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# School bus operators under eighteen years of age prohibited; penalty

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.

B. 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.

C. 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.