(A) Reserved.
(B) On each trailer or semitrailer: (i) not designed and used for the transportation of passengers on the highways of the Commonwealth and (ii) having a registered gross weight of 1,500 pounds or less, there shall be no license fee assessed by the Town of Brookneal.
(C) In the case of a combination of a truck or tractor truck and a trailer or semi-trailer, each vehicle constituting a part of such combination shall be licensed as a separate vehicle and a separate fee shall be assessed therefor.
(D) On each and every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer upon which well-drilling machinery is attached and which is permanently used solely for transporting such machinery, there shall be a license fee of $18.00.
(E) On each and every bus owned and operated by a person, firm, or corporation: (1) used or intended to be used for transporting persons to and from school; or (2) used exclusively for transportation to and from church school, for the purpose of religious instruction, or to and from church, for the purpose of divine worship, there shall be a license fee of $27.00.
(F) Transitional provisions effective for 2007 license year only. Notwithstanding the preceding subsections, in order to adjust the amount of the vehicle license fee for the 2007 license year in recognition of the transition from the former April 15, 2007 due date for decals to the new December 5, 2006 due date for vehicle license fees, the vehicle license fee for the 2007 license year only is hereby reduced by 33% such that the fee shall be $10.00 on each and every passenger vehicle and truck, and is hereby reduced by a corresponding 33% on motorcycles and all other motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, etc. that are subject to the town license fee. This division shall automatically expire on or before December 5, 2007 and all annual town vehicle license fees for the 2008 license year and thereafter shall be imposed at the full amounts specified in the preceding divisions of this section and such fees shall be payable on or before December 5 of each year, beginning December 5, 2007.
(G) For state law reference, see VA Code § 46.2-752. See also VA Code § 46.2-694; VA Code § 46.2-694.1, and VA Code § 46.2-700, and VA Code § 46.2-701.
(Ord. passed 9-12-2006)