4513.50 Bus safety definitions. - Ohio Statutes

4513.50 Bus safety definitions.

As used in sections 4513.50 to 4513.53 of the Revised Code:

(A)(1) “Bus” means any vehicle used for the transportation of passengers that meets at least one of the following:

(a) Was originally designed by the manufacturer to transport more than fifteen passengers, including the driver;

(b) Either the gross vehicle weight rating or the gross vehicle weight exceeds ten thousand pounds.

(2) “Bus” does not include a church bus as defined in section 4503.07 of the Revised Code or a school bus unless the church bus or school bus is used in the transportation of passengers for hire by a motor transportation company or a common carrier by motor vehicle or by a private motor carrier or contract carrier by motor vehicle.

(3) “Bus” also does not include any of the following:

(a) Any vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails;

(b) A trolley bus operated by electric power derived from a fixed overhead wire furnishing local passenger transportation similar to street-railway service;

(c) Vehicles owned or leased by government agencies or political subdivisions.

(B)(1) “Motor transportation company” and “common carrier by motor vehicle” have the same meanings as in section 4921.02 of the Revised Code.

(2) “Private motor carrier” and “contract carrier by motor vehicle” have the same meanings as in section 4923.02 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 09-01-2000