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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2007, chapter 813<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1459193,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365319,"identifier":"46.2-2099.21","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/11\/46.2-2099.21","url":"\/46.2-2099.21\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2099.21\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/11\/46.2-2099.21","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions from operation of article","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2099.21","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This article shall not be construed to include:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Persons<\/span> engaged in operating boats exclusively for fishing; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Persons<\/span> engaged in operating boats that have (i) an approved passenger capacity of twenty-five or less persons<\/span> and (ii) are operated as special or charter parties under this chapter; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The City of Hampton when acting as a sight-seeing carrier by boat<\/span> or special or charter party carrier by boat<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS FROM OPERATION OF ARTICLE (\u00a7 46.2-2099.21)\n\nThis article shall not be construed to include:\n\n1. Persons engaged in operating boats exclusively for fishing;\n\n2. Persons engaged in operating boats that have (i) an approved passenger\ncapacity of twenty-five or less persons and (ii) are operated as special or\ncharter parties under this chapter; or\n\n3. The City of Hampton when acting as a sight-seeing carrier by boat or special\nor charter party carrier by boat.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2007, c. 813.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}