2006 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.
History: 1Sp1995 c 3 art 2 s 36