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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 11.19.04.03" title_num="11" subtitle_num="19" chapter_num="04" heading="School Vehicle Inspection Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Type A Inspections. During each 12-month period, the owner of a school vehicle shall submit to the Administration a certification that a Type A inspection was completed by the owner, or the owner's representative, within the previous 12 months.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Type B Inspections.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In addition to the Type A inspection required under §A of this regulation, school vehicles shall receive a Type B inspection two times a year.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Board of Education shall perform the Type B inspection on school vehicles owned or contracted to them.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Other school vehicles shall be inspected by the owner or the owner's representative.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>One Type B inspection shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Observed and recorded by an MVA compliance agent; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Witnessed by the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Supervisor of transportation, or the supervisor's authorized representative, for school vehicles publicly owned or under contract to a Board of Education, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Owner, or the owner's authorized representative, for school buses owned by or under contract to a private or parochial school.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Type B Inspection Scheduling.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Type B inspections shall be scheduled at least 60 days apart.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Administration shall schedule:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>One of the Type B inspections for school vehicles publicly owned, or under contract to, a Board of Education; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>All Type B inspections for school vehicles operating for private or parochial schools.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The other Type B inspection for school vehicles publicly owned and school vehicles under contract to the Board of Education shall be scheduled by the Board of Education's transportation supervisor.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The Board of Education's transportation supervisor shall notify the Administration, in writing, of the date and location of the inspections of all school vehicles publicly owned or under contract with the Board of Education.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>For school vehicles used to transport students to a private or parochial school, the school's transportation supervisor or the owner of the school vehicles shall notify the Administration, in writing, of the inspection locations.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Major Defects.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If a major defect that cannot be immediately corrected is discovered during an inspection observed by an MVA compliance agent, the MVA compliance agent shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Issue a school vehicle equipment repair order;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Suspend the school vehicle's registration; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Confiscate the school vehicle's plates.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If a major defect is discovered and corrected during an inspection, the MVA compliance agent shall record the defect and note that it was corrected during the inspection.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Vehicle Removed From Service.</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>If a major defect that cannot be immediately corrected is discovered during an inspection not observed by an MVA compliance agent, the Administration shall be notified immediately and the vehicle shall be removed from service.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The Administration may suspend the registration of a vehicle removed from service and confiscate the vehicle registration plates.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>When all major defects are corrected, the school vehicle owner or the Board of Education may return the vehicle to service if the Administration has not suspended the vehicle's registration.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>If the Administration has suspended the vehicle's registration, the school vehicle owner or the Board of Education shall arrange for an inspection by an MVA compliance agent.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>The Administration shall return the registration plates when the school vehicle successfully passes reinspection.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Minor Defects.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If a minor defect is discovered during an inspection observed by an MVA compliance agent, the MVA compliance agent shall issue a school vehicle equipment repair order.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>When all minor defects on publicly owned school vehicles are corrected, the local supervisor of transportation or the supervisor's authorized agent shall certify on the school vehicle equipment repair order that the minor defects are corrected, and shall return the school vehicle equipment repair order to the Administration within 30 days of the inspection.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>When all minor defects on non-publicly owned school vehicles are corrected, the owner of the vehicles or the owner's authorized agent shall certify on the school vehicle equipment repair order that the minor defects are corrected and return the school vehicle equipment repair order to the Administration within 30 days of the inspection.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Failure to correct all minor defects and certify that they have been corrected, or to return the school vehicle equipment repair order to the Administration within 30 days, shall result in the suspension of the school vehicle's registration.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Head Start Vehicle Inspection. During each 12-month period, the owner of a head start vehicle shall submit to the Administration a certification that a head start vehicle inspection was completed by an inspection mechanic at an authorized Maryland State Inspection facility.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>