CHAPTER 213

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-280 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to warning devices on school buses.

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CHS. 213, 214] ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 219

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. fone § 22-280 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 22-280. County and city school boards operating any school bus,
or for whom any school bus is operated, shall have each such school bus
equipped with a warning device of such type as may be prescribed by the
State Board, which shall indicate when such bus is stopped, is about to
stop, and when it is taking on or discharging school children. Such warn-
ing device shall be used and in operation for a distance of not less than
one hundred feet before any proposed stop of such bus if the lawful speed
limit is less than thirty-five miles per hour, and for a distance of at least
two hundred feet before any proposed stop of such bus if the lawful speed
kimit is thirty-five miles per hour or more.

Any person operating such bus who fails or refuses to equip such
vehicle being driven by him with such equipment, or who fails to use such
warning devices in the operation of such vehicle shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction be fined not less than five dollars
nor more than twenty-five dollars.