Friday, October 10, 2008
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Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HB885: Bus engine idling; allows all counties, cities, and towns power to adopt ordinances limiting.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1224.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1224.1. Local ordinances regulating certain parking; penalty.
The governing body of any county having the county manager
plan of government may by ordinance prohibit idling the engine of a bus for
more than ten 10 minutes when the bus is parked, left unattended,
or is stopped for other than traffic or maintenance reasons. The governing
body of any other county, city, or town may by ordinance prohibit idling the
engine of a bus for more than 15 minutes when the bus is parked, left
unattended, or is stopped for any reason other than loading a wheelchair-bound
passenger, traffic, or maintenance.
Violators of such ordinance shall be subject to a civil
penalty not to exceed fifty dollars, the proceeds from which shall be paid into
the county's locality's general fund.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to school buses or public transit buses.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1224.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1224.1. Local ordinances regulating certain parking; penalty.
The governing body of any county having the county
manager plan of government, city, or town
may by ordinance prohibit idling the engine of a bus for more than ten minutes
when the bus is parked, left unattended, or is stopped for other than traffic
or maintenance reasons.
Violators of such ordinance shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars, the proceeds from which shall be paid into the county's general fund.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to school buses or public transit buses.
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