46.2-2116 - Issuance of temporary authority.
§ 46.2-2116. Issuance of temporary authority.
To enable the provision of service for which there is an immediate and urgentneed to a point or between points in Virginia where certificated carriers areunable to perform the service, or within a territory having no certificatedcarrier, the Department may, in its discretion and without hearings or otherproceedings, grant temporary authority for such service by a carrier thatwould otherwise be required to obtain a certificate of public convenience andnecessity under this chapter. Such temporary authority, unless suspended orrevoked in accordance with § 46.2-2133, shall be valid for such time as theDepartment shall specify, but for not more than an aggregate of 180 days, andshall create no presumption that corresponding permanent authority will begranted thereafter.
(2001, c. 596.)