SB774: School buses; commercial use.
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, except that such
third-party logistics company shall not use the school buses to provide
transportation of passengers for compensation or for residential delivery of products
for compensation. 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. Each such agreement shall
also require the third-party logistics company, governing body, state agency,
or agency established or identified pursuant to P.L. 89-73 or any law
amendatory or supplemental thereto to supply insurance on the school bus that
meets the minimum coverage requirements in § 22.1-190. 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.
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, except that such
third-party logistics company shall not use the school buses to provide
transportation of passengers for compensation. 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. Each such
agreement shall also require the third-party logistics company, governing body,
state agency, or agency established or identified pursuant to P.L. 89-73 or any
law amendatory or supplemental thereto to supply insurance on the school bus
that meets the minimum coverage requirements in § 22.1-190. 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.
SENATE BILL NO. 774
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.