{"law_id":"768038","edition_id":"11","section_id":"768038","structure_id":"2171","section_number":"46.2-917","catch_line":"Operation of yellow motor vehicles of certain seating capacity on state highways prohibited; exceptions; penalty","history":"1966, c. 586, \u00a7 46.1-169.1; 1968, c. 756; 1970, c. 521; 1989, c. 727; 2005, c. 928.","full_text":"It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle licensed in Virginia having a seating capacity of more than 15 persons to be operated on the highways 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 the elderly or mentally or physically handicapped persons.Any violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":"2475490","text":"It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle licensed in Virginia having a seating capacity of more than 15 persons to be operated on the highways 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 the elderly or mentally or physically handicapped persons.Any violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"2171","name":"School Buses","identifier":"14","label":"article","url":"\/46.2\/III\/8\/14\/"},"2":{"id":"389","name":"Regulation Of Traffic","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","url":"\/46.2\/III\/8\/"},"3":{"id":"11","name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","url":"\/46.2\/III\/"},"4":{"id":"10","name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","url":"\/46.2\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"768038","structure_id":"2171","section_number":"46.2-917","catch_line":"Operation of yellow motor vehicles of certain seating capacity on state highways prohibited; exceptions; penalty","url":"\/46.2-917\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-917"},"1":{"id":"780723","structure_id":"2171","section_number":"46.2-917.1","catch_line":"School buses hired to transport children","url":"\/46.2-917.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-917.1"},"2":{"id":"771150","structure_id":"2171","section_number":"46.2-917.2","catch_line":"School buses operating under State Corporation Commission or Department certificate","url":"\/46.2-917.2\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-917.2"},"3":{"id":"783995","structure_id":"2171","section_number":"46.2-918","catch_line":"School buses to be routed so as to avoid necessity of pupils' crossing divided highways","url":"\/46.2-918\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-918"},"4":{"id":"791396","structure_id":"2171","section_number":"46.2-919","catch_line":"Age limit for drivers of school buses","url":"\/46.2-919\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-919"},"5":{"id":"769834","structure_id":"2171","section_number":"46.2-919.1","catch_line":"Use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving school buses","url":"\/46.2-919.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-919.1"}},"next_section":{"id":"780723","structure_id":"2171","section_number":"46.2-917.1","catch_line":"School buses hired to transport children","url":"\/46.2-917.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-917.1"},"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-917\/","references":[{"id":"780723","section_number":"46.2-917.1","catch_line":"School buses hired to transport children","url":"\/46.2-917.1\/"},{"id":"771150","section_number":"46.2-917.2","catch_line":"School buses operating under State Corporation Commission or Department certificate","url":"\/46.2-917.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"url":"\/46.2-917\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-917","formats":{"txt":"\/46.2-917.txt","json":"\/46.2-917.json","xml":"\/46.2-917.xml"},"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"},"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 the elderly\nor mentally or physically handicapped persons.Any violation of this section\nshall 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."}