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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 172 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228747,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71079,"identifier":"46.2-1089.1","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/11\/46.2-1089.1","url":"\/46.2-1089.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1089.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/11\/46.2-1089.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Signs and markings on school buses using alternative fuels","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1089.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The State Board of Education may provide by regulation for the display of appropriate signs or other markings on school buses using alternative fuels<\/span>. Such signs or markings shall conspicuously identify the vehicle<\/span> as an alternatively fueled vehicle<\/span> and indicate the type of alternative fuel<\/span> used. No such sign or marking shall be more than 4 3\/4 inches long or more than 3 1\/4 inches high.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section: (i) “alternative fuel<\/span>” means a motor fuel used as an alternative to gasoline or diesel fuel; (ii) alcohol\/gasoline blended fuels which contain less than eighty-five percent ethanol or methanol shall not be considered alternative fuels<\/span>; and (iii) dual-fuel and bi-fuel vehicles<\/span> equipped to operate on both a conventional fuel and an alternative fuel<\/span> shall be considered alternatively fueled vehicles<\/span>.\n\t\tSigns and markings provided for under this section shall be in addition to other markings permitted or required by this title.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSIGNS AND MARKINGS ON SCHOOL BUSES USING ALTERNATIVE FUELS (\u00a7 46.2-1089.1)\n\nThe State Board of Education may provide by regulation for the display of\nappropriate signs or other markings on school buses using alternative fuels.\nSuch signs or markings shall conspicuously identify the vehicle as an\nalternatively fueled vehicle and indicate the type of alternative fuel used. No\nsuch sign or marking shall be more than 4 3\/4 inches long or more than 3 1\/4\ninches high.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section: (i) “alternative fuel” means a\nmotor fuel used as an alternative to gasoline or diesel fuel; (ii)\nalcohol\/gasoline blended fuels which contain less than eighty-five percent\nethanol or methanol shall not be considered alternative fuels; and (iii)\ndual-fuel and bi-fuel vehicles equipped to operate on both a conventional fuel\nand an alternative fuel shall be considered alternatively fueled vehicles.\n\t\tSigns and markings provided for under this section shall be in addition to\nother markings permitted or required by this title.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 172.","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}}