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HOUSE BILL NO. 1498 Offered January 13, 1999 Prefiled December 18, 1998 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-871 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the maximum speed limit for school buses. ---------- Patron-- Sherwood ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

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 forty-five miles per hour or the minimum speed allowable, whichever is greater, on any highway other than an interstate highway where the maximum speed limit is fifty-five miles or less, and fifty-five miles per hour on interstate highways where the maximum speed limit is more than fifty-five miles per hour. However, for any such vehicle which 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.