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Amendments
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(Richmond, Va.)- The Virginia Senate passed legislation today (Wednesday, Jan. 30) to repeal the unpopular abusive driver fees.
Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senator Edward Houck (DSpotsylvania), repeals section 46.2-206.1 of the Code of Virginia also known as the abusive driver fees. The fees were included as part of last year’s transportation package, House Bill 3202.
“Today we remove one of the biggest mistakes I have seen this legislature make,” Senator Edward Houck, chief patron of the bill, said. “The people have spoken loudly that they wanted these fees gone, and that is what we have done."
Several other Democratic Senators - George Barker (Fairfax), Creigh Deeds (Bath), Mark Herring (Loudoun) and Chap Petersen (Fairfax City) -were added as patrons to the bill.
“Obviously this issue was front and center during my campaign," Senator Barker, one of the newest members of the Virginia Senate, said. “My constituents were watching, and today we stood up for what we thought was right and repealed the abusive driver fees.”
Senator Deeds agreed this was an issue watched closely
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