                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IRREGULAR ROUTE PASSENGER CERTIFICATES (§ 46.2-2080)

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 46.2-2078, the Department may grant
common carrier certificates to applicants to serve irregular routes on an
irregular schedule within a specified geographic area. 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. Certificates 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 for the transportation of disabled persons.
		A motor carrier receiving a notice of intent to award a contract under the
Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.) for irregular route common
carrier 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 of a need for
such service.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2002, cc. 681, 734; 2007, c. 813; 2011, c. 424.