Bill Text: TX HB344 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transportation of public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-11-19 - Filed [HB344 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB344-Introduced.html
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By: Longoria | H.B. No. 344 |
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relating to the transportation of public school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 34.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) A school district may not require an operator of a | ||
vehicle used to transport students to exceed the qualifications or | ||
training required under the Transportation Code or other law. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 34.003(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) School buses or mass transit authority motor buses shall | ||
be used for the transportation of students to and from schools on | ||
routes having 10 or more students. On those routes having fewer | ||
than 10 students, passenger cars or passenger vans may be used for | ||
the transportation of students to and from school. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 521.022(h), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(h) This section does not apply to the operation of: | ||
(1) a vehicle owned by a public institution of higher | ||
education to transport students of a school district that operates | ||
within that institution if: | ||
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approved by the institution to operate the vehicle; and | ||
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event, including a field trip; or | ||
(2) a multifunction school activity bus, as defined by | ||
Section 541.201, owned by a school district to transport students | ||
of the district if: | ||
(A) the bus is designed to accommodate 15 or | ||
fewer passengers, including the operator; | ||
(B) the person operating the bus is approved by | ||
the district to operate the bus; and | ||
(C) the transportation is for a school-related | ||
activity trip other than routes to and from school. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |