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Indiana Code Title 7.1. Alcohol and Tobacco § 7.1-5-12-12

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 12. (a) As used in this section, “school bus” means a motor vehicle that is:

(1) designed and constructed for the accommodation of at least ten (10) passengers;

(2) owned or operated by a public or governmental agency, or privately owned and operated for compensation;  and

(3) used for the transportation of school children to and from the following:

(A) School.

(B) School athletic games or contests.

(C) Other school functions.

(b) As used in this section, “school week” means a week that:

(1) begins on Monday and ends on Friday;  and

(2) includes at least three (3) days during which, on each day, more than four (4) hours of classroom instruction are provided.

(c) A person who smokes in a school bus during a school week or while the school bus is being used for the transportation of school children to and from:

(1) a school;

(2) a school athletic game or contest;  or

(3) another school function;

commits a Class B infraction, except as provided in subsection (d).

(d) A person who smokes in a school bus as described in subsection (c) commits a Class A infraction if the person, within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the person's act of smoking in a school bus, committed at least three (3) prior unrelated acts of smoking in a school bus for which the person was adjudged to have committed infractions under this section.

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