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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 316.615316.615 School buses; physical requirements of drivers.—(1)(a) All motor vehicles, with a seating capacity of 24 or more pupils, which are regularly used for the transportation of pupils to or from school, or to or from school activities, shall comply with the requirements for school buses of chapter 1006. (b) For the purposes of this section the term “school” includes all public and private nursery, preelementary, elementary, and secondary level schools. (c) A bus operated by an organization that holds a tax exemption pursuant to 26 U.S.C. s. 501(c)(3) is exempt from the color, pupil-warning-lamp-system, stop-arm, and crossing-arm requirements for school buses in chapter 1006 if:1. The bus does not pick up pupils from home or deliver pupils to home; 2. The bus makes no intermittent stops to unload or load pupils; and 3. The bus is not operated by or under the purview of the state or political subdivision. (2)(a) Every motor vehicle, except privately owned passenger motor vehicles and passenger motor vehicles owned or operated by governmental entities, with a seating capacity of less than 24 pupils, which is regularly used for the transportation of pupils to or from school, or to or from school activities, shall be equipped with the following:1. Nonleaking exhaust system; 2. First-aid kit; 3. Fire extinguisher; 4. Unbroken safety glass on all windows; 5. Inside rear view mirror capable of giving the driver a clear view of motor vehicles approaching from the rear; and 6. Seats securely anchored. (b) Such vehicles shall transport no more passengers than they are equipped to seat. (3) A person may not operate or cause to be operated a motor vehicle covered by subsection (1) or subsection (2) when transporting school children unless the operator has met the physical examination requirements established by law and by rule of the State Board of Education. The operator of such a motor vehicle shall pass an annual physical examination and have posted in the vehicle a certificate to drive the vehicle. (4) All school buses and all motor vehicles covered by subsections (1) and (2) must be covered by single limits liability insurance to protect pupils being transported, in the following amounts: $5,000 multiplied by the rated seating capacity of the vehicle, or $100,000, whichever is greater. (5) Nonpublic school buses shall be allowed to deliver and pick up students either in the same areas as public school buses or in other areas adjacent to the public school bus delivery and pickup zones, as determined by the appropriate government entities. (6) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318. History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 20, ch. 83-215; s. 9, ch. 86-146; s. 13, ch. 86-173; s. 29, ch. 94-306; s. 2, ch. 95-177; s. 1, ch. 95-326; s. 159, ch. 97-190; s. 242, ch. 99-248; s. 959, ch. 2002-387; s. 9, ch. 2004-41. Note.—Former s. 316.288.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.615
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension
S316.615 Required equipment for school buses & physical certificate for driver (fail to have/carry certificate) - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (1)(a) Required equipment for school buses & physical certificate for driver - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (2)(a) Violation school bus safety equipment - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (2)(a)1 Bus exhaust system leak - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (2)(a)2 No first-aid kit on bus - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (2)(a)3 No fire extinguisher on bus - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (2)(a)4 Safety glass required on bus - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (2)(a)5 No/improper rear view mirror - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (2)(a)6 Bus seats unsecured - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (2)(b) School Bus violation - Not enough seats - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.615 (3) Fail pass/post examine certificate in bus - Points on Drivers License: 0
Cases Citing Statute 316.615
Total Results: 7
614 So. 2d 1071, 18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 9, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 2123
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 24, 1992 | Docket: 1509813
Cited 2 times | Published
WHICH ARE WITHIN THE CLASS DESCRIBED BY *1072 SECTION 316.615, FLORIDA STATUTES (1989)?
Suazo v. Del Busto
587 So. 2d 480, 1991 WL 152939
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 5, 1991 | Docket: 1405773
Cited 1 times | Published
subject to the provisions of chapter 234 or section 316.615 are exempt from the provisions of this section
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 26, 1999 | Docket: 3257397
Published
scope of the term "preelementary" as used in section 316.615, Florida Statutes?
In sum:
Programs within
614 So. 2d 1074, 18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 10, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 2116, 1992 WL 381747
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 24, 1992 | Docket: 64694704
Published
SEATS WHICH ARE WITHIN THE CLASS DESCRIBED BY SECTION 316.615, FLORIDA STATUTES (1989)?
Id. at 330. We have
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Sep 3, 1992 | Docket: 3255807
Published
bus" to the one contained in s. 234.051, F.S.
Section 316.615, F.S., requires that all motor vehicles, other
593 So. 2d 330, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 1766, 1992 WL 32806
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 25, 1992 | Docket: 64665160
Published
seats which are within the class described by section 316.615, Florida Statutes (1989)?
Affirmed.
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Sep 21, 1982 | Docket: 3255429
Published
REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 316.615(4), F.S., TO INSPECT?
2. DOES THE WORD `BUS' IN SECTION 316.615(2)(a), F
