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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1996, chapters 114<\/a> and 157<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70585,"section_number":"46.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":251211,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58201,"identifier":"56-111","token":"56\/6\/2\/56-111","url":"\/56-111\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-111\/","token":"56\/6\/2\/56-111","dublin_core":{"Title":"When railroads may operate by motor vehicle or aircraft","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-111","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any railroad<\/span> doing business in this Commonwealth may acquire, own and operate motor vehicles for the purpose of transporting persons<\/span> or property over the public highways as a common carrier by motor vehicle as that term is defined by \u00a7 46.2-2000<\/a>, subject to the laws<\/span> of Virginia governing the operations and regulation of common carriers by motor vehicle and all lawful regulations of the Commonwealth made pursuant thereto and applying to other motor vehicles or other common carriers by motor vehicle, including the laws<\/span> requiring the payment of registration and license fees and other taxes by common carriers by motor vehicle, when lawfully authorized in accordance with the provisions of such laws<\/span> and regulations.\n\t\tAny such railroad<\/span> may also acquire, own and operate equipment for and engage in air transportation, subject to the provisions of the law<\/span> regulating air transportation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN RAILROADS MAY OPERATE BY MOTOR VEHICLE OR AIRCRAFT (\u00a7 56-111)\n\nAny railroad doing business in this Commonwealth may acquire, own and operate\nmotor vehicles for the purpose of transporting persons or property over the\npublic highways as a common carrier by motor vehicle as that term is defined by\n\u00a7 46.2-2000, subject to the laws of Virginia governing the operations and\nregulation of common carriers by motor vehicle and all lawful regulations of the\nCommonwealth made pursuant thereto and applying to other motor vehicles or other\ncommon carriers by motor vehicle, including the laws requiring the payment of\nregistration and license fees and other taxes by common carriers by motor\nvehicle, when lawfully authorized in accordance with the provisions of such laws\nand regulations.\n\t\tAny such railroad may also acquire, own and operate equipment for and engage\nin air transportation, subject to the provisions of the law regulating air\ntransportation.\n\nHISTORY: 1938, p. 1000; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3857a; 1944, p. 537; 1996, cc. 114,\n157.","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}}