Bill Text: CT HB05178 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Three-point Lap And Shoulder Seat Safety Belts For School Buses.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation [HB05178 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05178-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5178
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 229
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING THREE-POINT SEAT SAFETY BELTS FOR SCHOOL BUSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That (1) subsection (c) of section 14-275 of the general statutes be amended to require each school bus that is model year 2022 or newer to be equipped with three-point lap and shoulder seat safety belts, and (2) the general statutes be amended to require the operator and any passenger of a school bus that is equipped with three-point lap and shoulder seat safety belts to wear such belts while the school bus is being operated.

Statement of Purpose:

To require school buses to be equipped with three-point lap and shoulder seat safety belts and to require passengers of a school bus to wear seat safety belts.