- (a) The following standards address modifications as they pertain to school buses that, with standard seating arrangement prior to modification would accommodate more than ten (10) persons.
- (b) If by addition of a power lift, mobile seating device positions, or other modifications, the capacity is reduced such that vehicles become multipurpose vehicles (MPVs), the intent of these standards is to have these vehicles be required to meet the same standards they would have had to meet prior to such modifications, and such MPVs are included in all references to school buses and requirements for school buses which follow.