Section 27316.5 Of Article 3. Safety Belts And Inflatable Restraint Systems From California Vehicle Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Unless specifically prohibited by the National Highway
Transportation Safety Administration, all type 2 school pupil
activity buses, manufactured on or after July 1, 2004, purchased or
leased for use in California shall be equipped at all designated
seating positions with a combination pelvic and upper torso passenger
restraint system.
(b) For purposes of this section, a "passenger restraint system"
is either of the following:
(1) A restraint system that is in compliance with Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 209, for a type 2 seatbelt assembly, and with
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 210, as those standards were
in effect on the date that the school pupil activity bus was
manufactured.
(2) A restraint system certified by the school pupil activity bus
manufacturer that is in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 222 and incorporates a type 2 lap-shoulder restraint system.
(c) No person, school district, or organization, with respect to a
type 2 school pupil activity bus equipped with passenger restraint
systems pursuant to this section, may be charged for a violation of
this code or any regulation adopted thereunder requiring a passenger
to use a passenger restraint system, if a passenger on the school
pupil activity bus fails to use or improperly uses the passenger
restraint system.