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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0724\">724<\/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":59528,"section_number":"46.2-884","catch_line":"Railroad warning signals must be obeyed","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-884\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226697,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81857,"identifier":"46.2-341.20:1","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/6.1\/46.2-341.20_1","url":"\/46.2-341.20_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-341.20_1\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/6.1\/46.2-341.20_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disqualification for railroad\/highway grade crossing violations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-341.20:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall disqualify for a period of sixty days any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> whose record, as maintained by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, shows that he has been convicted of any <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> committed while operating a commercial <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> in violation of any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> relating to the operation of a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> at a railroad\/<span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> grade crossing, including but not limited to the provisions of Article 9 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Railroad warning signals must be obeyed\" href=\"\/46.2-884\/\">46.2-884<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 8 of this title and the provisions of the Virginia and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, and any similar <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of any other <span class=\"dictionary\">state<\/span> or any locality. <a id=\"paragraph-293268\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-341.20_1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The period of <span class=\"dictionary\">disqualification<\/span> shall be for 120 days if the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> was for an <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> described in subsection A, committed within three years of a prior such <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>, or for one year if for a third or subsequent such <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> committed within three years, provided each <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> arose from separate incidents. <a id=\"paragraph-293269\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-341.20_1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISQUALIFICATION FOR RAILROAD\/HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING VIOLATIONS (\u00a7\n46.2-341.20:1)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, the Commissioner shall\ndisqualify for a period of sixty days any person whose record, as maintained by\nthe Department, shows that he has been convicted of any offense committed while\noperating a commercial motor vehicle in violation of any law relating to the\noperation of a motor vehicle at a railroad\/highway grade crossing, including but\nnot limited to the provisions of Article 9 (&#xA7; 46.2-884 et seq.) of Chapter\n8 of this title and the provisions of the Virginia and Federal Motor Carrier\nSafety Regulations, and any similar law of any other state or any locality.\n\nB. The period of disqualification shall be for 120 days if the conviction was\nfor an offense described in subsection A, committed within three years of a\nprior such offense, or for one year if for a third or subsequent such offense\ncommitted within three years, provided each offense arose from separate\nincidents.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 724.","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}}