Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly As used in sections 4513.50 to 4513.53 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) 'Bus' means any vehicle used for the transportation of passengers that meets at least one of the following:(a) Was originally designed by the manufacturer to transport more than fifteen passengers, including the driver;(b) Either the gross vehicle weight rating or the gross vehicle weight exceeds ten thousand pounds.(2) 'Bus' does not include a church bus as defined in section 4503.07 of the Revised Code or a school bus unless the church bus or school bus is used in the transportation of passengers by a motor carrier.(3) 'Bus' also does not include any of the following:(a) Any vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails;(b) A trolley bus operated by electric power derived from a fixed overhead wire furnishing local passenger transportation similar to street-railway service;(c) Vehicles owned or leased by government agencies or political subdivisions.(B) 'Motor carrier' has the same meaning as in section 4923.01 of the Revised Code.
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