Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.715a (2026)

Inspection of certain school buses, buses, or other motor vehicles with seating capacity of 12 or more; delegation of inspection; rules.

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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE

Act 300 of 1949

257.715a Inspection of certain school buses, buses, or other motor vehicles with seating capacity of 12 or more; delegation of inspection; rules.

Sec. 715a.

(1) A school bus, bus, or other motor vehicle with a manufacturers rated seating capacity of 12 or more which is owned, leased or used by a nonpublic school, religious organization, nonprofit youth organization, nonprofit rehabilitation facility, or senior citizen center for the transportation of passengers shall not be operated on a highway unless the vehicle has been inspected as provided in this section.

(2) The department of state police shall inspect each school bus, bus, or other motor vehicle with a manufacturers rated seating capacity of 12 or more, which is owned, leased or used by a nonpublic school, religious organization, nonprofit youth organization, nonprofit rehabilitation facility, or senior citizen center for the transportation of passengers, annually, and more frequently if defects are found in the organization's vehicles, to determine if the vehicles meet the specifications of the department of state police. The department of state police may delegate the inspection of vehicles under this section to publicly employed inspectors if the inspections comply with this section.

(3) The department of state police shall promulgate rules for safety equipment for a school bus, bus, or other motor vehicle regulated under this section pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1978, Act 547, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1984

AdminRule Notes:

R 257.951 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2018–2019 · leading case: Council of Organizations & Others for Ed v. State of Michigan, 931 N.W.2d 65 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).

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Council of Organizations & Others for Ed v. State of Michigan, 931 N.W.2d 65 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “19; inspections of certain motor vehicles by state police, MCL 257.715a; pupil transportation, MCL 257.”

Council of Organizations & Others for Educ. About Parochiaid v. State, 913 N.W.2d 631 (Mich. 2018). “9208 requires that schools not permit a child to attend unless the school receives a certificate of immunization or statement of exemption, and MCL 257.715a requires inspection of certain school buses.”

James R Bradley Jr v. Prudential Sec. Inc (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 3× “715; MCL 257.715a; MCL 257.683 to MCL 257.711, and “additional federal laws, state laws, federal 1 Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that defendant fired him because he refused to violate public policy and in doing so, defendant violated the public policy of the numerous statutes…”

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