                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWER AND DUTY OF DEPARTMENT (§ 46.2-2155)

The Department shall regulate and control all household goods carriers not
herein exempted, doing business in the Commonwealth, in all matters relating to
the performance of their duties as such carriers and their rates and charges
therefor, which rates and charges shall be filed with and subject to approval by
the Department by individual household goods carriers or by groups of such
carriers, and correct abuses by such carriers. To that end the Department may
prescribe reasonable rules, regulations, bills of lading, forms and reports for
such carriers to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. The
Department shall have the right at all times to require from such carriers
special reports and statements, under oath, concerning their business. It shall
make and enforce such requirements, rules, and regulations as may be necessary
to prevent unjust or unreasonable discriminations by any such carrier. The
Department may prescribe and enforce such reasonable requirements, rules and
regulations in the matter of leasing of motor vehicles as are necessary to
prevent evasion of the Department&#8217;s regulatory powers.
		The Department shall work in conjunction with the Department of State Police
and local law-enforcement officials to promote uniform enforcement of the laws
pertaining to motor carriers and the rules, regulations, forms, and reports
prescribed under the provisions of this chapter.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2011, cc. 881, 889; 2012, cc. 22, 111.