PERMANENT RULES
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Provided clarification to school districts on the process to license a school bus. School districts are no longer required to submit a copy of the school bus operation permit (issued by OSPI) to the county auditor or license agent to obtain an exempt plate.
In addition, the process for a school district to obtain a school bus operation permit was clarified.
Chapter 392-143 WAC, Specifications for school buses.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 392-143-030; and amending WAC 392-143-032.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.61.380.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 12-11-026 on May 8, 2012.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 5, 2012.
Randy Dorn
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
OTS-4654.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 12-01-075, filed 12/19/11,
effective 1/19/12)
WAC 392-143-032
School bus operation permit.
The
superintendent of public instruction shall issue school bus
operation permits as follows:
(1) School buses owned or operated by a school district or owned by a private contractor under contract to a school district shall be issued a school bus operation permit on receipt of the following electronic files or documents for each new school bus or used school bus not previously issued a school bus operation permit in Washington state:
(a) SPI Form 1020A, School Bus Acquisition Report; and
(b) SPI Form 1029, Initial School Bus Inspection.
(2) A school bus operation permit shall be reissued on receipt of the following electronic files or documents for school buses previously licensed in Washington state:
(a) SPI Form 1020A, School Bus Acquisition Report, from the school district acquiring the school bus; and
(b) SPI Form 1029, Initial School Bus Inspection, if the most recent school bus inspection was more than twelve months prior to the date of acquisition.
(3) A copy of the operation permit shall be retained by the school district and a copy shall be placed in the permit holder in the school bus.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.61.380. 12-01-075, § 392-143-032, filed 12/19/11, effective 1/19/12; 04-08-117, § 392-143-032, filed 4/6/04, effective 5/7/04; 91-23-069 (Order 22), § 392-143-032, filed 11/19/91, effective 11/19/91.]
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 392-143-030 | School buses -- School bus operating permit and license. |