Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 280-H.F.No. 633 
           An act relating to traffic regulations; providing for 
          a temporary definition of school bus; providing for 
          book racks and "MN" designation on school buses; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 169.44, by 
          adding subdivisions. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 169.44, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 16.  [OVERHEAD BOOK RACKS.] Types I and II school 
buses may be equipped with padded, permanent overhead book racks 
which do not hang over the center aisle of the bus.  The 
commissioner of education shall implement this subdivision by 
rule promulgated before July 1, 1985. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 169.44, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 17.  ["MN" DESIGNATION IN BUS BODY SERIAL 
NUMBER.] School bus bodies manufactured after January 1, 1986 
and used on streets and highways in this state must bear the 
designation "MN" in the bus body identification number.  The 
manufacturer of the school bus body certifies by the "MN" 
designation that the bus body has been manufactured to meet the 
minimum standards required of school bus bodies by law.  A 
school bus body manufactured before January 2, 1986, that does 
not bear a current inspection sticker on the effective date of 
this section may not be used on streets and highways in the 
state after July 1, 1985, unless its manufacturer recertifies 
that the school bus body meets minimum standards required of 
school bus bodies by law.  The commissioner of education shall 
implement this subdivision by rule promulgated before July 1, 
1985. 
    Sec. 3.  [TEMPORARY DEFINITION OF SCHOOL BUS.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 169.0l, 
subdivision 6 or 171.01, subdivision 21 to the contrary, the 
definition of school bus does not include a motor vehicle 
designed to carry fewer than 16 passengers and which does not, 
at any time, take on or let off passengers from the right-of-way 
of a public highway, street, or road. 
    Sec. 4.  [REPEALER.] 
    Section 3 is repealed September 1, 1986. 
    Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 to 4 are effective the day following final 
enactment. 
    Approved May 31, 1985