1. (a) The superintendent of the state police department shall establish a program to inspect private buses under this chapter. The superintendent may, but is not required to, adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish the program.

2. (b) A program established under subsection (a) must do the following:

   1. (1) Identify categories of individuals who may conduct an inspection under the program.

   2. (2) Prescribe safety requirements for the construction and equipment of private buses subject to this chapter, including requiring a determination of the existence and condition of a private bus's:

      1. (A) brakes;
      2. (B) lights;
      3. (C) steering and suspension;
      4. (D) exhaust systems;
      5. (E) body; and
      6. (F) tires.
   3. (3) If an inspection under the program reveals that a private bus meets the safety requirements prescribed under subdivision (2), require the individual who inspected the private bus to issue to the owner of the private bus a certificate stating that the private bus was inspected and met the prescribed safety requirements.

3. (c) A program established under subsection (a) may impose a fee for conducting an inspection and issuing a certificate. The fee:

   1. (1) may be sufficient to defray; and

   2. (2) may not exceed;

      actual inspection and administrative costs.

As added by P.L.160-2014, SEC.2.