Terms Used In Virginia Code 58.1-2249

• Alternative fuel: means a combustible gas, liquid or other energy source that can be used to generate power to operate a highway vehicle and that is neither a motor fuel nor electricity used to recharge an electric motor vehicle or a hybrid electric motor vehicle. See Virginia Code 58.1-2201
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Virginia Code 58.1-2201
• Fuel: includes motor fuel and alternative fuel. See Virginia Code 58.1-2201
• Gasohol: means a blended fuel composed of gasoline and fuel grade ethanol. See Virginia Code 58.1-2201
• Gasoline: means (i) all products that are commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline and are suitable for use as a fuel in a highway vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft, other than products that have an American Society for Testing Materials octane number of less than 75 as determined by the motor method; (ii) a petroleum product component of gasoline, such as naphtha, reformate, or toluene; (iii) gasohol; and (iv) fuel grade ethanol. See Virginia Code 58.1-2201
• Highway: means every way or place of whatever nature open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel in the Commonwealth, including the streets and alleys in towns and cities. See Virginia Code 58.1-2201
• Highway vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle designed for use on a highway. See Virginia Code 58.1-2201
• Liquid: means any substance that is liquid above its freezing point. See Virginia Code 58.1-2201