79-606. Sale of school bus; alteration required; violation; penalty.

When any vehicle with a manufacturer's rated seating capacity of eleven or more passengers used for transportation of students is sold and used for any other purpose than for transportation of students, such vehicle shall be painted a distinct color other than that prescribed by the State Board of Education and the stop arms and system of alternately flashing warning signal lights on such vehicle shall be removed. It shall be the purchaser's responsibility to see that the modifications required by this section are made. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

Source:Laws 1963, c. 459, § 1, p. 1487; Laws 1971, LB 292, § 12; Laws 1974, LB 863, § 10; Laws 1981, LB 316, § 2; Laws 1988, LB 1142, § 5; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-488.05; Laws 1996, LB 900, § 367; Laws 2009, LB549, § 23.