Section 7.1-5-12-12 - Smoking in school bus; prohibited(a) As used in this section, "school bus" means a motor vehicle that is: (1) designed and constructed for the accommodation of at least ten (10) passengers;(2) owned or operated by a public or governmental agency, or privately owned and operated for compensation; and(3) used for the transportation of school children to and from the following: (B) School athletic games or contests.(C) Other school functions.(b) As used in this section, "school week" means a week that:(1) begins on Monday and ends on Friday; and(2) includes at least three (3) days during which, on each day, more than four (4) hours of classroom instruction are provided.(c) A person who smokes in a school bus during a school week or while the school bus is being used for the transportation of school children to and from: (2) a school athletic game or contest; or(3) another school function; commits a Class B infraction, except as provided in subsection (d).
(d) A person who smokes in a school bus as described in subsection (c) commits a Class A infraction if the person, within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the person's act of smoking in a school bus, committed at least three (3) prior unrelated acts of smoking in a school bus for which the person was adjudged to have committed infractions under this section.Added by P.L. 141-2012, SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2012.