Sec. 3. (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.