(a) No person shall operate, nor shall any person being the owner thereof or having supervisory responsibility therefor permit the operation of, a school bus within this Municipality unless there is displayed thereon the decals issued by the State Highway Patrol bearing a date of inspection prior to October 15 in the calendar year in which the decals were issued, except for a bus licensed by the Ohio Department of Highway Safety pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4511.763 which displays decals bearing a date of inspection between July 16 and September 1 of the calendar year in which the inspection was made, but if a bus is purchased after September 1 it shall display decals bearing a date of inspection later than the date the bus is purchased and prior to the date of its use for the transportation of pupils.
(ORC 4511.761; Ord. 40-76. Passed 7-13-76.)
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.