Charges for towing and storage of certain vehicles. Increases the maximum hookup and initial towing fee of a passenger car from $150 to $210 and repeals the July 1, 2025, sunset of provisions that authorize a towing and recovery operator to charge a fuel surcharge fee of $20 for the removal of certain vehicles. The bill prohibits a towing and recovery operator from charging such a fuel surcharge fee in any locality the governing body of which (i) has adopted an ordinance setting reasonable limits on fees charged for the towing or removal of vehicles on private property in accordance with existing law and (ii) has conducted a review considering an adjustment of such limitations by December 31, 2025.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 2.2-517, 46.2-117, 46.2-118, 46.2-119, 46.2-1232, 46.2-1233.2, 46.2-1233.3, 59.1-200, 46.2-1233, 46.2-1233.1
Commerce and Labor Substitute : 46.2-1233
Senator Marsden, David W. Substitute: 46.2-1233.1
Commerce and Labor Substitute Offered: 46.2-1233