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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 187 of 1990
| AN ACT to regulate the equipment, maintenance, operation, and use of school buses; to prescribe the qualifications of school bus drivers; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental agencies; to create an advisory committee and to prescribe its powers and duties; and to prescribe remedies and penalties.
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| Document | Description |
| Section 257.1801 | Short title. |
| Section 257.1803 | Meanings of words and phrases. |
| Section 257.1805 | Definitions; M to S. |
| Section 257.1807 | Definitions; S, T. |
| Section 257.1809 | Pupil transportation; regulation; routes; vehicles and equipment; rules. |
| Section 257.1810 | Transportation of pupils; federal motor vehicle safety standards; restrictions. |
| Section 257.1810a | Contract with motor carrier; authorization. |
| Section 257.1811 | Applicability of MCL 257.1811 to 257.1821; body width and height of type I and type II school buses; attachment of bus to chassis; use of spacers; bus floor; doors; steps; emergency exit; insulation; book racks prohibited; electrical system; secured items; radio speakers. |
| Section 257.1813 | Air brake system. |
| Section 257.1815 | Exterior lamps and signals on bus. |
| Section 257.1817 | Signal lights; stoplights; flasher lamps; applicability to school buses manufactured before October 1, 1990; conformance with federal regulations. |
| Section 257.1819 | Red and amber signal lights; applicability to new school buses. |
| Section 257.1821 | Windshield wipers and washers, washer reservoir, and windshield. |
| Section 257.1823 | Vision; mirrors; sun shades; applicability. |
| Section 257.1825 | Fire extinguisher; first aid kit; fusees and reflectors. |
| Section 257.1827 | Safety glass; push-out window sash; definition. |
| Section 257.1829 | Fuel tank or container; intake pipe; fuel lines. |
| Section 257.1831 | Flashing, oscillating, or rotating light; location; color; use; conditions. |
| Section 257.1833 | Paint. |
| Section 257.1835 | Repealed. 2006, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 15, 2006. |
| Section 257.1837 | Repealed. 2006, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 15, 2006. |
| Section 257.1839 | Inspections. |
| Section 257.1841 | Rejection; red sticker; yellow sticker; reinspection; passing sticker. |
| Section 257.1843 | Inspection of new school bus; acceptance of delivery. |
| Section 257.1849 | Age of driver; chauffeur's license, vehicle group designation, passenger vehicle indorsement, and school bus indorsement required; persons prohibited from operation of school bus; administration of commercial driver license skills test. |
| Section 257.1851 | School bus safety education. |
| Section 257.1852 | Repealed. 2006, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 15, 2006. |
| Section 257.1853 | Drivers of school buses; qualifications; records; background check; smoking; alcoholic liquor or controlled substance; third party reimbursement or certain benefits not required. |
| Section 257.1855 | Actuation of alternately flashing lights; procedures for receiving and discharging pupils from bus; crossing road; prohibited stops; instruction on proper school bus etiquette; reimbursement; "required to cross the roadway" explained; visibility. |
| Section 257.1857 | Railroad track grade crossings; requirements; "abandoned railroad track" defined; violation as civil infraction; fine; processing. |
| Section 257.1859 | Persons eligible for transportation; applicability of subsection (1); limitation as to seating; violation as civil infraction; fine; processing. |
| Section 257.1861 | Speed limits; violation; penalty. |
| Section 257.1863 | Repealed. 2006, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 15, 2006. |
| Section 257.1865 | Use of school bus for transporting persons other than pupils; mileage, insurance, fees, and other costs; priority; purchase of additional school buses; checking and servicing school buses; definition; rights of school employees; collective bargaining agreements. |
| Section 257.1867 | Contract for use of school bus by government; costs; insurance; stipulation; limitation. |
| Section 257.1869 | Purchasing school buses; rehabilitation of school buses; costs; rules. |
| Section 257.1870 | Advisory committee; establishment; purpose; membership; duties. |
| Section 257.1871 | Instruction and training on new procedures. |
| Section 257.1873 | Violation as civil infraction or felony; powers of motor carrier officers. |
| Section 257.1875 | Effective date. |
| Section 257.1877 | Conditional effective date. |
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