1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to highway traffic regulations; authorizing 
  1.3             religious organizations to operate buses painted 
  1.4             school bus glossy yellow or golden orange and equipped 
  1.5             with stop arm and flashing lights under certain 
  1.6             circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.7             section 169.448, by adding a subdivision.  
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.448, is 
  1.10  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 4.  [VEHICLES OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.] (a) 
  1.12  Notwithstanding subdivision 1, clauses (a) and (b), a bus owned 
  1.13  by a religious organization and used exclusively or primarily by 
  1.14  a religious organization to transport persons age 18 or under to 
  1.15  and from worship services or organization events, and operated 
  1.16  by a person holding a driver's license with a valid school bus 
  1.17  endorsement, may (1) be operated on a street or highway despite 
  1.18  being painted national school bus glossy yellow or Minnesota 
  1.19  school bus golden orange, and (2) may be equipped with and may 
  1.20  use a stop signal arm installed near the front of the bus and 
  1.21  lamps and signals complying with section 169.4503, subdivision 
  1.22  16. 
  1.23     (b) Use of signals authorized under paragraph (a) is 
  1.24  subject to section 169.443, subdivisions 1 and 7. 
  1.25     (c) A bus operated as authorized under this subdivision 
  1.26  must bear a certificate of inspection issued under section 
  2.1   169.451.