CHAPTER 479

AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered
22-280.1, requiring certain warning equipment and identtfica-
tion of school buses to be covered under certain conditions.

[S 306]

Approved April 7, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of 1950 be amended by adding a section nuim-
bered 22-280.1, as follows:

§ 22-280.1. It shall be unlawful for a Virginia school bus to
be operated on the public highways of this State for the purpose
of transporting persons or commodities other than school personnel
or school children unless the lettered identification and school bus
traffic warning lights on the front and rear of such bus are covered
with some opaque detachable material; provided, that this section
shall not apply to any such bus when operated by a salesman or
demonstrator in connection with a prospective sale or delivery of
a bus.