Virginia 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1806 — Farm use placards; permanent placards for any pickup or panel truck, etc.

Last action — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) on March 21, 2023.

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Bill Text

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334 added · 319 removed

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The recent amendments to Bill HB 1806 clarify the types of vehicles exempt from registration fees for agricultural use. Specifically, the changes specify that exemptions apply to a range of vehicles used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes on owned or leased land, which is significant for farmers as it reduces their financial burden. This amendment aims to support local agriculture by making it easier for farmers to operate their vehicles without additional costs.

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SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY –– CHAPTER E An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-665, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-672, as it shall become effective, 46.2-673, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-684.2, 58.1-2403, and 58O1-3505 of the Code of Virginia and to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 51 and the second enactment of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, relating to farm use placards.
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- 2023 SESSION CHAPTER 85 An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-665, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-666, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-667, 46.2-670, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-672, as it shall become effective, 46.2-673, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-684.2, 58.1-2403, and 58.1-3505 of the Code of Virginia and to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 51 and the second enactment of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, relating to farm use placards.
L L [H 1806] E Approved D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
[H 1806] Approved March 21, 2023 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
That §§ 46.2-665, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-666, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-667, 46.2-670, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-672, as it shall become effective, 46.2-673, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-684.2, 58.1-2403, and 58.1-3505 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
That §§ 46.2-665, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-666, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-667, 46.2-670, as it is currently effective effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-684.2, 58.1-2403, and 58.1-3505 of the Code ofrrently Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
(Effective until July 1, 2023) Vehicles used for agricultural or horticultural H purposes.
(Effective until July 1, 2023) Vehicles used for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
1 pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes on lands owned or leased by the vehicle's owner.
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No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes on lands owned or leased by the vehicle's owner.
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Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than 75 miles from one part of the owner's lan3.
Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than 75 miles from one part of the owner's land to another, irrespective of whether the tracts adjoin;
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Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than 75 miles for the purpose of obtaining supplies for agricultural or horticultural purposes, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, or animal feed and ret7.
Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than 75 miles for the purpose of obtaining supplies for agricultural or horticultural purposes, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, or animal feed and returning;
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(iii) vehicles other than pickup or panel trucks, sport utility vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers having a gross on or over any public highway in the Commonwealth for any purpose other than:railers that are not operated 1.
(iii) vehicles other than pickup or panel trucks, sport utility vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers having a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 7,500 pounds,;
and (iv) trailers and semitrailers that are not operated on or over any public highway in the Commonwealth for any purpose other than:
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trash and garbage generated on a farm and incidental refuse from the farmer's or his employee's home;f 6.
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Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than 75 miles for the purpose of obtaining of 6 supplies for agricultural or horticultural purposes, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, or animal feed and returning;
Operating along a highway to and from a refuse disposal facility for the purpose of disposing of trash and garbage generated on a farm and incidental refuse from the farmer's or his employee's home;
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Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than 75 miles for the purpose of obtaining supplies for agricultural or horticultural purposes, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, or animal feed and returning;
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No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle or trailer, semitrailer, or fertilizer spreader drawn by a farm tractor used by a farmer, his tenant, agent or employee or a cotton ginner, peanut buyer, or fertilizer distributor of 6 to transport unginned cotton, peanuts, or fertilizer owned by the farmer, cotton ginner, peanut buyer, or fertilizer distributor from one farm to another, from farm to gin, from farm to dryer, from farE to market, or from fertilizer distributor to farm and on return to the distributor.
No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle or trailer, semitrailer, or fertilizer spreader drawn by a farm tractor used by a farmer, his tenant, agent or employee or a cotton ginner, peanut buyer, or fertilizer distributor to transport unginned cotton, peanuts, or fertilizer owned by the farmer, cotton ginner, peanut buyer, or fertilizer distributor from one farm to another, from farm to gin, from farm to dryer, from farm to market, or from fertilizer distributor to farm and on return to the distributor.
The owner or lessee of a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer pickup or panel truck or sport utility vehicle claiming the exemption provided pursuant to this section shall be required to obtain a permanent farm use placard pursRant to § 46.2-684.2.
The owner or lessee of a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer pickup or panel truck or sport utility vehicle claiming the exemption provided pursuant to this section shall be required to obtain a permanent farm use placard pursuant to of 6 § 46.2-684.2.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles operated on a for-hire basis.
(Effective until July 1, 2023) Return trips of exempted farm vehicles.basis.
(Effective until July 1, 2023) Return trips of exempted farm vehicles.
O No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any farm vehicle exempted from registration under the provisions of this article when that vehicle is:
No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any farm vehicle exempted from registration under the provisions of this article when that vehicle is:
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§ 46.2-673.
(Effective July 1, 2023) Return trips of exempted farm vehicles.
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Transporting back to a farm ordinary and essential food, including procuring a meal for a farmer or his employees, and other products for home and farm use while engaged in activities allowed 8n this chapter;
Transporting back to a farm ordinary and essential food, including procuring a meal for a farmer or his employees, and other products for home and farm use while engaged in activities allowed in this chapter;
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R The owner or lessee of a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer pickup or panel truck or sport utility vehicle claiming the exemption provided pursuant to this section shall be required to obtain a permanent farm use§ 46.2-684.2.
The owner or lessee of a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer pickup or panel truck or sport utility vehicle claiming the exemption provided pursuant to this section shall be required to obtain a permanent farm use placard pursuant to § 46.2-684.2.
§ 46.2-684.2.
The provisions of trailers, or semitrailers used exclusively as set forth in § 46.2-665, 46.2-666, 46.2-670, 46.2-672, or, 46.2-673.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 7,500 pounds, trailers, or semitrailers used exclusively as set forth in § 46.2-665, 46.2-666, 46.2-670, 46.2-672, or 46.2-673.
the exempt purposes set forth in § 46.2-665, 46.2-666, 46.2-670, 46.2-672, or 46.2-673;
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A statement, signed by the owner or lessee, that the vehicle shall only be used for one or more of the exempt purposes set forth in § 46.2-665, 46.2-666, 46.2-670, 46.2-672, or 46.2-673;
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Farm use placards are nontransferable.
An owner or lessee of a farm use vehicle shall return the farm use placard to the Department within 30 days of the vehicle ceasing to be used for one or more of the exempt purposes set forth in of 6 § 46.2-665, 46.2-666, 46.2-670, 46.2-672, or 46.2-673.
An owner or lessee of a farm use vehicle shall return the farm use placard to the Department within 30 days of the vehicle ceasing to be used for one or more of the exempt purposes set forth in § 46.2-665, 46.2-666, 46.2-670, 46.2-672, or 46.2-673.
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Registered in the name of a volunteer fire department or volunteer emergency medical services agency not operated for profit;
Registered in the name of a volunteer fire department or volunteer emergency medical services of 6 agency not operated for profit;
Beginning July 1, 1989, a self-contained mobile unit designed exclusively for human diagnostic or therapeutic service, sold to, rented to, or used by a nonprofit hospital, or a cooperative hospital service organization as described in § 501(e) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or a nonprofit corporation as defined in § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, established for research in, diagnosis of 6 of, or therapy for human ailments;
Beginning July 1, 1989, a self-contained mobile unit designed exclusively for human diagnostic or therapeutic service, sold to, rented to, or used by a nonprofit hospital, or a cooperative hospital service organization as described in § 501(e) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or a nonprofit corporation as defined in § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, established for research in, diagnosis of, or therapy for human ailments;
Transferred, as a gift or through a sale to an organization exempt from taxation under §E501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided the motor vehicle is not titled and tagged for use by such organization;
Transferred, as a gift or through a sale to an organization exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided the motor vehicle is not titled and tagged for use by such organization;
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A motor vehicle sold to an organization which is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) Rf the Internal Revenue Code and which is organized for the primary purpose of distributing food, clothing, and throughout the world;ssities of life to, and providing shelter for, needy persons in the UnOted States 23.
A motor vehicle sold to an organization which is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is organized for the primary purpose of distributing food, clothing, medicines, and other necessities of life to, and providing shelter for, needy persons in the United States and throughout the world;
Transferred to the trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the individual titleholder of a Virginia titled motor vehicle and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries of the trust may also be named in the trust instrument, when no L consideration has passed between the titleholder and the beneficiaries;
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and transferred to the Eriginal titleholder from the trustees holding title to the motor vehicle;
Transferred to the trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the individual titleholder of a Virginia titled motor vehicle and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries of the trust may also be named in the trust instrument, when no of 6 consideration has passed between the titleholder and the beneficiaries;
and transferred to the original titleholder from the trustees holding title to the motor vehicle;
Transferred to trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the owners of the vehicle and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries may also be named in the trust instrument, or transferred by trustees of such a trust to beneficiaries of the trust beneficiaries in either case;antor, when no consideration has passed between the grantor and the 25.
Transferred to trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the owners of the vehicle and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries may also be named in the trust instrument, or transferred by trustees of such a trust to beneficiaries of the trust following the death of the grantor, when no consideration has passed between the grantor and the beneficiaries in either case;
Sold by a vehicle's lessor to its lessee upon the expiration of the term of the vehicle's lease, if the lessee is a natural person and this natural person has paid the tax levied pursuant to this chapter with respect to the vehicle when he leased it from the lessor, and if the lessee presents an originaH copy of the lease upon request of the Department of Motor Vehicles or other evidence that the sales tax has been paid to the Commonwealth by the lessee purchasing the vehicle;
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Sold by a vehicle's lessor to its lessee upon the expiration of the term of the vehicle's lease, if the lessee is a natural person and this natural person has paid the tax levied pursuant to this chapter with respect to the vehicle when he leased it from the lessor, and if the lessee presents an original copy of the lease upon request of the Department of Motor Vehicles or other evidence that the sales tax has been paid to the Commonwealth by the lessee purchasing the vehicle;
Titled in the name of a deceased person and transferred to the spouse or heir, or under 6he will, of such deceased person;
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Titled in the name of a deceased person and transferred to the spouse or heir, or under the will, of such deceased person;
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more than 12 months or (ii) has owned for less than 12 months and provides evidence of tax paided for pursuant to Chapter 6 (§ 58.1-600 et seq.);
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Is being titled for the first time in the Commonwealth and that the applicant (i) has owned for more than 12 months or (ii) has owned for less than 12 months and provides evidence of tax paid pursuant to Chapter 6 (§ 58.1-600 et seq.);
Transferred from the purchaser of the vehicle back to the seller of the vehicle who (i) accepted the vehicle pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act (§ 59.1-207.9 et seq.) or (ii) otherwise agreed to accept the return of the vehicle due to a mechanical defect or failure and pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, the transfer shall occur within 45is days of the date of purchase;
Transferred from the purchaser of the vehicle back to the seller of the vehicle who (i) accepted the vehicle pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act (§ 59.1-207.9 et seq.) or (ii) otherwise agreed to accept the return of the vehicle due to a mechanical defect or failure and refunded to the purchaser the purchase price of the vehicle.
Except when the return of the vehicle is pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, the transfer shall occur within 45 days of the date of purchase;
as defined in § 3.2-6400, farm machinery and farm implements are hereby defined as separate items ofts taxation and classified as follows:
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Farm animals, grains and other feeds used for the nurture of farm animals, agricultural products as defined in § 3.2-6400, farm machinery and farm implements are hereby defined as separate items of taxation and classified as follows:
which shall include (i) equipment and machinery used by farm wineries as defined in § 4.1-100 in the production of wine;
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(ii) equipment and machinery used by a nursery as defined in § 3.2-3800 for the of 6 production of horticultural products;
Farm machinery other than the farm machinery described in subdivision 10, and farm implements, which shall include (i) equipment and machinery used by farm wineries as defined in § 4.1-100 in the production of wine;
(ii) equipment and machinery used by a nursery as defined in § 3.2-3800 for the production of horticultural products;
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Action History

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)

  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 7/1/23)

  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023

  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023

  5. Signed by President

  6. Signed by Speaker

  7. Impact statement from DPB (HB1806ER)

  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1806ER)

  9. Enrolled

  10. VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)

  11. Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106743D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)

  12. Impact statement from DPB (HB1806S1)

  13. Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)

  14. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1806S1

  15. Committee substitute agreed to 23106743D-S1

  16. Reading of substitute waived

  17. Transportation Committee amendments rejected

  18. Read third time

  19. Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

  20. Committee substitute printed 23106743D-S1

  21. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N)

  22. Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

  23. Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

  24. Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N)

  25. Referred to Committee on Transportation

  26. Constitutional reading dispensed

  27. VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)

  28. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

  29. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1806H1

  30. Committee substitute agreed to 23104736D-H1

  31. Read second time

  32. Read first time

  33. Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

  34. Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

  35. Impact statement from DPB (HB1806H1)

  36. Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety

  37. Referred to Committee on Appropriations

  38. Incorporates HB1883 (Nickolas Freitas)

  39. Committee substitute printed 23104736D-H1

  40. Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

  41. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)

  42. Impact statement from DPB (HB1806)

  43. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

  44. Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles

  45. Referred to Committee on Transportation

  46. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102448D

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