Section 20-27-9-16 - Bus not used to transport students; modification required(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), whenever a school bus is purchased for and is being used for any purpose except to transport students, the purchaser shall: (1) remove the flasher lights;(2) remove the stop arm; and(3) paint the bus any color except the national standard school bus chrome yellow.(b) Whenever a school bus is purchased for use, and is being used, as a church bus (as defined in IC 9-13-2-24), the purchaser: (1) may retain the flasher lights if the purchaser renders the flasher lights inoperable;(2) may retain the stop arm if the purchaser renders the stop arm inoperable; and(3) shall paint the bus any color except the national standard school bus chrome yellow.Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-18.
Amended by P.L. 198-2016, SEC. 650, eff. 7/1/2016.As added by P.L. 1-2005, SEC.11. Amended by P.L. 70-2009, SEC.4.