TITLE 92: TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUBCHAPTER e: TRAFFIC SAFETY (EXCEPT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS)
PART 440 MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TYPE I SCHOOL BUSES
SECTION 440.160 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE


 

Section 440.160  Incorporation by Reference

 

a)         Each bus body and chassis must conform to the applicable provisions of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) (49 CFR 571.1 through 571.404).  Those applicable provisions of the FMVSS are incorporated by reference as that part of the FMVSS was in effect on October 1, 2007.  No later amendments to or editions of 49 CFR 571 are incorporated.

 

b)         Each bus body and chassis must conform to the applicable provisions of 49 CFR 567, Certification, and 49 CFR 568, Vehicles Manufactured in Two or More Stages, that were in effect on the first day of the month in which the chassis manufacturer completed the last manufacturing operation on the incomplete bus.  Those applicable provisions are incorporated by reference as they were in effect on October 1, 2007.  No later amendments to or editions of 49 CFR 567 and 49 CFR 568 are incorporated.

 

c)         Each school bus must conform to the applicable Standards and Recommended Practices of the Society of Automotive Engineers Handbook (Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale PA 15096-0001, (724)776-4841).  Those applicable provisions of the SAE Standards and Recommended Practices are incorporated by reference as of the 2005 edition date.  No later amendments to or editions of the SAE Standards and Recommended Practices are incorporated.

 

d)         Copies of the above materials incorporated by reference are available for inspection at the Division of Traffic Safety, 3215 Executive Park Drive, 3rd Floor, Springfield, Illinois  62703 or by calling (217)785-1181.  The federal standards are available on the National Archives and Records Administration's website at http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov.  The Division of Traffic Safety's rules are available on the Department's website at http://www.dot.il.gov/safety.html .

 

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 17983, effective November 10, 2008)