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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 453 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0672\">672<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66919,"section_number":"38.2-2217","catch_line":"Reduction in rates for certain persons who attend mature driver motor vehicle crash prevention courses and driver improvement clinics","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2217\/"},{"id":76516,"section_number":"46.2-1094","catch_line":"Occupants of front seats of motor vehicles required to use safety lap belts and shoulder harnesses; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1094\/"},{"id":65037,"section_number":"46.2-1098","catch_line":"Penalties; violations not negligence per se","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1098\/"},{"id":80549,"section_number":"46.2-1219.1","catch_line":"Regulation or prohibition of vehicular traffic on certain privately owned public parking areas and driveways; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1219.1\/"},{"id":61788,"section_number":"46.2-334.01","catch_line":"Licenses issued to persons less than 18 years old subject to certain restrictions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-334.01\/"},{"id":76226,"section_number":"46.2-334.02","catch_line":"Licenses issued to persons less than twenty years old subject to certain restrictions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-334.02\/"},{"id":56294,"section_number":"46.2-810.1","catch_line":"Smoking in vehicle with a minor present; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-810.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65005,"section_number":"46.2-203","catch_line":"Regulations; violation; forms for applications, certificates, licenses, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-203\/"},{"id":76313,"section_number":"46.2-410","catch_line":"Appeals from order suspending or revoking license or registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-410\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226229,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62223,"identifier":"46.2-489","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-489","url":"\/46.2-489\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-489\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-489","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulations; appeals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-489","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may, subject to the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Regulations; violation; forms for applications, certificates, licenses, etc\" href=\"\/46.2-203\/\">46.2-203<\/a>, promulgate regulations which he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.\n\t\tAny person receiving an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> to <span class=\"dictionary\">suspend<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">revoke<\/span> his driver&#8217;s license or licensing <span class=\"dictionary\">privilege<\/span> or to require attendance at a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver improvement clinic<\/span> or placing him on <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> may, within thirty days from the date of the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, file a <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Appeals from order suspending or revoking license or registration\" href=\"\/46.2-410\/\">46.2-410<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATIONS; APPEALS (\u00a7 46.2-489)\n\nThe Commissioner may, subject to the provisions of \u00a7 46.2-203, promulgate\nregulations which he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this\narticle.\n\t\tAny person receiving an order of the Commissioner to suspend or revoke his\ndriver&#8217;s license or licensing privilege or to require attendance at a\ndriver improvement clinic or placing him on probation may, within thirty days\nfrom the date of the order, file a petition of appeal in accordance with \u00a7\n46.2-410.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 453, \u00a7 46.1-514.2; 1989, c. 727; 1995, c. 672.","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}}