Virginia § 22.1-188 - Definitions
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 22.1-188 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22.1-188. Definitions
As used in this article:
1. "Vehicle" means any vehicle owned or operated by, or owned or operated by any person under contract with, a county, city, town or school board in which any school pupils or personnel are transported at public expense to or from any public school.
2. "School pupils and personnel" includes school bus patrolmen when performing duties either in or outside a vehicle as prescribed by the Board of Education.
1980, c. 559.
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