Section 300.13. Purchaser.

  No person may purchase a school bus previously titled and registered in another state or jurisdiction to be used in Wisconsin school transportation that is in excess of 5 years of age from the original date of manufacture.

(1)  Any person intending to purchase a motor vehicle to be used as a school bus shall provide the seller with a written notice of such intent prior to the signing of the purchase order. A notation on the purchase order shall fulfill this requirement.

(2)  Any person intending to purchase a school bus body to be combined with a motor vehicle chassis to form a body-on-chassis type school bus shall provide the seller or distributor with a written notice of such intent prior to the signing of the purchase order. A notation on the purchase order shall fulfill this requirement.

(3)  Any person purchasing a school bus may not use the vehicle for any pupil transportation unless the bus has been inspected by the department and approved for use as a school bus in Wisconsin. This may not preclude such use if items needing correction or alteration after the initial inspection are of a nature that would not affect safe transportation of students. The inspecting officer shall advise the owner if a new bus may be used while the items not in compliance are being corrected.

Cr. Register, February, 1983, No. 326 , eff. 3-1-83; cr. (intro.), Register, February, 1995, No. 470 , eff. 3-1-95 ; am. (3), Register, December, 1997, No. 504 , eff. 1-1-98.