CHAPTER 188

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
56-281.1, so as to provide for the issuance of certificates of public
convenience and necessity to common carriers of passengers by motor
vehicle on highways which are part of the Interstate Highway System.

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Approved March 5, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
56-281.1 as follows:

§ 56-281.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-281 of the Code
of Virginia, upon a showing of public convenience and necessity, the
State Corporation Commission may, if it finds from the evidence, after
public hearing, that the public interest will be promoted thereby, issue
to any carrier of passengers by motor vehicle a certificate or certificates
authorizing operations in this State upon highways which are part of the
Interstate Highway System. The foregoing shall be applicable only to
issuance of certificates for operations over such System. Except as indi-
cated hereinabove, all other applicable provisions of chapter 12 of the
Code of Virginia shall apply to such carriers and to such certificates.