Appendix C. Charter Bus and Apportioned Plate Changes Charter Bus and Apportioned Plate Changes The International Registration Plan, commonly called IRP, has been amended to remove the exemption for buses used in the transportation of chartered parties. Previously, registration for chartered buses in the IRP had been optional. Beginning on January 1, 2016, all charter buses engages in interstate commerce are required to obtain an apportioned registration or trip permit. Definitions: Chartered Party - is a group of persons who, pursuant to a common purpose and under a single contract, have acquired the exclusive use of a passenger-carrying motor vehicle to travel together as a group to a specified destination or for a particular itinerary, either agreed upon in advance of modified by the group after leaving the place of origin. This term includes services rendered to a number of passengers that a passenger carrier or its agent has assembled into a travel group through sales of a ticket to each individual passenger from one or more points of origin to a single advertised destination. Fixed Route Transportation - is the transporting of school pupils on a predetermined daily basis to and from a set location for the length of the pupil's school year. This includes: * Transporting from home-to-school and school-to-home * Picking up and dropping off at established bus stops * Transporting from home-to-school to an after-school activity * Transporting to an after-school day care * Transporting from school to school * A similar type of daily route Back to Index