Section 9102.5 Of Article 1. Exemptions From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 1.
9102.5
. (a) In lieu of all other fees which are specified in this
code, except fees for duplicate plates, certificates, or cards, a fee
of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be paid for the registration and
licensing of any privately owned schoolbus, as defined in Section
545, which is either of the following:
(1) Owned by a private nonprofit educational organization and
operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Department of Education and the Department of the California Highway
Patrol exclusively in transporting school pupils, or school pupils
and employees, of the private nonprofit educational organization.
(2) Operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Department of Education and the Department of the California Highway
Patrol exclusively in transporting school pupils, or school pupils
and employees, of any public school or private nonprofit educational
organization pursuant to a contract between a public school district
or nonprofit educational organization and the owner or operator of
the schoolbus.
This section does not apply to any schoolbus which is operated
pursuant to any contract which requires the public school district or
nonprofit educational organization to pay any amount representing
the costs of registration and weight fees unless and until the
contract is amended to require only the payment of an amount
representing the fee required by this section.
(b) When a schoolbus under contract and registered pursuant to
subdivision (a) is to be temporarily operated in such a manner that
it becomes subject to full registration fees specified in this code,
the owner may, prior to that operation, as an alternative to the full
registration, secure a temporary permit to operate the vehicle in
this state for any one or more calendar months. The permit shall be
posted upon the windshield or other prominent place upon the vehicle,
and shall identify the vehicle to which it is affixed. When so
affixed, the permit shall serve as indicia of full registration for
the period designated on the permit. Upon payment of the fees
specified in Section 9266.5, the department may issue a temporary
permit under this section.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision, any schoolbus used
exclusively to transport students at or below the 12th-grade level to
or from any school, for an education-related purpose, or for an
activity sponsored by a nonprofit organization shall be deemed to be
a schoolbus for the purposes of this section and shall pay a fee of
fifteen dollars ($15) in lieu of all other fees which are specified
in this code, except fees for duplicate plates, certificates, or
cards.
(d) This section does not apply to a schoolbus, operated to
transport persons who are developmentally disabled, as defined by the
Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5
(commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code),
to or from vocational, prevocational, or work training centers
sponsored by the State Department of Developmental Services.