Section 643.1015 - Amount Required for Certain School Buses(a) This section applies only to a school bus that:(1) is owned by a motor carrier required to be registered under Subchapter B;(2) is in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 548; and(3) is operated exclusively within the boundaries of a municipality by a person who: (A) holds a driver's license or commercial driver's license of the appropriate class required for the operation of the school bus; and(B) meets the requirements of Section 521.022.(b) The owner of a school bus shall maintain liability insurance in the amount of at least $500,000 combined single limit.(c) In this section, "school bus" means a motor vehicle that is operated by a motor carrier and used to transport preprimary, primary, or secondary school students on a route between the students' residences and a public, private, or parochial school or day-care facility.Tex. Transp. Code § 643.1015
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 144 (H.B. 1018), Sec. 2, eff. May 24, 2005.