CHAPTER 620

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
15-8.1, to authorize the governing bodies of counties to adopt ordinances
prohibiting the sale on highways of plants, shrubs or trees or any part
thereof.

[S 298]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
15-8.1 as follows:

§ 15-8.1. The governing body of any county may, by ordinance, pro-
hibit the sale or the offering for sale of any plants, shrubs or trees or any
part or parts thereof upon any public highway or right of way of any public
highway located within such county; but nothing contained herein shall
apply to any business in which real property is owned, leased or occupied in
any way adjacent to such highway or right of way by such business.

Any such ordinance may provide penalties for its violation not ex-
ceeding a fine of fifty dollars.