NAC392.500. Conformity with standards.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 392.400, a school bus manufactured:

     (a) After February 10, 1972, and before October 22, 2000, may be used for the transportation of pupils only if it conforms to the minimum national standards for school buses established by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, 49 U.S.C. §§ 30101 et seq., and any more stringent standards adopted by the State Board of Education that were in effect at the time the school bus was manufactured; or

     (b) On or after October 22, 2000, may be used for the transportation of pupils only if it conforms to the national standards for school buses set forth in 49 C.F.R. Part 571 and the standards set forth in the Nevada School Bus Standards adopted pursuant to NAC 392.502.

     2. This section does not prevent the Federal Government or the government of any state or political subdivision thereof from establishing a safety requirement applicable to motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment procured for its own use if such requirement imposes a higher standard of performance than that required to comply with the otherwise applicable federal standard.

     [Dep’t of Education, eff. 1-9-77]—(NAC A by Bd. of Education, 10-13-87; R016-98, 4-14-98; R040-99, 11-3-99; R027-01, 11-1-2001)