united-states virginia bills
Exemption from chapter
<p>What does an the point #7 in § 46.2-2101 (VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY) exactly mean? Citing from the web (<a href="https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2016ER" rel="nofollow noreferrer">link here</a>):</p>

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  <p>§ 46.2-2101. Exemptions from chapter.</p>
  
  <p>The following are exempt from this chapter:</p>
  
  <p>...</p>
  
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  <li>Electric personal delivery devices as defined in § 46.2-100.</li>
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<p>The linked text amends "Electric personal delivery device" (EPDD) and few other terms to the Act. Therefore I do not understand WHAT exactly is the EPDD exempted from? For me the statement negates everything about EPDD that was written above which does not really make sense.</p>

<p>It would only make sense to me that EPDD would be exempted from any general clauses in the document except where EPDD is specifically mentioned in the text... Would be nice to have this assumption confirmed by someone else.</p>

<p>The amended section 46.2-2101 is in <a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter21/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chapter 21</a> of Title 46.2.  Chapter 21 deals with regulation of property carriers (e.g. moving companies).  So the amendment to 46.2-2101 says that EPDDs are exempt from these Chapter 21 regulations.</p>

<p><a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter21/section46.2-2102/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">46.2-2102</a> says, in general, that the Section 21 regulations apply to anyone who gets paid to transport property using motor vehicles.  So without the exemption, there might be confusion as to whether those regulations would apply to someone using an EPDD.  The legislature therefore made it clear that it did not intend those regulations to apply in that case.</p>

<p>Most of the rest of the cited Act amends <a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chapter 8</a> of Title 46.2, which deals with traffic laws and regulations.  The amendment to 46.2-2101 does not exempt EPDDs from those regulations; as you say, that would defeat the whole purpose of the law.</p>
