Ohio Admin. Code 4501-52-02 - Annual bus safety inspection program
(A) To determine if a bus, as defined in
section 4513.50 of the Revised Code, is
safe, equipped and permitted as required by law and whether the equipment is
properly adjusted and in proper working order, all buses shall be inspected
annually. In addition to the annual inspection, a bus shall be inspected as
required by section 4513.52 of the Revised Code if
ownership of the bus is transferred or if the bus fails a roadside inspection.
(B) Such inspection shall be made
with respect to all equipment and vehicle components designated as requirements
of this chapter. All annual bus safety inspections (annual inspections) shall
be conducted by the state highway patrol office of licensing and commercial
standards motor carrier enforcement unit in accordance with the requirements of
this chapter.
(C) The fee for each
annual inspection is one hundred dollars.
(D) Every bus owner or operator shall pay the
annual bus safety inspection fee (annual inspection fee) as follows:
(1) For new license plate registrations:
(a) A newly purchased bus legally displaying
a thirty-day temporary placard or windshield sticker may be operated without
the official state highway patrol annual bus safety inspection decal (annual
bus safety inspection decal),
(b)
If the owner or operator of a bus is applying for an annual inspection and new
license plate registration during the period of July first through September
fifteenth, inclusive, the established annual inspection fee shall be discounted
twenty-five per cent.
(c) If the
owner or operator of a bus is applying for an annual inspection and new license
plate registration during the period of September sixteenth through November
twentieth, inclusive, the established annual inspection fee shall be discounted
fifty per cent.
(d) New bus annual
inspection fees referenced in paragraphs (D)(1)(b) and (D)(1)(c) of this rule
shall be determined by the date the application and payment are received.
(e) If the owner or operator of a
bus is applying for a new license plate registration during months other than
those prescribed in paragraphs (D)(1)(b) and (D)(1)(c) of this rule, the
established annual inspection fee shall be paid.
(2) For renewal registrations:
(a) The established annual inspection fee
shall be paid for all renewal registrations; and
(b) The application for renewal registration
and payment of the established annual inspection fee shall be submitted in
accordance with paragraph (D) of this rule, on or after November twenty-first
each year.
(E) Every bus owner or operator shall apply
and submit the established annual inspection fee for each bus to be inspected
to any deputy registrar who shall collect the fee on behalf of the state
highway patrol.
(F) Upon receipt
of proof of payment the owner or operator of a bus shall contact the
appropriate district headquarters of the state highway patrol and arrange for
the annual inspection.
(G) Upon
determining a bus is in compliance with this chapter, the inspecting officer
shall:
(1) Complete an official state highway
patrol annual bus safety inspection report
(driver vehicle inspection report);
(2) Complete the safety inspection report as
prescribed in division (C) of section
4513.51 of the Revised Code;
(3) Affix an official state
highway patrol annual bus safety inspection decal. Small buses, defined as
having a gross vehicle weight rating greater than ten thousand pounds and
designed to transport less than sixteen passengers, may, at the option of the
bus owner or operator, opt to have the small annual bus safety inspection decal
applied instead of the normal inspection decal to the outside surface of each
side of the bus as follows:
(a) Driver (left)
side:
(i) Below, and as close as possible to
the front edge of the driver side window, but not in a location that would
interfere with or obscure lighting devices, company markings, permits or other
required items; or
(ii) At the
option of the bus owner or operator, on side window glass as close as possible
to the location described in paragraph (G)(3)(a)(i) of this rule. If such
alternate location is used, the placement of the decal shall not interfere with
the driver's view or obscure lighting devices, company markings, permits or
other required items.
(b) Passenger (right) side:
(i) To the rear of, and as close as possible
to the passenger door, or if the door is located more than three feet from the
right edge of the windshield, near the right edge of the vehicle windshield,
approximately six feet above the road surface; or
(ii) At the option of the bus owner or
operator, on side window glass as close as possible to the location described
in paragraph (G)(3)(b)(i) of this rule. If such alternate location is used, the
placement of the decal shall not interfere with the driver's view or obscure
lighting devices, company markings, permits or other required items.
(4) Affix a commercial
vehicle safety alliance (CVSA) decal issued by the department of public safety
to the glass portion of the passenger door approximately six feet above the
road surface, but not in a location that would interfere with the driver's
vision to the right outside mirrors; and
(5) Issue the owner or operator of the bus
the official state highway patrol driver vehicle inspection report and a valid
safety inspection report as prescribed in division (C) of section
4513.51 of the Revised Code.
(H) When applying for
the annual registration of the bus the owner or operator of the bus shall
present the safety inspection report to the registrar or a deputy registrar.
(I) If, during the annual
inspection of a bus, the bus does not meet the requirements of this chapter:
(1) The inspecting official shall complete an
official state highway patrol driver vehicle inspection report detailing the
items requiring repair and correction; and
(2) The inspecting official shall provide the
owner or operator of the bus the official state highway patrol driver vehicle
inspection report and explain the defects noted.
(a) The owner or operator shall make the
necessary repairs and corrections as noted on the official state highway patrol
driver vehicle inspection report.
(b) The owner or operator shall arrange for
another safety inspection.
Upon failure of the annual inspection requirements prescribed in this chapter, without payment of any additional fee, a bus may be re-inspected one additional time
If the bus fails two annual inspections, before a third inspection is conducted the owner or operator of the bus again shall pay the established annual inspection fee.
(3) If any vehicle defect meets the current
North American "Standard Out-of-Service Criteria" published by the "Commercial
Vehicle Safety Alliance":
(a) The inspecting
official shall:
(i) Complete an official
state highway patrol driver vehicle inspection report detailing the items
requiring repair and correction and declare the bus out-of-service;
(ii) Place an official out-of-service decal
on the bus as required by state highway patrol procedures; and
(iii) Provide the owner or operator of the
bus the official state highway patrol driver vehicle inspection report and
explain the defects noted.
(b) Prior to operating the bus on public
roadways the owner or operator shall make the necessary repairs and corrections
to the out-of-service defects that were noted on the official state highway
patrol driver vehicle inspection report and shall arrange for another safety
inspection.
Upon failure of the annual inspection requirements prescribed in this chapter, without payment of any additional fee, a bus may be re-inspected one additional time.
If the bus fails two annual inspections, before a third inspection is conducted, the owner or operator of the bus again shall pay the established annual inspection fee.
(4) Prior to being operated on public
roadways, buses declared out-of-service at an inspection location shall have
the out-of-service items repaired and corrected.
If the bus was declared out-of-service at a location other than the bus owner's or operator's property, the bus may be moved only:
(a) After repair and correction of the
out-of-service defects at the inspection location; or
(b) Via towing from the inspection location
by an emergency towing vehicle equipped with a crane or hoist (combination
shall meet the applicable braking requirements); or
(c) By being placed entirely upon another
motor vehicle.
(J) Official state highway patrol annual bus
safety inspection decal (annual bus safety inspection decal)
(1) Annual bus safety inspection decal shall
expire at eleven fifty-nine p.m. on May thirty-first of the year designated on
the annual bus safety inspection decal.
As proof of compliance with
49 C.F.R.
396.17
- periodic inspection, the annual bus
safety inspection decal, though it expires as prescribed in
(2) Unless the bus
is sold or traded, the owner or operator of any bus required to be inspected
under this chapter shall not remove or attempt to remove the annual bus safety
inspection decal originally affixed on the bus during the annual inspection
process required by this chapter.
(3) An annual bus safety inspection decal
that has become damaged beyond recognition shall be replaced by the state
highway patrol at no charge to the owner or operator, provided the second decal
affixed to the bus is in proper condition.
(K) Prior to the annual inspection, the owner
or operator of the bus shall remove all luggage, freight or other items not
used in the normal operation of the bus.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.52
Rule Amplifies: 4513.51, 4513.52, 4513.53
Prior Effective Dates: 02/16/01, 06/18/04, 06/22/06, 04/28/11
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4513.52
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4513.51, R.C. 4513.52, R.C. 4513.53
Prior Effective Dates: 2/16/01, 6/18/04, 6/22/06
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