                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN VEHICLES ENGAGED IN MINING OR QUARRYING OPERATIONS; PERMIT WHEN SUCH
VEHICLE REQUIRED TO CROSS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§ 46.2-675)

No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license
plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee prescribed for any motor vehicle
engaged in coal mining operations or other types of mining and quarrying
operations, if the sole function of the motor vehicle is to haul coal from mine
to tipple or to haul other mined or quarried products from mine or quarry to a
processing plant. The owner of the vehicle, however, shall first obtain, without
charge, a permit from the Commissioner of Highways in any case in which the
motor vehicle is required to cross the public highways. The Commissioner of
Highways shall not issue the permit unless he is satisfied that the owner of the
motor vehicle has, at his own expense, strengthened the highway crossing so that
it will adequately bear the load and has provided adequate signs, lights, or
flagmen as may be required for the protection of the public. Any damage done to
the highways as a result of this operation shall be repaired in a manner
satisfactory to the Commissioner of Highways at the expense of the
vehicle&#8217;s owner.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 604, § 46.1-45.1; 1972, c. 609; 1989, c. 727; 2016, c. 142.