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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 727 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 283<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58673,"section_number":"46.2-1089","catch_line":"Paint and lettering on school bus","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1089\/"},{"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use thereof; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1090\/"},{"id":74160,"section_number":"46.2-2300","catch_line":"Repealed","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2300\/"},{"id":59897,"section_number":"46.2-917","catch_line":"Operation of yellow motor vehicles of certain seating capacity on state highways prohibited; exceptions; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-917\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230557,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54854,"identifier":"46.2-917.2","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-917.2","url":"\/46.2-917.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-917.2\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-917.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"School buses operating under State Corporation Commission or Department certificate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-917.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding \u00a7 46.2-917<\/a>, any person holding a special or charter party<\/span> certificate issued by the State Corporation Commission<\/span> or the Department<\/span> pursuant to Chapter 23 (\u00a7 46.2-2300<\/a> et seq.) of this title may transport special or charter parties in school buses provided all lettering required by \u00a7 46.2-1089<\/a> and warning devices required by \u00a7 46.2-1090<\/a> are covered with some opaque detachable material<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSCHOOL BUSES OPERATING UNDER STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OR DEPARTMENT\nCERTIFICATE (\u00a7 46.2-917.2)\n\nNotwithstanding \u00a7 46.2-917, any person holding a special or charter party\ncertificate issued by the State Corporation Commission or the Department\npursuant to Chapter 23 (\u00a7 46.2-2300 et seq.) of this title may transport\nspecial or charter parties in school buses provided all lettering required by \u00a7\n46.2-1089 and warning devices required by \u00a7 46.2-1090 are covered with some\nopaque detachable material.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}