2002 Minnesota Statutes

     169.448 Other buses. 

    Subdivision 1.    Restrictions on appearance; misdemeanor. 
  (a) A bus that is not used as a school bus may not be 
 operated on a street or highway unless it is painted a color 
 significantly different than national school bus glossy yellow.  

    (b) A bus that is not used as a school bus or Head Start 
 bus may not be operated if it is equipped with school bus or 
 Head Start bus-related equipment and printing. 

    (c) A violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor.  

    (d) This subdivision does not apply to a school bus owned 
 by or under contract to a school district operated as a charter 
 or leased bus.  

    (e) This subdivision does not apply to a school bus 
 operated by a licensed child care provider if: 

    (1) the stop arm is removed; 

    (2) the eight-light system is deactivated; 

    (3) the school bus is identified as a "child care bus" in 
 letters at least eight inches high on the front and rear top of 
 the bus; and 

    (4) the name, address, and telephone number of the owner or 
 operator of the bus is identified on each front door of the bus 
 in letters not less than three inches high. 

    Subd. 2.    School motor coach.  (a) A school district 
 may not acquire a motor coach for transportation purposes.  

    (b) A motor coach acquired by a school district before 
 March 26, 1986, may be used by it only to transport students 
 participating in school activities, their instructors, and 
 supporting personnel to and from school activities.  A motor 
 coach may not be outwardly equipped and identified as a school 
 bus.  A motor coach operated under this subdivision is not a 
 school bus for purposes of section 123B.92.  The commissioner of 
 children, families, and learning shall implement rules governing 
 the equipment, identification, operation, inspection, and 
 certification of motor coaches operated under this subdivision.  

    (c) After January 1, 1998, a school district may not own or 
 operate a motor coach for any purpose.  

    Subd. 3.    Head Start vehicle.  Notwithstanding 
 subdivision 1, a vehicle used to transport students under Public 
 Law Number 99-425, the Head Start Act, may be equipped as a 
 school bus or Head Start bus. 

    HIST: 1991 c 277 s 10; 1994 c 603 s 10,11; 1996 c 398 s 56; 
 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55; 2000 c 489 art 6 s 
 29; 2001 c 97 s 2