Chap. 22.—An ACT to authorize governing bodies of counties and cities to provide
for licensing bicycles; to prescribe fees therefor; to require license plates or
tags to be procured and attached, and to prescribe penalties for operating a
bicycle without a license plate or tag attached thereto. [H1 86]

Approved February 15, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. The governing body of any county or city may, by ordinance
adopted as prescribed by law, require every owner of a bicycle, residing
in the county or city, to obtain a license therefor, and a license plate or
tag, of such design and material as the ordinance may prescribe, to be
substantially attached thereto; prescribe the fee to be paid for the license,
the forms of applications to be made therefor, and the form of license to
be issued; to prescribe penalties for operating a bicycle on public roads
or streets within the county or city without a license plate or tag thereto
attached ; and the ordinance shall provide that the license plates or tags
shall be provided by and at the cost of the county or city. The governing
body of any county or city may provide that the license plates or tags
shall be good for the life of the bicycles to which attached, or such other
period as the governing body may prescribe and may prescribe such fee
therefor as it may deem reasonable.