Bill Text: VA HB113 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Public school buses; displaying decals with "In God We Trust" and "One Nation Under God" on buses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Left in Education [HB113 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB113-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §22.1-177 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§22.1-177. School buses; regulations; decals; type; sale and transfer.
A. The Board may make regulations relating to the construction, design, operation, equipment, and color of public school buses and shall have the authority to issue an order prohibiting the operation on public streets and highways of any public school bus that does not comply with such regulations. Any such order shall be enforced by the Department of State Police.
B. Local school boards may, notwithstanding any regulation to
the contrary, display on the sides and rear of school buses
decals (i) depicting
the flag of the United States on the sides and rear of school buses
as long as any each such
decal does not obstruct the name of the school division
or the number of the school bus and is no larger
than 100 square inches. In addition,
local school boards may, notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary,
display decals, (ii)
containing the motto "In God We Trust", (iii) containing
the phrase "One Nation Under God", or (iv)
relating to school bus safety. Local school divisions shall be responsible for
the cost of the decals. Such No such decal shall not obstruct the name of the
school division or the number of the school bus. Nothing in this subsection
shall be construed to require a school board to display any decal on any school
bus.
C. No regulation of the Board shall unreasonably limit the authority of any local school division to purchase and use school buses using compressed natural gas or other alternative fuels or convert its school buses to use compressed natural gas or other alternative fuels.
D. Any local school board may, notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary, sell or transfer any of its school buses to another school division or purchase a used school bus from another school division or a school bus dealer as long as the school bus (i) conforms to the specifications relating to construction and design effective in the Commonwealth on the date of manufacture; (ii) has a valid Virginia State Police inspection; and (iii) has not reached the end of its useful life according to the school bus replacement schedule utilized by the Department of Education as required by the general appropriation act.
