CHAPTER 381

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-818, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to inspection of vehicles. CH 674]

Approved March 14, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46-318, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 46-318. The Superintendent may designate, furnish instructions
to and supervise official inspection stations for the inspection of motor
vehicles and/or vehicles and for adjusting and correcting equipment enum-
erated in this title in such a manner as to conform to specifications herein-
before set forth. And the Superintendent shall adopt and furnish to such
official inspection stations rules and regulations governing the making of
inspections herein provided for and may require the filing by the owner
and/or operator of such station of a surety bond conditioned upon the
faithful performance of the duties required by this title and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Superintendent. The Superintendent may
at any time, after five days’ notice revoke the designation or appointment
of any official inspection station designated or appointed by him. When
the equipment has been corrected in accordance with this title the official
inspection station shall issue to the operator or owner of the vehicle, on
forms furnished by the Department of State Police, a duplicate of which
is retained by such station, a certificate showing the date of correction,
registration number of the vehicle and the official designation of such
station; there also shall be placed on the windshield of the vehicle an
approval inspection sticker furnished by the Department of State Police.
If any vehicle is not equipped with a windshield the approval sticker shall
be placed on the vehicle in a location designated by the Superintendent.
This sticker shall be displayed on the windshield or other designated place
of such vehicle at all times when it is operated on the highways of the
Commonwealth and until such time as a new inspection period shall be
designated and a new inspection sticker issued; provided, however, that
common carriers, operating under certificate from the State Corporation
Commission, who desire to do so may install or use with the approval of
the Superintendent private inspection stations for the inspection and cor-
rection of their equipment.