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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71079</law_id><section_number>46.2-1089.1</section_number><catch_line>Signs and markings on school buses using alternative fuels</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="11">Paint, Lettering, and Special Equipment for School Buses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The State Board of Education may provide by regulation for the display of appropriate signs or other markings on school buses using <span class="dictionary">alternative fuels</span>. Such signs or markings shall conspicuously identify the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> as an alternatively fueled <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> and indicate the type of <span class="dictionary">alternative fuel</span> used. No such sign or marking shall be more than 4 3/4 inches long or more than 3 1/4 inches high.
		For the purposes of this section: (i) &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">alternative fuel</span>&#x201D; means a motor fuel used as an alternative to gasoline or diesel fuel; (ii) alcohol/gasoline blended fuels which contain less than eighty-five percent ethanol or methanol shall not be considered <span class="dictionary">alternative fuels</span>; and (iii) dual-fuel and bi-fuel <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> equipped to operate on both a conventional fuel and an <span class="dictionary">alternative fuel</span> shall be considered alternatively fueled <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span>.
		Signs and markings provided for under this section shall be in addition to other markings permitted or required by this title.</p></section></text><history>1993, c. 172.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
