Bill Text: GA HR113 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: House School Bus Safety Study Committee; create
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-14 - House Passed/Adopted [HR113 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR113-Introduced.html
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2012
House
Resolution 113
By:
Representatives Bearden of the
68th,
Talton of the
145th,
Cooke of the
18th,
and Hanner of the
148th
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the House School Bus Safety Study Committee; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
school bus drivers are intrusted with the lives and safety of many of Georgia's
children during potentially dangerous commutes to and from schools each school
day; and
WHEREAS,
these commutes are becoming longer and more hazardous due to an increase in
traffic congestion and a reduction in the number of available school buses;
and
WHEREAS,
the basic design of the large yellow school bus has not been changed since 1977,
and many families of school bus accident victims, informed parents, the national
PTA, and multiple physician groups are demanding improvements in school buses
and the use of seatbelts on school buses; and
WHEREAS,
many, if not all, of the NHTSA school bus safety reports presented to congress
obscure the absence of lateral and rollover protection by testing and evaluating
school buses entirely from a frontal accident configuration; moreover, such
studies which have focused on seat performance have led to conclusions that
serve to exaggerate the safety of school buses and imply a level of safety that
is alleged by some to be invalid; and
WHEREAS,
for more than 35 years, engineers have recommended use of a lap belt to provide
substantial additional protection to child passengers of school buses;
and
WHEREAS,
the absence of safety belts on school buses has led to substantial liability
imposed against state and local governments; and
WHEREAS,
each year in this nation children are injured and killed in motor vehicle
accidents while riding school buses, and it is imperative that this body ensure
that everything that can be done is being done to prevent harm to Georgia's
children.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the House School
Bus Safety Study Committee is created, to be composed of five members of the
House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The Speaker shall designate a member of the committee as
chairperson of the committee. The chairperson shall call all meetings of the
committee.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a study of the
conditions, needs, issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and
recommend any action or legislation which the committee deems necessary or
appropriate. The committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at such
times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully and
effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives and
purposes of this resolution. The members of the committee shall receive the
allowances provided for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated. The allowances authorized by this resolution shall not be received
by any member of the committee for more than five days unless additional days
are authorized. The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this
resolution shall come from the funds appropriated to the House of
Representatives. In the event the committee makes a report of its findings and
recommendations, with suggestions for proposed legislation, if any, such report
shall be made on or before December 1, 2011. The committee shall stand
abolished on December 31, 2011.
