20150819-IR-575140350FRA Amends 575 IAC 1-9-16 to require each new school bus operated by or on behalf of a school corporation to bear the name of the school corporation on the back of the school bus and to provide the speci...

TITLE 575 STATE SCHOOL BUS COMMITTEE

Final Rule LSA Document #14-350(F)

DIGEST

Amends 575 IAC 1-9-16 to require each new school bus operated by or on behalf of a school corporation to bear the name of the school corporation on the back of the school bus and to provide the specifications for the lettering. Amends 575 IAC 1-9-60 to require each school bus placed into service for the first time by a school corporation or nonpublic school to have a decal on the back of the school bus indicating that the school bus is required to stop at all railroad crossings and to provide the specifications for the decal. Effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher.

575 IAC 1-9-16; 575 IAC 1-9-60

SECTION 1. 575 IAC 1-9-16 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

575 IAC 1-9-16 Color and lettering

Authority: IC 20-27-3-5

Affected: IC 20-27-9

Sec. 16. (a) Special purpose buses and MFSABs are exempt from the requirements in this section.

(b) The chassis must be black. The hood, cowl, and fenders must be National School Bus Yellow. The top of the hood may be painted a low-luster National School Bus Yellow to minimize glare factor.

(c) The grill and air intake vent may be black, National School Bus Yellow, or chrome plated.

(d) Wheel rims may be gray or black.

(e) The only permissible applications on the front bumper are a yellow bus number, black, abrasive, nonskid tape, or black reflective tape.

(f) Only the logo and emblems of the school bus manufacturer may be placed on the rear bumper. The bumper:

(1) must be black; and

(2) may have black reflective tape.

Chrome bumpers are prohibited.

(g) The school bus body must be painted National School Bus Yellow.

(h) The trim, all the lamp hoods, and an area around the lens of each alternately flashing signal lamp, extending outward approximately three (3) inches, must be painted black.

(i) The roof of the bus may be painted white not to extend below the drip rails on the sides of the body, except that the front and rear roof caps must remain National School Bus Yellow.

(j) Window pilasters (vertical headers) may be black.

(k) A rear air foil may be used. The air foil:

(1) may not obscure marker or warning or strobe lights;

(2) must be adjustable; and

(3) must be National School Bus Yellow in color.

(l) All exterior lettering and the emergency door arrow must be black with paint or vinyl.

(m) All buses must have the words "School Bus" printed in block letters at least eight (8) inches high between the warning signal lamps on the outside of the bus body.

(n) The name of the school district must be placed on each side of the bus with four (4) to six (6) inch high black letters. The number may be placed on the side, the front, or the back of the vehicle. If the number is placed on the side of the bus, it must conform to the specifications for lettering in subsection (p). A number placed on the front or back bumpers must be yellow.

(o) The school corporation identification number, name, as assigned by the department of education office of school transportation, must be placed on the rear emergency door between the upper and lower windows midway between the top and bottom of the door for of all buses with a body build date of July January 1, 2002, 2016, or after. The characters must be four (4) to six (6) at least two (2) inches high and may be on two (2) consecutive lines. On Type D rear engine school buses, the identification number school corporation name must appear in a corresponding location on the engine access cover.

(p) All lettering must be black and must conform to Series "B" of the standard alphabets for highway signs.

(q) The name and title of the driver or owner, or both:

(1) may appear on the exterior of the bus in black in lettering that is not more than two (2) inches high; and

(2) must be placed on the right side of the bus, behind the service door and midway between the window line and the floor line.

(r) The bus number may appear on the exterior of the roof in black lettering that is not more than three (3) feet high and three (3) inches wide.

(s) No other lettering is authorized.

(t) Exterior mirror backs and bracket supports must be black or stainless steel.

(u) All rub rails must be black.

(v) A vinyl wrap may be used on a special purpose bus provided that mandated signage and lettering adhere to the requirements of this section and no windows are covered.

(State School Bus Committee; 575 IAC 1-9-16; filed Aug 15, 2014, 10:20 a.m.: 20140910-IR-575130244FRA; filed Jul 24, 2015, 3:55 p.m.: 20150819-IR-575140350FRA)

SECTION 2. 575 IAC 1-9-60 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

575 IAC 1-9-60 Railroad crossing sticker

Authority: IC 20-27-3-5

Affected: IC 20-27-2-8; IC 20-27-9

Sec. 60. (a) School buses that have a body build date of July 1, 2016, or after, special purpose buses, as defined in IC 20-27-2-8, and MFSABs must have a decal on the rear bumper stating "Vehicle Stops at Railroad Crossings".

(b) The decal must be in a color that contrasts with the color of the bumper.

(c) Maximum decal size must not exceed one hundred fifty (150) square inches.

(d) Company name, logo, or other commercial advertisement on the decal is prohibited.

(e) The decal may contain symbols or pictures of standard railroad signage (crossbucks).

(State School Bus Committee; 575 IAC 1-9-60; filed Aug 15, 2014, 10:20 a.m.: 20140910-IR-575130244FRA; filed Jul 24, 2015, 3:55 p.m.: 20150819-IR-575140350FRA)

LSA Document #14-350(F)

Notice of Intent: 20140910-IR-575140350NIA

Proposed Rule: 20150218-IR-575140350PRA

Hearing Held: June 2, 2015

Approved by Attorney General: July 9, 2015

Approved by Governor: July 24, 2015

Filed with Publisher: July 24, 2015, 3:55 p.m.

Documents Incorporated by Reference: None Received by Publisher

Small Business Regulatory Coordinator: Michael A. LaRocco, Director, Office of School Transportation, Indiana Department of Education, 115 West Washington Street, South Tower, Suite 600, Indianapolis, IN 46204, [phone], [e-mail]

Posted: 08/19/2015 by Legislative Services Agency

DIN: 20150819-IR-575140350FRA

Composed: Nov 01,2016 2:04:20AM EDT

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