526. No transport service described in article 525 may be supplied by anyone but a carrier that is a public body providing public transport, the holder of a bus transport permit, a holder of a taxi permit, a group of taxi permit holders or a school bus carrier under contract with the municipality.
The contract may be made without calling for tenders; where the municipality calls for tenders, it is not required to accept any tender whatsoever.
Where the contract is made with a school bus carrier, the carrier may use vehicles other than school buses or vehicles of the minibus type. The carrier shall not, in such a case, use those vehicles to transport pupils.
1981, c. 26, s. 39; 1983, c. 45, s. 34; 1985, c. 35, s. 24; 1996, c. 2, s. 455.