CHAPTER 89

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 56-800 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to bonds or insurance to be kept in force by motor carriers; amounts.

[H 283]
Approved February 21, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
i That § 56-300 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:
§ 56-300. Each holder of a certificate or permit issued by the Com-
mission shall keep in force at all times insurance, bond or bonds, in an
amount required by the Commission; provided, however, that the amount
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of the insurance policy or bond required by the Commission under this
section of any motor vehicle used in the transportation of property alone
shall in no case exceed the following: * twenty-five thousand dollars for
death or injury to any one person; * fifty thousand dollars total public
liability for any one accident; property damage, one thousand dollars;
and cargo liability for three tons and under, five hundred dollars, and,
for more than three tons, one thousand dollars; provided, however, that
a holder of a permit issued by the Commission shall not be required to
file any cargo insurance bond or bonds for cargo liability.