Wednesday, December 3, 2008
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Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HB1729: School buses; maximum speed limit therefor.
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 45 miles per
hour or the minimum speed allowable, whichever is greater, on any highway where
the maximum speed limit is 55 miles per hour or less, and 55 60
miles per hour on all interstate highways and on other highways where the
maximum speed limit is more than 55 miles per hour.
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