Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 25, 2023 | referred to transportation |
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Vivian Cook
Maritza Davila
Joe DeStefano
Alicia Hyndman
A2316 (ACTIVE) - Details
A2316 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2316 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 25, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DAVILA, DeSTEFANO, HYNDMAN, PAULIN, REILLY, REYES, SAYEGH, TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the education law, in relation to using GPS and implementing an emergency communications system on 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-k to read as follows: 21-K. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES AND PROTOCOLS FOR AN EMERGENCY COMMUNI- CATIONS SYSTEM ON SCHOOL BUSES. SUCH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SHALL UTILIZE THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES TO ASSIST DRIV- ERS AND PASSENGERS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY OR A SITUATION WHERE SUCH SCHOOL BUSES NEED TO BE LOCATED AND ASSISTED. § 2. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 57 to read as follows: 57. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF THE STATE, SHALL ASSIST THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN PROMULGAT- ING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECH- NOLOGIES AND PROTOCOLS FOR AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM ON SCHOOL BUSES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE-K OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01976-01-3