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1994 SESSION
LD7554178Be 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 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.