R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-22-11.5: Use of school bus with suspended registration — Penalty.

No registered owner, school superintendent, or driver shall use or allow to be used any school bus for transporting children after notification that the bus registration has been suspended for failure to appear for its scheduled inspection or for failure to pass the inspection. The registered owner of the bus shall be fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each day the bus is used to transport children in violation of this chapter.