line":"Short title; purpose; declaration of intent","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4300\/"},{"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":232397,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77158,"identifier":"46.2-2080","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/6\/46.2-2080","url":"\/46.2-2080\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2080\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/6\/46.2-2080","dublin_core":{"Title":"Irregular route passenger certificates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2080","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-2078<\/a>, the Department<\/span> may grant common carrier<\/span> certificates<\/span> to applicants to serve irregular routes on an irregular schedule within a specified geographic area. The Department<\/span> shall issue<\/span> no more certificates<\/span> than the public convenience and necessity require, and shall place such restrictions upon such certificates<\/span> as may be reasonably necessary to protect any existing regular or irregular route common carrier<\/span> certificate<\/span> holders operating within the proposed service area, but shall not deny a certificate<\/span> solely on the ground that the applicant will operate in the same service area that an existing regular or irregular route common carrier<\/span> certificate<\/span> holder is operating. Certificates<\/span> issued hereunder shall be restricted to operation<\/span> of vehicles<\/span> with a passenger-carrying capacity not to exceed 15 persons<\/span>, including the driver<\/span>. Certificates<\/span> hereunder shall also be restricted to prohibit pickup or delivery of passengers at their personal residence in the City of Norfolk, except that this restriction shall not apply to specially equipped vehicles<\/span> for the transportation of disabled persons<\/span>.\n\t\tA motor carrier<\/span> receiving a notice of intent<\/span> to award a contract<\/span> under the Virginia Public Procurement Act (\u00a7 2.2-4300<\/a> et seq.) for irregular route common carrier<\/span> service to or from a public-use airport located in the City of Norfolk or the County of Henrico is entitled to a conclusive presumption<\/span> of a need for such service.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIRREGULAR ROUTE PASSENGER CERTIFICATES (\u00a7 46.2-2080)\n\nNotwithstanding any of the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-2078, the Department may grant\ncommon carrier certificates to applicants to serve irregular routes on an\nirregular schedule within a specified geographic area. The Department shall\nissue no more certificates than the public convenience and necessity require,\nand shall place such restrictions upon such certificates as may be reasonably\nnecessary to protect any existing regular or irregular route common carrier\ncertificate holders operating within the proposed service area, but shall not\ndeny a certificate solely on the ground that the applicant will operate in the\nsame service area that an existing regular or irregular route common carrier\ncertificate holder is operating. Certificates issued hereunder shall be\nrestricted to operation of vehicles with a passenger-carrying capacity not to\nexceed 15 persons, including the driver. Certificates hereunder shall also be\nrestricted to prohibit pickup or delivery of passengers at their personal\nresidence in the City of Norfolk, except that this restriction shall not apply\nto specially equipped vehicles for the transportation of disabled persons.\n\t\tA motor carrier receiving a notice of intent to award a contract under the\nVirginia Public Procurement Act (\u00a7 2.2-4300 et seq.) for irregular route common\ncarrier service to or from a public-use airport located in the City of Norfolk\nor the County of Henrico is entitled to a conclusive presumption of a need for\nsuch service.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2002, cc. 681, 734; 2007, c. 813; 2011, c. 424.","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}}