Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 280 - Department of Revenue
Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles
Subchapter 15 - Safety and Emissions
Part 10 - Rules and Regulations Regarding School Bus Transportation
Section 280-RICR-30-15-10.1 - Organizational Rules

1. This Part is promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen Laws Chapters 31-2, 31-10, 31-20, 31-22, 31-23, and 31-30.

2. These regulations shall apply to all motor vehicles owned by any person or by the State or a City or Town and used for the transportation of children to or from school and/or used in transporting children for compensation and to the operation of such vehicles. For purposes of these regulations, all such vehicles shall be classified as School Buses, but taxicabs and vehicles owned by the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority are specifically exempt from the application of these rules and regulations.

1. The purpose of these regulations is to prescribe conditions under which school buses may be operated in this State, in order to more fully protect the health, safety and welfare of all school bus riders.

1. These regulations are hereby declared to be severable, and if any portion of these rules and regulations shall at any time be declared to be unenforceable or illegal, no other portion of such rules shall be affected thereby.