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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 559 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":181325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72304,"identifier":"22.1-188","token":"22.1\/12\/2\/22.1-188","url":"\/22.1-188\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-188\/","token":"22.1\/12\/2\/22.1-188","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-188","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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1.<\/span> “Vehicle<\/span>” means any vehicle<\/span> owned or operated by, or owned or operated by any person under contract<\/span> with, a county, city, town or school board<\/span> in which any school pupils or personnel are transported at public expense to or from any public school. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> “School pupils and personnel<\/span>” includes school bus patrolmen when performing duties either in or outside a vehicle<\/span> as prescribed by the Board of Education. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 22.1-188)\n\nAs used in this article:\n\n1. “Vehicle” means any vehicle owned or operated by, or owned or\noperated by any person under contract with, a county, city, town or school board\nin which any school pupils or personnel are transported at public expense to or\nfrom any public school.\n\n2. “School pupils and personnel” includes school bus patrolmen when\nperforming duties either in or outside a vehicle as prescribed by the Board of\nEducation.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 559.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}