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2020 Indiana Code
Title 9. Motor Vehicles
Article 21. Traffic Regulation
Chapter 12. School Buses; Fire and Emergency Vehicles
9-21-12-18. School Bus and Special Purpose Bus; Obstruction of Emergency Exits and Doors; Driver Penalties; Employer Penalties
Universal Citation: IN Code § 9-21-12-18 (2020)
Sec. 18. (a) Whenever a school bus or special purpose bus is transporting passengers, the school bus or special purpose bus emergency escape exits, doors, emergency exit windows, roof exits, and service doors must be free of any obstruction that:
(1) inhibits or obstructs an exit; or
(2) renders the means of exit hazardous.
(b) A driver who knowingly operates a school bus or special purpose bus in violation of subsection (a) commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(c) A person who knowingly directs a driver to operate a school bus or special purpose bus in violation of subsection (a) commits a Class C misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.107-2006, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.113-2014, SEC.28; P.L.217-2014, SEC.65; P.L.109-2015, SEC.28.
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