California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 2 - Department of the California Highway Patrol
Chapter 6.5 - Motor Carrier Safety
Article 8 - General Equipment Requirements
Section 1260 - Ventilation

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 1260

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Requirements for ventilation are as follows:

(a) Buses and Farm Labor Vehicles. All buses and farm labor vehicles shall provide ventilation that is adequate for passengers in any weather. Openings for ventilation through the front of a vehicle shall be equipped with screens that prevent passage of insects, gravel, and other objects.

(b) School Buses. School bus bodies shall be equipped with a suitable ventilating system of sufficient capacity to maintain adequate ventilation during operation without the opening of windows except in extremely hot weather. Ventilation shall be adequate to assure a complete change of air at least once every 3 minutes while a school bus is moving.

1. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed 8-7-95 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 95, No. 32).

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