2003 Minnesota Statutes

     169.4511 School bus accident and subsequent operation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Postcrash inspection.  (a) A peace 
 officer responding to an accident involving a school bus or Head 
 Start bus must immediately notify the State Patrol if the 
 accident results in death or serious personal injury on the 
 school bus, or property damage to the school bus of an apparent 
 extent of more than $4,400.  No person shall drive or knowingly 
 permit or cause to be driven, for the purpose of transporting 
 students, any school bus or Head Start bus after such an 
 accident unless: 

    (1) the vehicle has been inspected by the Minnesota State 
 Patrol and the State Patrol has determined that the vehicle may 
 safely be operated; or 

    (2) a waiver has been granted under subdivision 2. 

    (b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor. 

    Subd. 2.    Waiver.  A state trooper or designee of the 
 Minnesota State Patrol called to the scene of an accident by a 
 responding peace officer under subdivision 1 may waive the 
 inspection requirement of subdivision 1 if the trooper or State 
 Patrol designee determines that a postcrash inspection is not 
 needed or cannot be accomplished without unreasonable delay.  
 The trooper or State Patrol designee granting a waiver must 
 provide to the driver of the school bus for which the waiver is 
 granted a written statement that the inspection has been 
 waived.  The written statement must include the incident report 
 number assigned to the accident by the State Patrol. 

    HIST: 1Sp1995 c 3 art 2 s 36