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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 653 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1974, chapter 455; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54854,"section_number":"46.2-917.2","catch_line":"School buses operating under State Corporation Commission or Department certificate","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-917.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82691,"section_number":"46.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-100\/"},{"id":86357,"section_number":"46.2-1090","catch_line":"Warning devices on school buses; other buses; use thereof; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1090\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228743,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58673,"identifier":"46.2-1089","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/11\/46.2-1089","url":"\/46.2-1089\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1089\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/11\/46.2-1089","dublin_core":{"Title":"Paint and lettering on school bus","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1089","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

School buses shall be painted yellow with the words “School Bus<\/span>” on the front and rear in letters at least eight inches high. All school buses shall be equipped with warning devices prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-1090<\/a>. Only school buses as defined in \u00a7 46.2-100<\/a> may be painted yellow, identified by lettering as provided in this section, and equipped with the specified warning devices. A vehicle<\/span> which merely transports pupils or residents at a school from one point to another without intermittent stops for the purpose of picking up or discharging pupils need not comply with the requirements of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAINT AND LETTERING ON SCHOOL BUS (\u00a7 46.2-1089)\n\nSchool buses shall be painted yellow with the words “School Bus” on\nthe front and rear in letters at least eight inches high. All school buses shall\nbe equipped with warning devices prescribed in \u00a7 46.2-1090. Only school buses\nas defined in \u00a7 46.2-100 may be painted yellow, identified by lettering as\nprovided in this section, and equipped with the specified warning devices. A\nvehicle which merely transports pupils or residents at a school from one point\nto another without intermittent stops for the purpose of picking up or\ndischarging pupils need not comply with the requirements of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 653, \u00a7 46.1-286.1; 1974, c. 455; 1989, c. 727.","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}}