Sec. 3327.20. The board of education of any school district | 7 |
that owns and operates a school bus, or that privately contracts | 8 |
for the operation of a board-owned school bus, may adopt a | 9 |
resolution establishing procedures for soliciting bids and | 10 |
awarding contracts for the sale of commercial advertising space on | 11 |
the outside surface of either side of the bus. Advertisements | 12 |
displayed on a school bus under this section shall be in the form | 13 |
of a sign attached to the surface of the bus. No advertisement | 14 |
shall be painted on the surface of the bus. | 15 |
Sec. 4511.76. (A) The department of public
safety, by and | 38 |
with
the advice of the superintendent of
public instruction, shall | 39 |
adopt and enforce rules relating to the
construction,
design, and | 40 |
equipment, including lighting equipment required by
section | 41 |
4511.771 of the Revised Code, of all school
buses both publicly | 42 |
and privately
owned and operated in
this state. | 43 |
(C) No person shall operate a
vehicle used for
pupil | 53 |
transportation within this
state
in violation of the rules
of the | 54 |
department of
education or the department of public safety.
No | 55 |
person, being the owner
thereof or having the
supervisory | 56 |
responsibility therefor, shall permit the operation
of a
vehicle | 57 |
used for pupil transportation within this state in
violation of | 58 |
the
rules of the department of education or the
department of | 59 |
public safety. | 60 |
(D) The department of public safety shall adopt and
enforce | 61 |
rules relating to the
issuance of a license under section 4511.763 | 62 |
of the Revised Code. The
rules may relate to the moral character | 63 |
of the
applicant; the condition of
the equipment to be operated; | 64 |
the liability and property damage
insurance carried by the | 65 |
applicant; the posting of satisfactory
and sufficient bond; and | 66 |
such other rules as the
director of public safety determines | 67 |
reasonably necessary
for the
safety of the pupils to be | 68 |
transported. | 69 |
(F)
Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 74 |
violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the | 75 |
offender
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one | 76 |
or more violations
of this section or section 4511.63, 4511.761, | 77 |
4511.762, 4511.764, 4511.77, or
4511.79 of the Revised Code or a | 78 |
municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any of
those | 79 |
sections, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor | 80 |
of
the fourth degree. | 81 |
Sec. 4511.761.
(A) The state highway patrol shall inspect | 82 |
every school bus to ascertain whether its construction, design, | 83 |
and equipment comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to | 84 |
section 4511.76 of the Revised Code and all other provisions of | 85 |
law. No school bus shall fail an inspection under this section | 86 |
solely because advertising is displayed on the outside surface of | 87 |
either side of the bus in accordance with section 3327.20 of the | 88 |
Revised Code. | 89 |
The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall adopt
a | 90 |
distinctive inspection decal not less than twelve inches in
size, | 91 |
and bearing the date of the inspection, which shall be
affixed to | 92 |
the outside surface of each side of each school bus
which upon | 93 |
such inspection is found to comply with the
regulations adopted | 94 |
pursuant to section 4511.76 of the Revised
Code. The appearance
of | 95 |
said decal shall be changed from year to
year as to shape and | 96 |
color in order to provide easy visual
inspection. | 97 |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 104 |
violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the | 105 |
offender
previously has been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to one | 106 |
or more violations of this section or
section 4511.63, 4511.76, | 107 |
4511.762, 4511.764, 4511.77, or 4511.79
of the Revised Code or a | 108 |
municipal ordinance that is
substantially
similar to any of those | 109 |
sections, whoever violates this section is guilty
of a misdemeanor | 110 |
of the fourth degree. | 111 |
(C) Whenever a person is found guilty in a court of record
of | 112 |
a
violation of this section, the trial judge, in addition to or | 113 |
independent of
all other penalties provided by law, may suspend | 114 |
for any period of time not exceeding three years, or cancel the | 115 |
license of any person, partnership, association, or corporation, | 116 |
issued under section 4511.763 of the Revised Code. | 117 |