Cite as: 21 CNCA § 1902

As used in the Bus Passenger Safety Act:

1. "Bus" means a vehicle designed to carry passengers that is part of a network of passenger vehicles for use by the public, running on a regular schedule of routes, times and fares;

2. "Bus transportation company" or "company" means any person or governmental entity providing for-hire transport to passengers or cargo by bus upon the roads, streets, highways and turnpikes of this state;

3. "Deadly or dangerous weapon" includes all weapons listed in Section 1287 of this title, and any other weapon capable of inflicting serious bodily injury, except for a weapon carried for lawful self-defense in compliance under the Cherokee Nation Self Defense Act;

4. "Passenger" means any person served by the bus transportation company; and

5. "Terminal" means a bus station or depot or any facility operated or leased by or operated on behalf of a bus transportation company. This term shall include a reasonable area immediately adjacent to any designated stop along the route traveled by any bus operated by a bus transportation company and parking lots or parking areas adjacent to a terminal.

Historical Data

LA 07-21, eff. February 22, 2021.