HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 967

209A. 1. Definition: The term "school bus" as used in
this Act shall be defined as a motor vehicle having a seating
capacity of ten or more persons and transporting children to
and from the elementary and/or high schools in the State and
not operating under the jurisdiction of the Public Service
Commission and/or not operated by a public service corpora-
tion furnishing mass transportation in a town of a population
of more than 50, 000 inhabitants.

2. Every vehicle when used as a school bus shall have both
on the front and on the rear a sign plainly visible containing
the words "school bus" in letters not less than four inches in
height, with each stroke of not less than half an inch in width;
such school bus shall also be equipped with stop signals visible
both to the front and to the rear, and the body of such school
bus shall be painted orange and black; with the orange color
predominating. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is em-
powered to adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with
this Article, relative to such school bus signs and stop signals.

3. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway outside the cor-
porate limits of incorporated cities and towns of more than
five thousand population, upon meeting or overtaking any
school bus which has stopped on the highway for the purpose
of receiving or discharging any school child or children, shall
come to a full stop at least ten (10) feet from such school bus,
either in front or rear thereof as the case may be, and such
vehicle shall remain standing until the children are received
or discharged and the school bus has again started. The fore-
going shall be applicable only in the event the school bus shall
be equipped with the school bus signs and stop signals and
painted in the color scheme as prescribed in this Act, and shall
not apply to vehicles approaching such school bus from the
front on dual highways.

4. No school bus operating in the State while it is carrying
any passengers to or from school shall be operated at a rate of
speed greater than 35 miles per hour.

5. Every school bus operating within the State shall be
equipped with a fire extinguisher which bears the label of ap-
proval of the Fire Underwriters' Association and which shall
be kept properly filled and in satisfactory operating condition
at all times. This extinguisher shall be placed in the school
bus in a location readily accessible to the driver.

6. Every school bus operating in this State shall have a door
in or near the rear of the bus readily accessible for the dis-