§ 9-19-22-3 — Inspection program; fee

(a) The superintendent of the state police
department shall establish a program to inspect private buses under this
chapter. The superintendent may, but is not required to, adopt rules
under IC 4-22-2 to establish the program.
(b) A program established under subsection (a) must do the
following:
(1) Identify categories of individuals who may conduct an
inspection under the program.
(2) Prescribe safety requirements for the construction and
equipment of private buses subject to this chapter, including
requiring a determination of the existence and condition of a
private bus's:
(A) brakes;
(B) lights;
(C) steering and suspension;
(D) exhaust systems;
(E) body; and
(F) tires.
(3) If an inspection under the program reveals that a private bus
meets the safety requirements prescribed under subdivision (2),
require the individual who inspected the private bus to issue to the
owner of the private bus a certificate stating that the private bus
was inspected and met the prescribed safety requirements.
(c) A program established under subsection (a) may impose a fee for
conducting an inspection and issuing a certificate. The fee:
(1) may be sufficient to defray; and
(2) may not exceed;
actual inspection and administrative costs.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.160-2014, SEC.2.