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1994 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 thirty-five
forty-five miles per hour or the minimum speed allowable,
whichever is greater, on any highway other than an interstate highway, if
the vehicle is being used as a school bus carrying children, and
fifty-five miles per hour on interstate highways. However, for any such
vehicle which neither takes on nor discharges children between its point
of origin and point of destination, the maximum speed limit shall be
forty-five miles per hour on any highway other than an interstate highway,
and fifty-five miles per hour on interstate highways 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.