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Assembly Bill A7020

2017-2018 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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2017-A7020 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L; amd §3623-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A8547

2017-A7020 (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.

2017-A7020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7020
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TITONE,  MOSLEY,  SIMON,  THIELE, GOTTFRIED,
   JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Transporta-
   tion
 
 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.
   § 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.

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