(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce such reasonable standards relating to school bus and school activity vehicle construction and school bus and school activity vehicle equipment as the board deems necessary for safe and economical operation, except that the board may not authorize the use of school buses manufactured before April […]
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school buses may be equipped with an octagonal shaped mechanical stop arm that indicates when the bus is stopped to load or unload passengers on a roadway. The stop arms authorized by this section shall be equipped with two alternately flashing red bus safety lights showing both to the […]
(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce rules to establish requirements of operation, qualifications or special training of drivers and special accident reports for school buses and school activity vehicles. (2) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may adopt and enforce separate standards of the type described […]
(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce rules to provide for the inspection of school buses and school activity vehicles to assure that the vehicles are in compliance with requirements under standards and rules established under ORS 820.100 and 820.110, as applicable, and that the vehicles are safe for operation. The rules […]
The Department of Transportation shall issue registration for a school bus when notified that the vehicle conforms to applicable standards and rules under ORS 820.100 to 820.120 and that the vehicle is safe for operation on the highways. Notification required by this section shall be from: (1) The State Board of Education or its authorized […]
The Department of Transportation may revoke the registration of any school bus if the department determines that the vehicle: (1) Is not maintained and operated in accordance with standards and rules applicable to the vehicle under ORS 820.100 to 820.120; or (2) Is not safe for operation over or is not safely operated over the […]
(1) The State Board of Education, by rule, may establish classes or types of vehicles that are not considered school buses or school activity vehicles for purposes of the Oregon Vehicle Code or classes of school buses or school activity vehicles that are not subject to regulation under the Oregon Vehicle Code either partially or […]
(1) A person commits the offense of illegal display of school bus markings if the person displays the words “School Bus” on any vehicle unless the vehicle: (a) Is used in transporting school children to or from school or an authorized school activity or function; and (b) Complies with the applicable requirements under standards and […]
(1) A person commits the offense of improper school bus markings if the person displays the words “School Bus” on a vehicle without such words being marked in the front and in the rear in letters eight inches high or higher and of proportionate width. (2) The offense described in this section, improper school bus […]
(1) A person commits the offense of unsafe school vehicle operation if: (a) The person operates or owns and causes or permits to be operated a school bus or school activity vehicle in a manner that is in violation of any standards and rules applicable to the vehicle that are adopted under ORS 820.100 to […]
(1) A person commits the offense of being a minor operating a school vehicle if the person is under 18 years of age and the person drives any of the following while it is in use for the transportation of pupils to or from school or an authorized school activity or function: (a) A school […]
