CHAPTER 312

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-342 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to weighing of vehicles and loads so as to impose a penalty for fatlure

or refusal of an operator to drive his vehicle upon weighing Teel

Approved March 17, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46-342 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 46-342. Any officer authorized to enforce the law under this title,
having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful,
is authorized to weigh the same either by means of loadometers or scales.
Any operator who fails or refuses to drive his vehicle upon such scales
or loadometers upon the request and direction of the officer so to do shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, which penalty
shall be in addition to any other penalties prescribed for exceeding the
maximum gross weight permitted or for any other violation. Should the
officer find that the weight of any vehicle and its load is greater than that
permitted by this title or that the weight of the load carried in or on such
vehicle is greater than that which the vehicle is licensed to carry under
the provisions of this title, he may require the driver to unload, at the
nearest place where the property unloaded may be stored or transferred
to another vehicle, such portion of the load as may be necessary to decrease
the gross weight of the vehicle to the maximum therefor permitted by this
title. If the driver of an overloaded vehicle is convicted, forfeits bail or
purchases an increased license as a result of such weighing, the court
in addition to all other penalties shall assess and collect a weighing fee
of two dollars from the owner or operator of the vehicle and shall forward
such fee to the State Treasurer. Upon receipt of the fee, the State Treas-
urer shall allocate the same to the fund appropriated for the administration
and maintenance of the Department of State Police.