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2008 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 885
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled January 8, 2008
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1224.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local ordinances regulating parking of certain vehicles.
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Patron-- Toscano
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 46.2-1224.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-1224.1. Local ordinances regulating certain parking; penalty.

The governing body of any county having the county manager plan of government, city, or town may by ordinance prohibit idling the engine of a bus for more than ten minutes when the bus is parked, left unattended, or is stopped for other than traffic or maintenance reasons.

Violators of such ordinance shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars, the proceeds from which shall be paid into the county's general fund.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to school buses or public transit buses.