Sec. 3. (a) The superintendent of the state police department shall establish a program to inspect private buses under this chapter. The superintendent may, but is not required to, adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish the program.

     (b) A program established under subsection (a) must do the following:

(1) Identify categories of individuals who may conduct an inspection under the program.

(2) Prescribe safety requirements for the construction and equipment of private buses subject to this chapter, including requiring a determination of the existence and condition of a private bus’s:

(A) brakes;

(B) lights;

(C) steering and suspension;

(D) exhaust systems;

(E) body; and

(F) tires.

(3) If an inspection under the program reveals that a private bus meets the safety requirements prescribed under subdivision (2), require the individual who inspected the private bus to issue to the owner of the private bus a certificate stating that the private bus was inspected and met the prescribed safety requirements.

     (c) A program established under subsection (a) may impose a fee for conducting an inspection and issuing a certificate. The fee:

(1) may be sufficient to defray; and

(2) may not exceed;

actual inspection and administrative costs.

As added by P.L.160-2014, SEC.2.