{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-7.1-5-12-12","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 7.1-5-12-12","heading":"Smoking in school bus; prohibited","body":"Sec. 12. (a) As used in this section, \"school bus\" means a motor vehicle that is:\n(1) designed and constructed for the accommodation of at least ten (10) passengers;\n(2) owned or operated by a public or governmental agency, or privately owned and operated for compensation; and\n(3) used for the transportation of school children to and from the following:\n(A) School.\n(B) School athletic games or contests.\n(C) Other school functions.\n(b) As used in this section, \"school week\" means a week that:\n(1) begins on Monday and ends on Friday; and\n(2) includes at least three (3) days during which, on each day, more than four (4) hours of classroom instruction are provided.\n(c) A person who smokes in a school bus during a school week or while the school bus is being used for the transportation of school children to and from:\n(1) a school;\n(2) a school athletic game or contest; or\n(3) another school function;\ncommits a Class B infraction, except as provided in subsection (d).\n(d) A person who smokes in a school bus as described in subsection (c) commits a Class A infraction if the person, within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the person's act of smoking in a school bus, committed at least three (3) prior unrelated acts of smoking in a school bus for which the person was adjudged to have committed infractions under this section.","path":["TITLE 7.1. ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO","ARTICLE 5. CRIMES AND INFRACTIONS","Chapter 12. Prohibition on Smoking"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_7.1.html#7.1-5-12-12","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-12T01:57:19Z","sha256":"79c92d7e117f4016cc0b81381276fdfaedc5db45bf9f684da56d32b14423b065","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-7.1-5-12-11","next":"us-in/ic-7.1-5-12-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}