HOUSE BILL No. 4879


     June 5, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Cameron Brown, Vander Roest, Mead, Tabor, Vear, Meyer, Van Woerkom, Gilbert, Hager, Kowall, Newell,
Middaugh, Ehardt, Julian, Shackleton, Pumford, Jelinek, Bradstreet, DeVuyst, Gosselin and Caul and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and
Resource Management.


        A bill to amend 1990 PA 187, entitled

   "The pupil transportation act,"

   by amending section 33 (MCL 257.1833).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 33.  (1) A school bus shall be painted as follows:

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           (a) The body, cowl, hood, and fenders shall be national

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      school bus chrome yellow.

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           (b) The bumper, body trim, wheels, and lettering shall be

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      black.  The wheel rims shall be gray, black, or natural, as pro-

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      vided by the manufacturer.

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           (c) The wheel covers, if painted, shall be black.

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           (d) The grill, if not chrome, shall be national school bus

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      chrome yellow.

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           (e) The mirrors, if painted, shall be black or yellow.




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           (f) The name of the school district shall be painted in

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      black on the back, front, and sides of the bus.

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           (2)  A  EXCEPT FOR A BUS LEASED SEASONALLY TO TRANSPORT

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      AGRICULTURAL WORKERS TO AND FROM A FIELD FOR AGRICULTURAL OPERA-

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      TIONS, A bus, other than a school bus, shall not be painted, in

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      whole or in part, in the colors and design specified in subsec-

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      tion (1).










































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