Section 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:(C) steering and suspension;(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.
Added by P.L. 160-2014, SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2014.