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Assembly Bill A6993

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires applicants for the position of school bus attendant to undergo a criminal history check

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2013-A6993 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1229-d, V & T L

2013-A6993 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires applicants for the position of school bus attendant to undergo a criminal history check.

2013-A6993 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6993

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to screening of
  applicants for positions of school bus attendant

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1229-d of the vehicle and  traffic
law,  as  amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read
as follows:
  (2) Screening of applicants for position of school bus attendant (a) a
school district[, pursuant to a policy statement or  resolution  adopted
by  such  district, may] SHALL review the qualifications of every appli-
cant for the position of school bus attendant on school  buses  operated
by  or  under  contract  to the district and determine at its discretion
whether the applicant is suitable  for  qualification.  In  such  cases,
applicants  [may] SHALL be made the subject of a criminal history check.
Upon receipt of the  fingerprints  forwarded  to  them  by  such  school
district,  the  division  of  criminal justice services shall forward to
such school district the criminal history review. A fee  not  to  exceed
the  cost  for the criminal history review shall be charged by the divi-
sion of criminal justice services. Such fingerprints also may be submit-
ted to the federal bureau  of  investigation  for  a  national  criminal
history record check.
  (b)  In  determining  the  qualifications  of school bus attendants, a
school district [may] SHALL use the criteria listed  in  PARAGRAPHS  (A)
AND (B) OF subdivision two of section five hundred nine-cc of this chap-
ter  AND  MAY  USE  THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF SUCH SUBDIVISION relative to
criminal convictions.
  (c) All inquiries made, and the use of any criminal  record  obtained,
pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with section two hundred
ninety-six  of  the  executive  law.  In addition, the secondary dissem-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10410-01-3

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