senate Bill S1531

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring records of all traffic violations by bus drivers to be provided to parents and guardians upon request

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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Jan 12, 2021 referred to education

S1531 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3650-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S7278

S1531 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires records of any and all traffic violations, including offenses committed in the operation of a motor vehicle, of a school district's bus driver, including those acquired outside the employment of driving a school bus, to be provided by the school district to a parent or guardian of a student who rides the bus of such driver upon request.

S1531 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1531
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  records  of
   all  traffic  violations  by bus drivers to be provided to parents and
   guardians upon request

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3650-d
 to read as follows:
   § 3650-D. RECORDS OF TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. A RECORD OF ANY AND ALL TRAF-
 FIC  VIOLATIONS, AS WELL AS ALL OFFENSES COMMITTED IN THE OPERATION OF A
 MOTOR VEHICLE, OF  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S  BUS  DRIVER,  INCLUDING  THOSE
 ACQUIRED  OUTSIDE  THE  EMPLOYMENT  OF  DRIVING  A  SCHOOL BUS, SHALL BE
 PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT WHO
 RIDES THE BUS OF SUCH DRIVER UPON REQUEST.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05060-01-1

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