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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTtt, VIRGINIA, <br />1961, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 18-248.1 AND 18-180 PERTAINING TO E~MISSION <br />CONTROL SYSTEMS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF <br />SECTION 18-179 (HIT AND RUN); BY ADDING THREE NEW SECTIONS NUMBER- <br />ED 18-234, 18-249.1, AND 18-254.1 PERTAINING TO REQUIREMENTS OF <br />SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS TO WEAR SEAT BELTS; FIXED SEATS LOCATED IN <br />MOTOR VEHICLES; AND LIMITATION ON HEIGHT OF ~ANDLEBARS ON MOTOR- <br />CYCLES. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth is authorized to enact <br />as ordinances certain statutes from the Code of Virginia, provided <br />such ordinances are substantially consistent with the state law; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Virginia at its 1973 <br />session amended certain of those statutes of the Code of Virginia, <br />1950; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary to amend a certain <br />chapter of the Code~of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961 <br />so as to make said chapter conform to the changes in the Code of <br />Virginia enacted by the General Assembly at its 1973 session. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br /> 1. That the code of the City of PortsmOuth, Virginia, <br />1961 be amended by amending certain sections contained in Chapter <br />18, such amended sections to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 18-180. Penalty for violating Section 18-179. <br /> <br /> Any person convicted of violating the preceding section <br />shall be punished as provided in Section 7-1; provided, however, <br />that if the vehicle or other property struck is unattended and <br />the damage thereto is less than fifty dollars, such person shall <br />be punished only by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. <br /> <br />Section 18-248.1. Emmission control systems on motor vehicles. <br /> <br /> (a) No motor vehicle registered in this State and <br />manufactured for the model year nineteen hundred seventy-three <br />or for subsequent model years shall be operated on the highways <br />of this city unless it is equipped with an air pollution control <br />system or device, or combination of such systems or devices, such <br />as a crank case emission control system or device, exhaust <br />emission control system or device, fuel evaporative emission <br />control system or device, or other air pollution control system <br />or device which has been installed in accordance with federal <br /> <br /> <br />