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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 203 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 1983 \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 1997, chapter 283<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70359,"section_number":"19.2-393","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-393\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229261,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69579,"identifier":"46.2-1175","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21\/46.2-1175","url":"\/46.2-1175\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1175\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21\/46.2-1175","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operators of certain commuter buses to maintain certain records; inspection of records and buses by employees of Department of State Police; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1175","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Persons, firms, corporations, and other business entities operating commuter buses for compensation in intrastate commerce shall maintain records of all maintenance performed on such buses. Such records shall include the dates of service, the odometer reading of the bus on that date, the maintenance performed, and the name of the person or persons performing the maintenance. Such records shall be open to inspection during the operator<\/span>’s normal business hours by employees of the Department<\/span> of State Police specifically designated by the Superintendent<\/span>. Employees of the Department<\/span> of State Police designated for that purpose by the Superintendent<\/span> shall also be authorized with the consent of the owner<\/span>, operator<\/span>, or agent<\/span> in charge or with an appropriate warrant obtained under the procedure prescribed in Chapter 24 (\u00a7 19.2-393<\/a> et seq.) of Title 19.2 to go onto the property of business entities operating commuter buses for compensation in intrastate commerce to inspect buses directly on such property or on the property where such buses are principally garaged at any time during normal business hours. Such inspections may be either for the purpose of determining the safe condition of the buses or to verify the accuracy of the maintenance logs or for both purposes.\n\t\tA violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to local or regional governments, to authorities created to provide local or regional mass transit service, or to buses which those governments or authorities own or operate.\n\t\tFor the purpose of this section, “commuter bus<\/span>” means a motor vehicle<\/span> which has a seating capacity of more than seventeen passengers, is used primarily to transport workers directly to and from factories, plants, offices, or other places where they work, and is registered with the Department<\/span> for such operation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATORS OF CERTAIN COMMUTER BUSES TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN RECORDS; INSPECTION OF\nRECORDS AND BUSES BY EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE; PENALTY (\u00a7\n46.2-1175)\n\nPersons, firms, corporations, and other business entities operating commuter\nbuses for compensation in intrastate commerce shall maintain records of all\nmaintenance performed on such buses. Such records shall include the dates of\nservice, the odometer reading of the bus on that date, the maintenance\nperformed, and the name of the person or persons performing the maintenance.\nSuch records shall be open to inspection during the operator’s normal\nbusiness hours by employees of the Department of State Police specifically\ndesignated by the Superintendent. Employees of the Department of State Police\ndesignated for that purpose by the Superintendent shall also be authorized with\nthe consent of the owner, operator, or agent in charge or with an appropriate\nwarrant obtained under the procedure prescribed in Chapter 24 (\u00a7 19.2-393 et\nseq.) of Title 19.2 to go onto the property of business entities operating\ncommuter buses for compensation in intrastate commerce to inspect buses directly\non such property or on the property where such buses are principally garaged at\nany time during normal business hours. Such inspections may be either for the\npurpose of determining the safe condition of the buses or to verify the accuracy\nof the maintenance logs or for both purposes.\n\t\tA violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a Class 3\nmisdemeanor.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to local or regional\ngovernments, to authorities created to provide local or regional mass transit\nservice, or to buses which those governments or authorities own or operate.\n\t\tFor the purpose of this section, “commuter bus” means a motor\nvehicle which has a seating capacity of more than seventeen passengers, is used\nprimarily to transport workers directly to and from factories, plants, offices,\nor other places where they work, and is registered with the Department for such\noperation.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 203, \u00a7 46.1-326.1:1; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 283.","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}}