SB 687

            
2020 SESSION


20105989D

SENATE BILL NO. 687

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Transportation)

(Patron Prior to Substitute--Vogel)

Senate Amendments in [ ] � January 24, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact � 46.2-839 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to bicycles; signage.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 46.2-839 of the Code of Virginia is amended and
reenacted as follows:

� 46.2-839. Passing bicycle, electric personal assistive
mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or
animal-drawn vehicle.

A. Any driver of any vehicle overtaking a bicycle,
electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle,
moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall
pass at a reasonable speed at least three feet to the left of the overtaken
bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted
bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle and shall not again proceed to
the right side of the highway until safely clear of such overtaken bicycle,
electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle,
moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle.

B. The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain signs on those portions of highways that the Department of
Transportation determines to have high pedestrian, bicycle, electric personal
assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or
animal-drawn vehicle traffic volume. Such signs shall include the language
"Share the Road" and language or images indicating the requirement in
subsection A that a vehicle shall pass at least three feet to the left.

 [ 2. That the provisions of this act shall not become
effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purposes of this act is
included in a general appropriation act passed in 2020 by the General Assembly
that becomes law. ]