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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 66 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 1973 \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 1989, chapter 727; in 1994, chapter 104<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61788,"section_number":"46.2-334.01","catch_line":"Licenses issued to persons less than 18 years old subject to certain restrictions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-334.01\/"},{"id":76226,"section_number":"46.2-334.02","catch_line":"Licenses issued to persons less than twenty years old subject to certain restrictions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-334.02\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228761,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56874,"identifier":"46.2-1091","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/12\/46.2-1091","url":"\/46.2-1091\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1091\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/12\/46.2-1091","dublin_core":{"Title":"Safety belts to be worn by certain bus drivers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1091","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person operating a school bus<\/span> shall wear the appropriate safety belt system when the bus is in motion<\/span>.\n\t\tViolation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSAFETY BELTS TO BE WORN BY CERTAIN BUS DRIVERS (\u00a7 46.2-1091)\n\nAny person operating a school bus shall wear the appropriate safety belt system\nwhen the bus is in motion.\n\t\tViolation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 66, \u00a7 46.1-287.2; 1989, c. 727; 1994, c. 104.","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}}