It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to use a publicly owned school district bus for any purpose other than one in connection with the school, and, upon conviction thereof, such person shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00). When any publicly owned school district bus is being operated on the public roads or highways at a time other than the usual and customary time for the transportation of children to and from the public schools, members of the Highway Safety Patrol, sheriffs, constables and other peace officers shall have the power and authority to stop such bus for the purpose of ascertaining whether the trip then being made is authorized by law. If it be found that such trip is unauthorized, such highway patrolman, sheriff, constable or other peace or police officer shall forthwith report the same to the school board owning such bus and to the State Department of Education.
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