Bill Text: GA HB1348 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Georgia School Bus Safety Task Force; create
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-24 - House Committee Favorably Reported [HB1348 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB1348-Comm_Sub.html
10 LC
35 1845S
The
House Committee on Public Safety & Homeland Security offers the following
substitute to HB 1348:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 8 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to school buses, so as to create the Georgia School Bus
Safety Task Force; to provide for members; to provide for duties; to provide for
a report and recommendations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
8 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to school buses, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as
follows:
"40-6-166.
(a)
There is created the Georgia School Bus Safety Task Force, which shall be
composed of six members as follows:
(1)
Two members appointed by the Governor;
(2)
Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
and
(3)
Two members appointed by the President of the Senate.
(b)
At the first meeting of the task force, the members shall select from among
their number a chairperson and a vice chairperson and shall adopt rules
governing the transaction of business and record keeping. The task force shall
meet on the call of the chairperson or upon the call of three or more members.
Members of the task force shall serve without compensation or reimbursement of
expenses.
(c)
The duties of the task force shall be to:
(1)
Make a comprehensive study of school bus safety designs and technology related
to safety and law enforcement;
(2)
Examine and study approaches taken by other states in the implementation of
school bus safety measures and related costs;
(3)
Research and develop recommendations relating to school bus safety;
and
(4)
Review Georgia laws relating to school bus safety and recommend any needed
legislation.
(d)
The task force shall publish its findings and recommendations not later than
December 31, 2010. The task force shall not remain in existence
thereafter."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.