Assembly Bill A3236

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3236
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. McKEVITT, KEARNS, GARBARINO, GRAF -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school buses
   to display a toll free number for reporting an improper  operation  of
   such school bus

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3623 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  A  TOLL  FREE NUMBER WHICH MAY BE CONTACTED TO REPORT THE IMPROPER
 OPERATION OF A SCHOOL BUS SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAYED ON THE  EXTE-
 RIOR  OF  EVERY  SCHOOL  BUS.  THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  REGARDING
 THE  SIZE  AND  LOCATION  OF SUCH NUMBER. SUCH TOLL FREE NUMBER SHALL BE
 ESTABLISHED, OPERATED AND FUNDED BY THE  DEPARTMENT.  IN  ADDITION,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  PROCEDURE  WHEREBY  SUCH  REPORTS ARE
 FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS WITHIN
 A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME.
   § 2. The commissioner of education in consultation  with  the  commis-
 sioner  of  motor  vehicles  shall prepare a report and submit it to the
 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
 assembly  by  December  31,  2018  and  on December thirty-first of each
 succeeding year.  Such report shall contain an assessment of the  impact
 on  safety  of  requiring  a  toll free number to be displayed on school
 buses in accordance with the provisions of this act and specific  recom-
 mendations to increase school bus safety.
   §  3.  Subparagraphs  10  and  11  of  paragraph e of subdivision 1 of
 section 3623-a of the education law, as added by chapter 474 of the laws
 of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
   (10) the consideration for the contract  or  contracts  made  for  the
 purpose  of providing transportation by horse-drawn vehicle or vehicles,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 if any school district shall be required to provide such transportation;
 [and]
   (11)  TOLL  FREE NUMBERS DISPLAYED ON THE EXTERIOR OF EVERY SCHOOL BUS
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING IMPROPER OPERATION OF A SCHOOL BUS; AND
   (12) other expenses for district operated transportation  systems,  as
 approved pursuant to regulations of the commissioner.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law, except that any rules or regulations neces-
 sary for the timely implementation of this act  on  its  effective  date
 shall be promulgated on or before such date.