(2) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may adopt and enforce separate standards of the type described under this section for school buses and school activity vehicles that are under the governing board’s jurisdiction, except that the governing board may not authorize the use of school buses manufactured before April 1, 1977.
(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce standards for school bus stop arms authorized by ORS 820.105.
(4) Standards adopted under this section:
(a) Must be consistent with requirements established by statute or by rule adopted under statutory authority that relate to the same subject.
(b) Shall be consistent with minimum uniform national standards, if such standards exist.
(c) May include different requirements for different classes or types of school buses or school activity vehicles.
(d) May include any exemptions determined appropriate under ORS 820.150. [1983 c.338 §747; 1985 c.16 §358; 1985 c.420 §12; 1987 c.654 §6; 1989 c.491 §71; 2007 c.632 §1; 2013 c.768 §150; 2015 c.767 §211]