SB 34 — Electronic credentials; discretionary fee, up to $10 per year, assessed by DMV for each individual.

SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2022 SESSION CHAPTER E183 An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-104, 46.2-227, 46.2-603, and 46.2-692 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electronic credentials.

R O [S 34] Approved LApril L7, 2022 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That §§ 46.2-104, 46.2-227, 46.2-603, and 46.2-692 of the Code of Virginia are amended and E reenacted as follows:

D§ carry46.2-104. license or registration card.ration cards;

Possession of registration cards;

failure to Thecarry operatorlicense of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailerregistration beingcard. operated on the highways in the Commonwealth, shall have in his possession:

(i)The theoperator physicalof registrationany cardmotor issuedvehicle, bytrailer, the Department or thesemitrailer registrationbeing cardoperated issuedon by the statehighways or country in which the motorCommonwealth, vehicle,shall trailer,have orin semitrailer is registered, and (ii) his driver'spossession: license, learner's permit, or temporary driver's permit.

(i) the physical registration card issued by the Department registered, and (ii) his driver's license, learner's permit, or temporary driver's permit.r, or semitrailer is The owner or operator of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer shall stop on the signal of any law-enforcement officer who is in uniform or shows his badge or other sign of authority and shaBl,shall, on the officer's request, exhibit his registration card, driver's license, learner's permit, or te4porarytemporary driver's hispermit identity.iteand write his name in the presence of the officer, if so required, for the purpose of esEablishingestablishing Every person licensed by the Department as a driver or issued a learner's or temporary driver's permit who fails to carry his licenseidentity. or permit, and the registration card for the vehicle which he operates, shall be is guilty of a traffic infraction and upon conviction punished by a fine of ten dollars $10.

However,Every if any person summonedlicensed toby appearthe beforeDepartment as a courtdriver foror failureissued toa displaylearner's his license, permit, or registrationtemporary carddriver's presents,permit beforewho thefails return date of the summons, to thecarry courthis a license or permitpermit, issuedand to him prior to the time the summons was issued or a registration card,card asfor the casevehicle maywhich be,he oroperates, appearsshall pursuantbe tois theguilty summonsof and produces before the court a licensetraffic orinfraction permitand issuedupon toconviction himpunished paymentby ofa allfine applicable court costs, have complied with the provisions of thisten section.hall,dollars upon$10. § 46.2-227.

However, if any person summoned to appear before a court for failure to display his license, permit, or registration card presents, before the return date of the summons, to the court a license or permit issued to him prior to the time the summons was issued or a registration card, as the case may be, or appears pursuant to the summons and produces before the court a license or permit issued to him prior to the time the summons was issued or a registration card, as the case may be, he shall, upon payment of all applicable court costs, have complied with the provisions of this section.

§ 46.2-227.

Pursuant to § 46.2-214, the fees received by the Department pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Dep§Department. 46.2-603.

§ 46.2-603.

The owner of a vehicle will be deemed to have obtained and the Department will be deemed to have issued a certificate of title when such title record has been created electronically as requestprovided andin thethis Departmentsubsection. shall provide a paper certificate of title for the vehicle.

An owner or lienholder listed on a title record so created may at any time request and the Department shall provide a paper certificate of title for the vehicle.

The possession or display of an electronic registration card shall not relieve a person from the requirements of any state law or regulation or local ordinance or regulation requiring the possession or display of the physicaltephysical credential.

Any provision of state law or regulation or local ordinance or regulation that may be of 2 satisfied by the display or possession of a physical registration card may be satisfied by displaying or possessing an electronic registration card issued pursuant to this section at the discretion of the person of 2 to whom it is presented and subject to the conditions of this section.