File Code: Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Astle
- Entitled:
-
Vehicle Laws - School Vehicles - Standing by Pupils
Prohibiting a person from transporting more than a certain number of
pupils on a school bus, or from allowing pupils to stand while the bus
is moving, except in an emergency; requiring the driver of a school
bus to drive at a slower speed when pupils are standing; requiring the
Motor Vehicle Administration and the State Department of Education to
adopt regulations before the 1997-1998 school year; and requiring the
Department to report to the General Assembly by January 1 of each year
beginning at the end of the 1997-1998 school year.
Senate Action
- 1/9
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 1/15
- Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/3
- Withdrawn
House Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
- MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
- SCHOOL BUSES
- STUDENTS
- TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Transportation
- (
21-1118 ,
25-110
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)