It shall be unlawful for any individual, other than a student scheduled to be a passenger upon that particular bus, a member of the public school administration or faculty, or a law enforcement official, to directly or indirectly interfere in any way with passenger ingress and egress or the operation, including unauthorized boarding thereof, of a bus used in public school student transportation unless permission has been obtained as prescribed by pertinent rules and regulations promulgated by the state board of education or the local school authorities.
Upon conviction of violation of any provision of this section, such individual shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or both. Any person under the age of seventeen (17) who violates any provision of this section shall be treated as delinquent within the jurisdiction of the youth court.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 41 - Transportation of Pupils
§ 37-41-1. Promulgation of rules and regulations; applicability of chapter
§ 37-41-2. Interference with operation of school bus; penalty
§ 37-41-3. Pupils entitled to transportation
§ 37-41-5. Transportation of children under extraordinary circumstances and conditions
§ 37-41-7. Laying out of routes within county; supplemental funds
§ 37-41-13. How routes are to be laid out
§ 37-41-15. Alteration of routes; emergency transportation
§ 37-41-21. Prohibition on transporting certain pupils; exceptions
§ 37-41-23. Reports and records required
§ 37-41-25. False reports, lists or records; misdemeanor; criminal and civil penalties
§ 37-41-35. Operation of school bus garage and repair shop
§ 37-41-47. Speed of school bus; penalty
§ 37-41-49. Violation of safety regulations of state board of education; penalty
§ 37-41-57. Promulgation of regulations governing design and operation of school buses
§ 37-41-59. Mounting camera on school bus retractable, hand-operated stop sign