1. All vehicles used in the transportation of pupils must be:

(a) In good condition and state of repair.

(b) Well equipped, and must contain sufficient room and seats so that the driver and each pupil being transported have a seat inside the vehicle. Each pupil shall remain seated when the vehicle is in motion.

2. Each school bus must be inspected semiannually by the Department of Public Safety to ensure that the vehicles are mechanically safe and meet the minimum specifications established by the State Board. The Department of Public Safety shall make written recommendations to the superintendent of schools of the school district wherein any such vehicle is operating for the correction of any defects discovered thereby.

3. If the superintendent of schools fails or refuses to take appropriate action to have the defects corrected within 10 days after receiving notice of them from the Department of Public Safety, the superintendent is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof may be removed from office.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, all vehicles used for transporting pupils must meet the specifications established by regulation of the State Board.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, any bus which is purchased and used by a school district to transport pupils to and from extracurricular activities is exempt from the specifications adopted by the State Board if the bus meets the federal safety standards for motor vehicles which were applicable at the time the bus was manufactured and delivered for introduction in interstate commerce.

6. Any new school bus which is purchased by a school district to transport pupils must meet the standards set forth in:

(a) Subsection 1 of NRS 386.835 if the school bus is purchased on or after January 1, 2016;

(b) Subsection 2 or 3 of NRS 386.835 if the school bus is purchased on or after July 1, 2016; and

(c) NRS 386.837 if the school bus is purchased on or after July 1, 2019.

7. Any person violating any of the requirements of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

[400:32:1956] — (NRS A 1957, 629, 737; 1961, 302; 1971, 152, 339; 1973, 395; 1979, 1468; 1981, 991; 1985, 1988; 2001, 2603; 2011, 471; 2013, 1021; 2017, 2181) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 392.400)