Virginia HB 809: School boards, local; display of advertising material on school buses.

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18100665D

HOUSE BILL NO. 809 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 9, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 22.1-177 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to local school boards; display of advertising material on 
 school buses. 
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Patrons-- O'Quinn and Pillion 

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Referred to Committee on Education 

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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. Regulations.

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 decals:

1. Decals 
 depicting the flag of the United States on the sides and rear of school buses 
 as long as any 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

2. Decals 
 relating to school bus safety. Local school divisions shall be responsible for 
 the cost of the decals. Such decal shall not obstruct the name of the school 
 division or the number of the school bus.

3. Advertising material on 
 the sides of school buses between the rear wheels and 
 the rear of the bus, provided that no such material (i) obstructs the 
 name of the school division or the number of the school bus, (ii) is sexually 
 explicit, or (iii) pertains to alcohol; food or beverages that do not meet the 
 nutrition standards developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to 
 the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, P.L. 111-296, or any additional state 
 or local nutrition standards for food or beverages sold to students in school; 
 gambling; politics; or tobacco. 

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