CORVETTE CLUB OF RICHMOND

At the January Meeting, Brent Tyree told our club about possible changes that would badly hurt Antique car owners in Virginia. This is Virginia House Bill HB1927 (link goes to the Virginia General Assembly site on the bill. Opens in a new window). [I am sorry if this is confusing to read, I have cleaned the formatting from an email from Brent. -Jesse, Webmaster]
Virginia House Bill: HB 1927

I wish to inform you about HB 1927. Delegate Morgan Griffith, [Virginia] House Majority Leader sponsored this legislation for us. This bill is intended to change the antique vehicle registration so that there will be no misuse of antique plates. I’m sure you know that Delegate Marshall surprised all of us last year with a bill that would have changed antique registration in an attempt to end the misuse of the plates. That bill was officially killed on December 8th. We have heard that Marshall is going to sponsor another bill this session. We have heard that this bill will include inspections and annual fees for antiques. When the bill is introduced I will email you. There are three items in HB 1927 that I wish to discuss.

1. First is – Except for vehicles for which license plates are issued pursuant to subsections B and C, all license plates issued under this section shall bear the legend: “LIMITED USE.” This was an error made by Legislative Services. It should read registration card not license plates. It should be amended in committee.
2. Second is – G. Use of a vehicle bearing license plates issued under this section other than as specifically authorized in this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor, and the Department shall refuse to issue license plates under this section for any such vehicle for five years. This needs to be rewritten so that the owner cannot register the vehicle as an antique. It should also be amended in committee.
3. Third is – the removal of pleasure driving. Delegate Griffith’s office says this is to insure the bill gets out of the Transportation Committee. This bill will be amended – most likely in committee and again when it is out of committee. We have decided to trust Delegate Griffith on this. It is not uncommon for bills to be amended.

If you would like to read the full text of HB 1927 it is at this link: VA. House Bill HB-1927 I have contacted some members of the General Assembly and asked them to sign on as co-patrons of this bill. Please ask your delegate and senator to sign on as a co-patron. If you need help finding your representative or how to make contact email me. I have all car hobby related legislation listed on this site: http://vaacc.org/legis1.html There are links on that page to the legislation. I have heard there is going to be a kit car bill introduced but with some changes to the one that was introduced last year. When it is introduced it will be at the top of that link to the VAACC website.

[Thank you Brent!]