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2022 SESSION

22105504D
SENATE BILL NO. 774
Offered January 31, 2022
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-182 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school buses; commercial use.
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Patron-- Dunnavant
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Unanimous consent to introduce
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-182 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-182. Use of school buses for public and commercial purposes.

The school board of any school division may enter into agreements with any third-party logistics company, the governing body of any county, city, or town in the school division, any state agency, or any agency established or identified pursuant to United States Public Law P.L. 89-73 or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto providing for the use of the school buses of such school division by such third-party logistics company or agency or by departments, boards, commissions, or officers of such county, city, or town for public purposes, including transportation for the elderly, or private purposes. Each such agreement shall provide for reimbursing the school board in full for the proportionate share of any and all costs, both fixed and variable, of such buses incurred by such school board attributable to the use of such buses pursuant to such agreement. The third-party logistics company, governing body, state agency, or agency established or identified pursuant to United States Public Law P.L. 89-73 or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto shall indemnify and hold harmless the school board from any and all liability of the school board by virtue of use of such buses pursuant to an agreement authorized herein.