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84 OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN JAIL FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE NOR MORE THAN TWENTY DAYS, OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT; FOR A CONVICTION OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION WITHIN ONE YEAR, SUCH PERSON SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY NOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN a JAIL FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN DAYS NOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. SECTION 4. SECTION 15-24 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY DELETING THEREFROM THAT PORTION OF SUCH SECTION READING "WHEN SEMAPHORES ARE NOT IN OPERATION, THE USE OF AMBER LIGHT INDICATES NEED FOR CAUTION AND THE USE OF A FLASHING RED INDICATES THAT TRAFFIC SHALT_ STOP BEFORE ENTERING THE INTERSECTIONAND INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE: THE USE OF A FLASHING RED LIGHT INDICATES THAT TRAFFIC SHALL STOP BEFORE ENTERING THE INTER- SECTION. SECTION S. SECTION 18-28, SUBSECTION (5), IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (5) FAIL TO STOP AT A SCHOOL BUS, WHETHER PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OWNED AND WHETHER TRANSPORTING CHILDREN T05 FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, STOPPED ON A STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING ON OR DISCHARGING SCHOOL CHILDREN, WHEN APPROACHING THE SAME FROM ANY DIRECTION, AND TO REMAIN STOPPED UNTIL ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE CLEAR OF THE STREET AND THE BUS IS PUT IN MOTION, OR . FAIL TO STOP AT A SCHOOL BUS, WHETHER PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OWNED AND WHETHER TRANSPORTING CHILDREN TO, FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, STOPPED ON THE ROADWAY OF A SCHOOL FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING ON OR DISCHARGING SCHOOL CHILDREN, WHEN APPROACHING THE SAME FROM ANY DIRECTION ON THE ROADWAY OF SUCH SCHOOL AND TO REMAIN STOPPED UNTIL ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE CLEAR OF THE ROADWAY; PROVIDED, THAT THIS SHALL APPLY ONLY TO SCHOOL BUSSES WHICH ARE PAINTED YELLOW WITH THE WORDS "SCHOOL BUS, STOP, STATE LAW" PRINTED IN BLACK LETTERS SIX INCHES HIGH ON THE FRONT AND REAR THEREOF. IF SPACE IS LIMITED ON THE FRONT, THE WORDS "SCHOOL Bus" MAY BE IN LETTERS FOUR INCHES HIGH. SECTION F). THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION 18-32 IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF RECKLESS DRIVING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 15-27 TO 15-31, BOTH INCLUSIVE, SHALL, FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, BE PUNISHED BY A FINE NOT EXCEEDING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN JAIL FOR NOT EXCEEDING TWELVE MONTHS, OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. FOR EACH SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION FOR THE OFFENSE OF RECKLESS DRIVING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 18-27 TO 18-31, BOTH INCLUSIVE, COMMITTED WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE OR AFTER THE DATE OF ANOTHER ACT OF RECKLESS DRIVING FOR WHICH HE HAS BEEN CONVICTED, SUCH PERSON SHALL BE CONVICTED BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN JAIL FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN DAYS NOR MORE THAN TWELVE MONTHS, OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. SECTION 7. SECTION 18-33, PARAGRAPH (B) IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (B) THIRTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION OR UNLESS OTHERWISE PRESCRIBED BY THE PROPER CITY AUTHORITIES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 46.1-180 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. 0 SECTION 8. SECTION 18-33, PARAGRAPH (D), IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (D) TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR BETWEEN PORTABLE SIGNS, TILT OVER SIGNS OR FIXED BLINKING SIGNS PLACED IN OR ALONG ANY STREET BEARING THE WORD "SCHOOL". SUCH WORD SHALL INDICATE THAT SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE PRESENT IN THE VICINITY. ANY SIGNS ERECTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE PLACED NOT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED FEET FROM THE LIMITS OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY OR CROSSING IN THE VICINITY OF THE SCHOOL WHICH IS USED BY CHILDREN GOING TO AND FROM THE SCHOOL; PROVIDED, THAT SUCH CROSSINGS ARE NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE LIMITS OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES SUCH CROSSING FOR SUCH SIGNS. SUCH PORTABLE SIGNS SHALL BE FURNISHED AND DELIVERED BY THE CITY. IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE PRINCIPAL OR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF EACH SCHOOL OR SOME RESPONSIBLE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD, PREFERABLY NOT A CLASSROOM TEACHER, TO PLACE SUCH PORTABLE SIGNS IN THE STREET AT A POINT NOT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED FEET FROM THE LIMITS OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AND REMOVE SUCH SIGNS WHEN THEIR PRESENCE IS NO LONGER REQUIRED BY THIS SUBSECTION. SUCH PORTABLE TILT OVER SIGNS OR FIXED • BLINKING SIGNS SHALL BE PLACED IN POSITION PLAINLY VISIBLE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC APPROACHING FROM EITHER DIRECTION, BUT SHALL NOT BE PLACED SO AS TO OBSTRUCT THE HIGHWAY. SUCH PORTABLE SIGNS, TILT OVER SIGNS