Rhode Island General Laws 31-22-11.7. Unauthorized school bus entry

(a) Any person over eighteen (18) years of age who enters a school bus as defined in § 31-1-3 without prior authorization of the driver or a school official, and who refuses to disembark after being ordered to do so by the driver, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 31-22-11.7

person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b) A school district may place a notice at the entrance of the school bus that warns against the unauthorized entry or refusal to disembark prohibited by this section.

History of Section.
P.L. 2000, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 6, § 16; P.L. 2005, ch. 410, § 15.