1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to highway traffic regulations; authorizing 
  1.3             day activity center buses to operate certain school 
  1.4             bus warning equipment under certain circumstances; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.448, by 
  1.6             adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.448, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 4.  [DAY ACTIVITY CENTER BUSES.] Notwithstanding 
  1.11  subdivision 1, a vehicle used to transport adults to and from a 
  1.12  day activity center may be equipped with prewarning flashing 
  1.13  amber signals and a stop-signal arm, and the operator of the 
  1.14  vehicle may activate this equipment under the following 
  1.15  circumstances: 
  1.16     (1) the operator possesses a commercial driver's license 
  1.17  with a school bus endorsement; 
  1.18     (2) the vehicle is engaged in picking up or dropping off 
  1.19  adults at locations predesignated by the day activity center 
  1.20  that owns or leases the bus; 
  1.21     (3) the vehicle is identified as a "day activity center 
  1.22  bus" in letters at least eight inches high on the front and rear 
  1.23  top of the bus; and 
  1.24     (4) the name, address, and telephone number of the owner 
  1.25  and operator of the bus is identified on each front door of the 
  1.26  bus in letters not less than three inches high. 
  2.1      The provisions of section 169.444 relating to duties of 
  2.2   care of a motorist to a school bus, and violations thereof, 
  2.3   apply to a vehicle described in this section when the vehicle is 
  2.4   operated in conformity with this subdivision.  The provisions of 
  2.5   section 169.443 relating to bus driver's duties apply to a 
  2.6   vehicle described in this section except those which by their 
  2.7   nature have no application.