Kentucky House Bill 34 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 18-7)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-10 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Pending: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "owner," "recorded images," "school bus stop arm camera," and "third party designee"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require each local school district to install and maintain school bus stop arm cameras on daily route school buses by August 1, 2023; allow districts to contract for purchase and maintenance of cameras; allow districts to contract for the processing of an alleged violation of KRS 189.370(1); require school districts to establish procedures or contract with a third-party designee prior to utilizing school bus stop arm cameras; provide an emergency exception to the stop arm requirement; permit school districts with a population density equal to or less than 100% of the state average to apply for special permission to suspend the stop arm requirement for up to five years; establish requirements for school districts granted special permission to suspend the stop arm requirement; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish annual on-site compliance inspections for school districts and penalties for noncompliance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to define "'owner," "school bus stop arm camera", and "third-party designee"; require the Transportation Cabinet or third-party designee to review images for violations of KRS 189.370(1) recorded by school bus stop arm cameras after July 1, 2021, and issue civil citations for violations; establish civil penalties for a violation of KRS 189.370 recorded by a school bus stop arm camera after July 1, 2021; require the Transportation Cabinet to adopt a uniform civil citation form and establish the form's minimum contents; establish notification requirements; require a recipient of a uniform civil citation to pay civil penalty or submit proof of a criminal citation or appeal the uniform civil citation to the Transportation Cabinet within 30 days; grant the Transportation Cabinet appellate powers and authority; establish potential defenses the Transportation Cabinet may consider for uniform civil citations; allow for suspension of registration for failure to pay a fine, require third- party designee to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a suspension within 1 business day of payment; appropriate 80 percent of funds collected by the Transportation Cabinet for a uniform civil citation to the school district; allow a third-party designee to keep up to 80 percent of funds but no more than $160 per civil penalty collected by a third party designee; appropriate 10 percent of all funds collected from a uniform civil citation to the Kentucky Department of Education; appropriate 10 percent of all funds collected from a uniform civil citation to the Transportation Cabinet; appropriate any remaining funds collected by a third party designee to the local school district; provide that a uniform civil citation shall not result in points against a driving record; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to effectuate the purpose of administering stop arm camera use, enforcement, and calibration; amend KRS 189.990 to appropriate 80 percent of funds collected from criminal fines levied by law enforcement for violation of KRS 189.370 to the local school district, 10 percent to the Kentucky Department of Education, and 10 percent to local law enforcement.

AN ACT relating to school bus safety and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Robert Goforth [R]	Rep. Lynn Bechler [R]	Rep. Danny Bentley [R]	Rep. Adam Bowling [R]
Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]	Rep. Travis Brenda [R]	Rep. Jeffery Donohue [D]	Rep. Myron Dossett [R]
Rep. Joe Graviss [D]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Thomas Huff [R]
Rep. David Meade [R]	Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]	Rep. Charles Miller [D]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]
Rep. Rob Rothenburger [R]	Rep. Steve Sheldon [R]	Rep. Jim Stewart [R]	Rep. Wilson Stone [D]
Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty [D]	Rep. Nancy Tate [R]	Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Russell Webber [R]
Rep. Susan Westrom [D]

2020-02-06 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 75 (Y: 86 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-10	Senate	to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2020-02-07	Senate	received in Senate
2020-02-06	House	3rd reading, passed 86-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
2020-02-05	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2020-02-03	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 4, 2020
2020-01-29	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-01-28	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-01-10	House	posted in committee
2020-01-07	House	to Transportation (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-08-01	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb34.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb34/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb34/bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/hb34/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/hb34/FN.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/hb34/HCS1LM.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb34/vote_history.pdf