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Cal. Veh. Code § 233 — WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED

Cal. Veh. Code § 233

Type
Statute
Source
California Vehicle Code
Jurisdiction
California
Date
1995-01-01
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a “bus” is any vehicle, including a trailer bus, designed, used, or maintained for carrying more than 15 persons including the driver.

Citator

Cal. Veh. Code § 233 — WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a “bus” is any vehicle, including a trailer bus, designed, used, or maintained for carrying more than 15 persons including the driver.

(b) A vehicle designed, used, or maintained for carrying more than 10 persons, including the driver, which is used to transport persons for compensation or profit, or is used by any nonprofit organization or group, is also a bus.

(c) This section does not alter the definition of a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, general public paratransit vehicle, farm labor vehicle, or youth bus.

(d) A vanpool vehicle is not a bus.