1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), whenever a school bus is purchased for and is being used for any purpose except to transport students, the purchaser shall:

   1. (1) remove the flasher lights;
   2. (2) remove the stop arm; and
   3. (3) paint the bus any color except the national standard school bus chrome yellow.

2. (b) Whenever a school bus is purchased for use, and is being used, as a church bus (as defined in IC 9-13-2-24 ), the purchaser:

   1. (1) may retain the flasher lights if the purchaser renders the flasher lights inoperable;
   2. (2) may retain the stop arm if the purchaser renders the stop arm inoperable; and

   3. (3) shall paint the bus any color except the national standard school bus chrome yellow.

      [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-18.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.70-2009, SEC.4; P.L.198-2016, SEC.650.