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              ILLINOIS REGISTER 11264
09
SECRETARY OF STATE
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
A bus operated by a public utility, municipal corporation or common
carrier authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of
passengers when the bus is not traveling a specific school bus route but is:
On a regularly scheduled route for the transportation of other fare
paying passengers;
Furnishing charter service for the transportation of groups on field
trips or other special trips or in connection with other special
events; or
Being used for shuttle service between attendance centers or other
education facilities.
A motor vehicle of the first division.
A motor vehicle designed for the transportation of not fewer than seven
nor more than 16 persons that is operated by or for a public or private
primary or secondary school, including any primary or secondary school
operated by a religious institution, for the purpose of transporting not
more than 15 students to and from interscholastic athletic or other
interscholastic or school sponsored activities. [615 ILCS 5/1-182]
"School Bus" – every motor vehicle, except as provided in this definition, owned
or operated by or for a school operated by a religious institution or a public or
private child care facility, pre-school, primary or secondary school for the
transportation of persons regularly enrolled in any such entity as students in Grade
12 or below in connection with any activity or entity. This definition does not
include the following:
A bus operated by a public utility, municipal corporation or common
carrier authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of
passengers when the bus is on a regularly scheduled route for the
transportation of other fare paying passengers or furnishing charter service
for the transportation of groups on field trips or other special trips or in
connection with special events or for shuttle service between attendance
centers or other educational facilities and not over a regular or customary
school bus route.