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1998 SESSION


CHAPTER 439
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-872 of the Code of Virginia, relating to speed limits for vehicles operating under certain special permits.
[H 1168]
Approved April 12, 1998

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-872 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-872. Maximum speed limits for vehicles operating under special permits.

The maximum speed limit shall be ten fifty-five miles per hour less than the posted speed limit on any highway having a posted speed limit of fifty-five miles or more per hour if the vehicle or combination of vehicles is operating under a special permit issued by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner in accordance with § 46.2-1139 or § 46.2-1149.2. The Commissioner may, however, further reduce the speed limit on any permit issued in accordance with § 46.2-1139.