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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 586 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1968, chapter 756; in 1970, chapter 521; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2005, chapter 928<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 148<\/a> and 149<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87065,"section_number":"46.2-917.1","catch_line":"School buses hired to transport children","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-917.1\/"},{"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":false,"permalink":{"id":230549,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59897,"identifier":"46.2-917","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-917","url":"\/46.2-917\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-917\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-917","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operation of yellow motor vehicles of certain seating capacity on state highways prohibited; exceptions; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-917","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle<\/span> licensed in Virginia having a seating capacity of more than 15 persons to be operated on the highways<\/span><\/span> of the Commonwealth if it is yellow, unless it is used in transporting students who attend public, private, or religious schools or used in transporting elderly individuals or individuals with mental or physical disabilities.\n\t\tAny violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATION OF YELLOW MOTOR VEHICLES OF CERTAIN SEATING CAPACITY ON STATE HIGHWAYS\nPROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS; PENALTY (\u00a7 46.2-917)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle licensed in Virginia having a seating\ncapacity of more than 15 persons to be operated on the highways of the\nCommonwealth if it is yellow, unless it is used in transporting students who\nattend public, private, or religious schools or used in transporting elderly\nindividuals or individuals with mental or physical disabilities.\n\t\tAny violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 586, \u00a7 46.1-169.1; 1968, c. 756; 1970, c. 521; 1989, c. 727;\n2005, c. 928; 2023, cc. 148, 149.","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}}