53-8-211.5 - School bus safety standards -- Exceptions.
53-8-211.5. School bus safety standards -- Exceptions.
(1) Beginning July 1, 2003, a school district or private school may not use a vehicle witha seating capacity of 11 or more, including the driver, for the transportation of its students unlessthe vehicle meets federal school bus safety standards under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30101, et seq.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a vehicle operated by a common carrier, as definedin Section 59-12-102, if the common carrier is not exclusively engaged in the transportation ofstudents.
Enacted by Chapter 154, 2001 General Session