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(a) shall not be required for the operation of any motor vehicle with a normal seating capacity of not more than six adult persons including the driver while used not for profit in transporting persons who, as a common undertaking, bear or agree to bear all or a part of the actual costs of such operation, or while used by a lessee renting or hiring such vehicle for a period of twelve months or longer under a written lease or agreement. Every such motor vehicle shall be treated as a private passenger car for which the annual license fee shall be as prescribed in subparagraph (a)(1). See. 22-75, Same--Weights used in computation. In computing the license fees required by section 22-74 to be based upon the weight of the vehicle, the manufacturer's shipping weight or scale weight shall be used. Sec. 22-76. Same--Burden of proof. The applicant for the licensing of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer designed and used for the transportation of passengers upon the streets of the city, the fee upon which isset out in section 22-74, shall bear the burden of proof that the vehicle for which licensing is sought is entitled by weight, design and use to be licensed at the rate contended for by the applicant to the commissioner of the revenue or to his authorized agent. Sec. 22-77. Fees for vehicles not displaying current license, decals or stickers. The annual registration fee for motor vehicles not displaying current license, decals or stickers shall be ($100.00). This fee shall not apply to those individuals exempted from the requirements of displaying such license plates,decals or stickers under the provisions of the Code of Virgirda or to those motor vehicles in a public dump, in an automobile graveyard, as defined in section 33.1-348 of the Code of Virginia, or in the possession ora licensed junk dealer or licensed motor vehicle dealer. This fee shall, in addition, not apply to any vehicle which is stored on private property for a period not in excess of sixty days for the purpose of removing parts for the repair of another vehicle. This fee shall also not apply to any vehicle being held or stored by or at the direction of any governmental authority, to any vehicle owned by a member of the armed forces on active duty, or to any vehicle regularly stored within a structure. Sec. 22-78. License fee for vehicles not designed or used for transportation of passengers. Except as otherwise provided, the license fee to be paid by the owner of a motor vehicle not designed and used for the transportation of passengers shall be an amount to be determined by the gross weight of the vehicle, or combination of vehicles of which it is a part, when loaded to the maximum capacity for which it is registered and licensed, according to the schedule of taxes herein set forth. For the gross weight for which any