Subdivision 1. Identification and signal requirements, generally.
For purposes of sections 169.441 to 169.448 , school bus means a motor vehicle that is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus. A motor vehicle that satisfies the identification requirements of this section and the signal equipment requirements of section 169.442 is considered outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1994 c 647 art 12 s 43 ]
Subd. 2a. Head Start bus; color; identification.
(a) A Head Start bus is exempt from the color requirements of this chapter.
(b) A type A, B, C, or D Head Start bus must bear on its front and rear a plainly visible sign containing the words "Head Start bus" in letters at least eight inches in height.
Subd. 3. Sign on bus; application of other law.
(a) Sections 169.443, subdivision 2 ; and 169.444, subdivisions 1, 4, and 5 , apply only if the school bus bears on its front and rear a plainly visible sign containing the words "school bus" in letters at least eight inches in height.
(b) Except as provided in section 169.443, subdivision 8 , a school bus sign must be removed or covered when the vehicle is being used as other than a school bus.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 9 art 10 s 14 ]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 2012 c 137 s 9 ]