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2006 SESSION


CHAPTER 416
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-871 of the Code of Virginia, relating to maximum speed limit for school buses.
[H 650]
Approved March 31, 2006

 

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 45 miles per hour or the minimum speed allowable, whichever is greater, on any highway where the maximum speed limit is fifty-five 55 miles per hour or less, and fifty-five 55 miles per hour on all interstate highways and on other highways where the maximum speed limit is more than fifty-five 55 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.