CHAPTER 53

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 65-7.1,
to define change in condition as used in the Workmen’s Compensation

Act.
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Approved September 29, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
65-7.1, as follows:

§ 65-7.1. Change in condition as used in this act means a change in
physical condition of the employee as well as any change in the conditions
of a passenger automobile, by rendering two or more of such services as
towing service, emergency road service, indemnification service, guaranteed
arrest bond certificate service, discount service, financial service, theft
service, map service, or touring service.

“Towing service’ shall mean furnishing means to move a motor vehicle
from one place to another under power other than its own.

“Emergency road service” shall mean adjustment, repair or replace-
ment of the equipment, tires or mechanical parts of an automobile so that
such automobile may be operated under its own power, provided the cost
of rendering such service does not exceed $25.00.

“Indemnification service” shall mean providing for reimbursement of
members or subscribers for attorneys fees not to exceed two hundred
dollars in the event criminal proceedings are instituted against such mem-
bers as a result of operation of a motor vehicle, or the reimbursement of
members or subscribers for expenses not to exceed $25.00 incurred by them
for towing service or emergency road service.

“Guaranteed arrest bond certificate service” shall mean the issuance
if such a card or certificate as is defined in § 38.1-644.1(3) of the Code of

“Discount service’ shall mean an arrangement by a motor club re-
sulting in giving special discounts, rebates or reductions of price on gaso-
line, oil, repairs, parts, accessories or service for motor vehicles to holders
of service contracts with any such club.

“Financial service” shall mean an arrangement by a motor club
whereby loans or other advances of money are made to holders of service
contracts with any such club.

“Theft service’ shall mean assisting in locating, identifying or recover-
ing a stolen or missing motor vehicle of a member or subscriber or assisting
in detecting or apprehending any person guilty of the theft of such vehicle.

“Map service” shall mean the furnishing by a motor club of road maps
without cost to holders of service contracts with any such club.

“Touring service” shall mean the furnishing by a motor club of tour-
ing information without cost to holders of service contracts with any such
club.

§ 2. No automobile club shall do or offer to do business in the State
unless the same shall be organized as a domestic or foreign stock or non-
stock corporation and shall be licensed by the State Corporation Commis-
sion as provided in this act.

§ 3. Each applicant for a license shall furnish such evidence as the
Commission may require that it is able to perform its contracts and that
it is managed by persons of good character and reputation. With the
application it shall file a list of the individuals who are to sell its contracts,
giving their names and addresses and furnishing evidence of their good
character and reputation. The applicant shall pay a license fee of one
hundred dollars for the automobile club and a license fee of two dollars
for each agent. All licenses shall expire at midnight on the 31st day of
December of the year for which issued, and may be renewed on application
and payment of the same fees. The applicant shall file a surety bond in
the amount of thirty thousand dollars conditioned to secure the perform-
ance of its contracts.

§ 4. Issuance of a license as provided in § 3 of this act shall not be
construed as permitting any automobile club to render services for which
a license is required under other provisions of law until such other license
shall have been obtained. Provided, however, that an undertaking by a
licensed automobile club to perform any of the services defined in § 1 shall
not subject such automobile club to the requirements of Title 38.1 of the
Code of Virginia.
§ 5. The Commission may, after notice and hearing, punish violations
of this act by a licensed automobile club or a licensed ‘agent of such club
by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by revocation of the
license of such agent or club or by both fine and revocation.

§ 6. The Commission shall have the power and jurisdiction of a
court of equity of this State to enjoin violations of this act and may enforce
any injunction issued by it by contempt proceedings as provided in § 12-21
of the Code of Virginia.

§ 7. Any fraudulent misstatement of fact or wilful breach of promise
in connection with or related to the services of a licensed automobile club
shall constitute a violation of this act.

§ 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the powers of any
insurance company authorized to do business in Virginia.

2. This act shall become effective on January 1, 1957.

CHAPTER 56 —

An Act to make available to certain counties, cities and towns funds to
be expended in furtherance of the elementary and/or secondary edu-
cation of pupils in nonsectarian private schools and for payments to
teachers and other employees under certain conditions, and to provide

for ee determination of the amount and conditions for receipt of such

fu
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Approved September 29, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Whenever the amounts, or any part thereof, of the funds appro-.
priated by Items 133, 184, 187, 188 and 148 of Chapter 716 of the Acts of
Assembly of 1956, as amended, to which any county, city or town would
otherwise have been entitled for the maintenance of its elementary public
school system, shall be withheld as prescribed by law, the amounts so with-
held shall be available to such county, city or town for the furtherance of
the elementary education of the children of such county, city or town in non-
sectarian private schools as hereafter provided, and for the payment of
salaries and wages of unemployed teachers in State aid teaching positions,
and other public school employees, who are under contract; provided,
nothing herein contained shall obligate the State to release such funds
for the employment or compensation of unemployed teachers and other
public school employees beyond the terms and conditions of their contracts,
or the end of the school year, whichever is longer.

§ 2. Whenever the amounts, or any part thereof, of the funds appro-
priated by Items 133, 134, 187, 188 and 143 of Chapter 716 of the Acts of
Assembly of 1956, as amended, to which any county, city or town would
otherwise have been entitled for the maintenance of its secondary public
school system, shall be withheld as prescribed by law, the amounts so with-
held shall be available to such county, city or town for the furtherance of
the secondary education of the children of such county, city or town in
nonsectarian private schools as hereafter provided, and for the payment
of salaries and wages of unemployed teachers in State aid teaching posi-
tions, and other public school employees, who are under contract; pro-
vided, nothing herein contained shall obligate the State to release such
funds for the employment or compensation of unemployed teachers and
other public school employees beyond the terms and conditions of their
contracts, or the end of the school year, whichever is longer.
§ 3. Such amounts as may be available to any county, city or town
under the provisions of §§ 1 and 2 of this act shall be distributed, under
rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, to such county, city
or town, for grants to pupils attending nonsectarian private schools, upon
the following basis:

(a) Each pupil attending a nonsectarian private school, elementary
or secondary as the case may be, shall be entitled to an amount equal to the
quotient derived by dividing the total amount withheld for the elementary
or secondary public school system by the enrollment of pupils formerly
attending those schools which comprised the elementary or secondary
public school system for which such amounts have been withheld.

§ 4. Should any of the funds authorized to be distributed under ; 3
of this act remain undistributed at the end of any school year, such surplus
may be released under rules and regulations of the State Board of Educa-
tion to the counties, cities and towns entitled thereto for distribution to the
pupils to whom grants for that school year were originally made; provided,
however, in no case shall the total amounts distributed to a pupil exceed the
total cost of his attendance for that school year in a nonsectarian private
school; provided, further, the aggregate received on account of any one
pupil shall not from all public sources exceed three hundred fifty dollars.

§ 5. No distribution shall be made to any county, city or town under
the provisions of §§ 3 and 4 of this act except upon receipt of evidence,
satisfactory to the State Board of Education, that such sums have been or
will be expended in furtherance of the elementary and/or secondary educa-
ft od the children of such county, city or town in nonsectarian private

ools.

§ 6. In the event of the unavailability of any data for the current
school year which would otherwise have been utilized by the State Board of
Education in making allocations in accordance with the provisions of Items
183, 134, 137, 1388 and 143 of Chapter 716 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956,
as amended, and rules and regulations of the State Board, the most recent
0a Sar to the State Board of Education shall be used in making such
allocations.