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  "heading": "School bus operators under eighteen years of age prohibited; penalty",
  "text": "A. No person who is under eighteen years of age shall drive a school bus having therein children en route to or from school or a school function.\n\nB. No person shall employ, hire, or allow any person under eighteen years of age to drive a school bus carrying children en route to or from school or a school function.\n\nC. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.",
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      "name": "GENERAL SCHOOL LAW"
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