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2001 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-871 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-871. Maximum speed limit for school buses.
The maximum speed limit for school buses shall be forty-five miles per hour or
the minimum speed allowable, whichever is greater, on any highway where the
maximum speed limit is fifty-five miles or less, and fifty-five the posted
speed limit on all interstate highways and on other highways where the maximum
speed limit is more than fifty-five miles per hour. However, for any such
vehicle which takes on or discharges children, the maximum speed limit shall be
thirty-five miles per hour between the first stop and the last stop, not
including the school. The school and the designated school bus parking area
shall not be considered the first or last stop.