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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0615\">615<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2022, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0718\">718<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":364996,"section_number":"46.2-1508","catch_line":"Licenses required; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1508\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1458473,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365068,"identifier":"46.2-1557.3","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/6\/46.2-1557.3","url":"\/46.2-1557.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1557.3\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/6\/46.2-1557.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusion of transit buses, all-terrain vehicles, and off-road motorcycles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1557.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Nothing in this article shall apply to transit buses as defined in subsection F of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Licenses required; penalty\" href=\"\/46.2-1508\/\">46.2-1508<\/a>, <span class=\"dictionary\">all-terrain vehicles<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">off-road motorcycles<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSION OF TRANSIT BUSES, ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, AND OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLES (\u00a7\n46.2-1557.3)\n\nNothing in this article shall apply to transit buses as defined in subsection F\nof \u00a7 46.2-1508, all-terrain vehicles, or off-road motorcycles.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 615; 2022, c. 718.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}