ORS 820.100
Adoption of safety standards for construction and equipment of school vehicles

(1)

The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce such reasonable standards relating to school bus and school activity vehicle construction and school bus and school activity vehicle equipment as the board deems necessary for safe and economical operation, except that the board may not authorize the use of school buses manufactured before April 1, 1977.

(2)

The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 (Public universities) may adopt and enforce separate standards of the type described under this section for school buses and school activity vehicles that are under the governing board’s jurisdiction, except that the governing board may not authorize the use of school buses manufactured before April 1, 1977.

(3)

The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce standards for school bus stop arms authorized by ORS 820.105 (School bus stop arms).

(4)

Standards adopted under this section:

(a)

Must be consistent with requirements established by statute or by rule adopted under statutory authority that relate to the same subject.

(b)

Shall be consistent with minimum uniform national standards, if such standards exist.

(c)

May include different requirements for different classes or types of school buses or school activity vehicles.

(d)

May include any exemptions determined appropriate under ORS 820.150 (Rules and standards for exemption of certain vehicles from Oregon Vehicle Code). [1983 c.338 §747; 1985 c.16 §358; 1985 c.420 §12; 1987 c.654 §6; 1989 c.491 §71; 2007 c.632 §1; 2013 c.768 §150; 2015 c.767 §211]

Source: Section 820.100 — Adoption of safety standards for construction and equipment of school vehicles, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors820.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

820.010
Vehicles subject to safety regulation 820.020
Vehicles other than worker transport vehicles that are subject to safety regulation 820.030
Safety code 820.040
Inspection of vehicles 820.050
Orders regarding noncomplying vehicles or drivers 820.060
Safety requirement 820.070
Driver violation of worker transport vehicle safety code 820.100
Adoption of safety standards for construction and equipment of school vehicles 820.105
School bus stop arms 820.110
Rules and standards for driver qualification and training and accident reports 820.120
Rules and standards for school vehicle inspection 820.130
School bus registration 820.140
Revocation of registration 820.150
Rules and standards for exemption of certain vehicles from Oregon Vehicle Code 820.160
Illegal display of school bus markings 820.170
Improper school bus markings 820.180
Unsafe school vehicle operation 820.190
Minor operating school vehicle 820.200
Minor operating public passenger vehicle 820.210
Registration exemptions for golf carts and similar vehicles 820.220
Operation of low-speed vehicle in prohibited area 820.300
Exemptions from traffic laws 820.320
Illegal operation of emergency vehicle or ambulance 820.330
Failure to make, maintain and make available ambulance records 820.340
Contents of ambulance records 820.350
Ambulance warning lights 820.360
Illegal ambulance lighting equipment 820.370
Ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens 820.380
Illegal ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens 820.400
Unlawful operation of implement of husbandry 820.520
Travel or special use trailer assessed as manufactured structure 820.570
Violating trip permit requirements for manufactured structures

Current through early 2026

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