56-111 - When railroads may operate by motor vehicle or aircraft. - Virginia Statutes

§ 56-111. When railroads may operate by motor vehicle or aircraft.

Any railroad doing business in this Commonwealth may acquire, own and operatemotor vehicles for the purpose of transporting persons or property over thepublic highways as a common carrier by motor vehicle as that term is definedby § 46.2-2000, subject to the laws of Virginia governing the operations andregulation of common carriers by motor vehicle and all lawful regulations ofthe Commonwealth made pursuant thereto and applying to other motor vehiclesor other common carriers by motor vehicle, including the laws requiring thepayment of registration and license fees and other taxes by common carriersby motor vehicle, when lawfully authorized in accordance with the provisionsof such laws and regulations.

Any such railroad may also acquire, own and operate equipment for and engagein air transportation, subject to the provisions of the law regulating airtransportation.

(1938, p. 1000; Michie Code 1942, § 3857a; 1944, p. 537; 1996, cc. 114, 157.)