1. (a) When a school bus is in motion, students are prohibited from occupying any space forward of a vertical plane drawn through the rear of the driver's seat and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bus. Every school bus must:

   1. (1) be marked with a line or otherwise equipped in order to indicate the prohibited area to students; and
   2. (2) have clearly posted, at or near the front of the bus, a sign stating that it is a violation of Indiana law for a school bus to be operated with any students occupying the prohibited area.

2. (b) A school bus driver who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.

   [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-17.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.30. Amended by P.L.217-2014, SEC.63.