Bill Text: CT HB05325 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5325 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Informing School Districts Of The School Bus Seat Belt Account.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-01 - Vote to Draft [HB05325 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05325-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5325*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 852
		00852
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.

AN ACT INFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THE SCHOOL BUS SEAT BELT ACCOUNT.

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

That section 14-275d of the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Motor Vehicles, in conjunction with the Department of Education, to inform local and regional school districts of the program to provide funding to offset a portion of sales tax on the purchases of school buses equipped with seat safety belts and how to apply to such program, and to permit no more than five percent of the total amount in the school bus seat belt account to be used to pay the costs associated with informing such school districts.

Statement of Purpose:

To inform local and regional school districts of the ability to apply for funds from the school bus seat belt account.