2017 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 160 - 174A — TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 169 — TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Section 169.441 — SCHOOL BUS IDENTIFICATION.

Universal Citation: MN Stat § 169.441 (2017)
169.441 SCHOOL BUS IDENTIFICATION.

Subdivision 1. Identification and signal requirements, generally. For purposes of sections 169.441 to 169.448, school bus means a motor vehicle that is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus. A motor vehicle that satisfies the identification requirements of this section and the signal equipment requirements of section 169.442 is considered outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus.

Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1994 c 647 art 12 s 43]

Subd. 2a. Head Start bus; color; identification. (a) A Head Start bus is exempt from the color requirements of this chapter.

(b) A type A, B, C, or D Head Start bus must bear on its front and rear a plainly visible sign containing the words "Head Start bus" in letters at least eight inches in height.

Subd. 3. Sign on bus; application of other law. (a) Sections 169.443, subdivision 2; and 169.444, subdivisions 1, 4, and 5, apply only if the school bus bears on its front and rear a plainly visible sign containing the words "school bus" in letters at least eight inches in height.

(b) Except as provided in section 169.443, subdivision 8, a school bus sign must be removed or covered when the vehicle is being used as other than a school bus.

Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 9 art 10 s 14]

Subd. 5. [Repealed, 2012 c 137 s 9]

History: 1991 c 277 s 3; 1992 c 516 s 1; 1994 c 603 s 4,5; 1994 c 647 art 12 s 15; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c 398 s 55; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 10 s 13; 2013 c 102 s 3

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