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6-19-110. Bus drivers — Loading and discharging pupils — Definitions.
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6-19-110. Bus drivers — Loading and discharging pupils — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Motor vehicle” means all vehicles, all movable engines, or machines that are operated or propelled by motor vehicle fuel and that are operated and used for travel on public roads and highways; and
(2)(A) “School bus” means a motor vehicle designed to carry ten (10) or more passengers that is:
(i) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or
(ii) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities.
(B) A motor vehicle designed to carry more than twenty-five (25) passengers is exempt from this section if the motor vehicle is:
(i) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities but not used to transport students on any scheduled school bus route; or
(ii) Privately owned and operated for compensation under contract to a school district and used for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities.
(b) The purpose of this section is to improve the safety of children being loaded and unloaded as passengers on a school bus.
(c)(1) The superintendent and director of transportation of each school district, in consultation with the appropriate law enforcement agency and appropriate prosecuting authority, shall develop a school bus safety plan designed to ensure the safety of children being loaded onto or unloaded from school buses.
(2) The school bus safety plan shall include provisions to:
(A) Reduce the occurrence of a motor vehicle passi
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-19-110
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6-19-110. Bus drivers — Loading and discharging pupils — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Motor vehicle” means all vehicles, all movable engines, or machines that are operated or propelled by motor vehicle fuel and that are operated and used for travel on public roads and highways; and
(2)(A) “School bus” means a motor vehicle designed to carry ten (10) or more passengers that is:
(i) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or
(ii) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities.
(B) A motor vehicle designed to carry more than twenty-five (25) passengers is exempt from this section if the motor vehicle is:
(i) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities but not used to transport students on any scheduled school bus route; or
(ii) Privately owned and operated for compensation under contract to a school district and used for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities.
(b) The purpose of this section is to improve the safety of children being loaded and unloaded as passengers on a school bus.
(c)(1) The superintendent and director of transportation of each school district, in consultation with the appropriate law enforcement agency and appropriate prosecuting authority, shall develop a school bus safety plan designed to ensure the safety of children being loaded onto or unloaded from school buses.
(2) The school bus safety plan shall include provisions to:
(A) Reduce the occurrence of a motor vehicle passing a stopped school bus that is loading or unloading students; and
(B) Improve the likelihood that the operator of a motor vehicle who violates § 27-51-1004 or § 27-51-1005 will be prosecuted by assisting bus drivers to learn methods of identifying characteristics of a motor vehicle and its operator who violate § 27-51-1004 or § 27-51-1005 to law enforcement officers.
(d)(1) The driver of a school bus shall load and unload the passengers of the bus at the extreme right side of the paved or improved portion of the road or the highway and at the right curbing when the curbing is maintained on the road or the highway.
(2) A driver of a school bus who fails to carry out the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
(e)(1) A driver of a school bus who observes an operator of a motor vehicle violating § 27-51-1004 or § 27-51-1005 shall report the license plate number, issuing state if different than Arkansas, and a brief description of the vehicle to the superintendent within two (2) hours after the end of the driver's shift for that period of the day.
(2) Within forty-eight (48) hours of the observation, the superintendent shall provide the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency or appropriate prosecuting authority with jurisdiction over the incident.
(3) The appropriate law enforcement agency or appropriate prosecuting authority with jurisdiction over the incident who is provided a report under this section shall provide written notice to the superintendent regarding the outcome of the report.
(4) The superintendent shall provide information regarding the outcome of the report to the driver of the school bus who initiated the report.
(f) A person who observes an operator of a motor vehicle violating § 27-51-1004 or § 27-51-1005 may report the incident to the appropriate law enforcement agency or appropriate prosecuting authority with jurisdiction over the incident.
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27-51-1004. Passing when stopped prohibited.
(a) When a school bus stops and displays its alternating red warning lights for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers, every operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle meeting or overtaking the school bus from any direction shall bring the motor vehicle or motorcycle to a complete stop before reaching the school bus.
(b) The operator of the motor vehicle or motorcycle shall not start up or attempt to pass in any direction until the school bus vehicle has finished receiving or discharging its passengers and is in motion again.
(c) If the operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle fails to comply with subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section while demonstrating a reckless disregard for the safety of the passengers of the school bus, the operator upon conviction shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-51-1004
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-51-1004. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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27-51-1005. Operation on multiple lane or divided highways.
(a) For the purpose of this section, “multiple lane highway” means a road with four (4) or more traffic lanes and with no fewer than two (2) traffic lanes for traveling in each direction.
(b) If the school bus is operated on a multiple lane highway divided by a parkway or dividing strip of twenty feet (20') or more in width and if the school bus is on the opposite side of the parkway or dividing strip, then the driver of the approaching vehicle need not stop but shall proceed with due caution for the safety of the children.
(c)(1) If a school bus route includes bus stops on a multiple lane highway, the route shall be designed to ensure that the bus operator shall always load and unload passengers in a manner that does not require a student to cross the highway.
(2) A student being loaded or unloaded at a bus stop on a multiple lane highway shall always be loaded and unloaded in a manner that does not require the student to cross the highway.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-51-1005
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-51-1005. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.