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1996 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 381
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation
on February 8, 1996)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Darner)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-1224.1, relating to local ordinances regulating certain parking; penalty.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-1224.1 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 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.