(b) Subject to the conditions in subsection (c), a bus which meets any
of the special requirements for school buses in Sections 12-801, 12-802,
12-803 and 12-805 of this Code may be used for the purpose of transporting
persons recognized as clients of a community based rehabilitation facility
which is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation
Facilities of Tucson, Arizona, and which is under a contractual agreement
with the Department of Human Services.
(c) A bus used for transportation as provided in subsection (a) or (b) shall
either (i) meet all of the special requirements for school buses in Section
12-801, 12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 or (ii) shall have the "SCHOOL BUS" signs
covered or concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing signal system
rendered inoperable through normal means. A bus which meets all of the
special requirements for school buses in Section 12-801, 12-802, 12-803 and
12-805 shall be operated by a person who has a valid and properly
classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State and who
possesses a valid school bus driver permit or is accompanied and
supervised, for the specific purpose of training prior to routine operation
of a school bus, by a person who has held a valid school bus driver permit
for at least one year. A bus which has had the "SCHOOL BUS" signs covered
or concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing signal system rendered
inoperable through normal means may be operated by a person who has a valid
and properly classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 85-815; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
|