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Assembly Bill A8547

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the installation of tracking and monitoring equipment of school buses; authorizes the purchase and installation of global positioning system devices for school buses

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2015-A8547 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L; amd §3623-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7020

2015-A8547 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation of tracking and monitoring equipment of school buses; authorizes the purchase and installation of global positioning system devices for school buses.

2015-A8547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8547

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            October 30, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
  the installation of tracking and monitoring equipment of school buses;
  to amend the education law, in relation to  authorizing  the  purchase
  and installation of global positioning system devices for school buses

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

  Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 21-j to read as follows:
  21-J. EVERY SCHOOL BUS SHALL HAVE A DEVICE OR EQUIPMENT FOR THE TRACK-
ING  AND  MONITORING  OF  SUCH  SCHOOL  BUS THROUGH A GLOBAL POSITIONING
SYSTEM OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY.
  S 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 3623-a of  the  education
law,  as  amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
as follows:
  c. The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district  expense,
including:  (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and new
school buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and  new
school  buses,  (iii) the purchase and installation of seat safety belts
on school buses in accordance with the provisions of section  thirty-six
hundred  thirty-five-a  of this article, (iv) the purchase of school bus
back up beepers, (v) the purchase of school  bus  front  crossing  arms,
(vi)  the  purchase  of  school  bus  safety  sensor  devices, (vii) the
purchase and installation  of  exterior  reflective  marking  on  school
buses,  (viii)  the  purchase  of  automatic  engine  fire extinguishing
systems for school buses used to transport students who use  wheelchairs
or other assistive mobility devices, [and] (ix) THE PURCHASE AND INSTAL-
LATION  OF  DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT TO BE USED FOR TRACKING AND MONITORING
SCHOOL BUSES THAT ARE BASED ON  GLOBAL  POSITIONING  SYSTEM  OR  SIMILAR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11977-01-5

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