Bill Text: MI HB5653 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; transportation; school district inspection of school buses based on certification of school bus mechanics by the state police; provide for. Amends secs. 7, 39, 41, 43 & 70 of 1990 PA 187 (MCL 257.1807 et seq.).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-12-09 - Printed Bill Filed 12/09/2009 [HB5653 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5653-Introduced.html

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< Do not remove without State Police authorization."

 

The sticker shall remain until the condition is corrected. A school

 

bus may be transported to a maintenance facility for repair if the

 

school bus driver provides written proof of destination to a state

 

police official or the applicable certified school bus inspector

 

upon request.

 

     (3) A school bus that is considered to be in unsatisfactory

 

condition, but that is safe for operation, shall have affixed to

 

its windshield by the state police official or the applicable

 

certified school bus inspector a yellow sticker which shall read as

 

follows: "This vehicle has equipment defects. {reverse side}

 

Repairs and reinspection shall be obtained on or before _____. Do

 

not remove without State Police authorization." If, upon

 

reinspection, the vehicle defect has not been repaired, replaced,

 

or corrected, the state police official or the applicable certified

 

school bus inspector shall remove the yellow sticker and affix a

 

red sticker to the vehicle. Exceptions may be made when the

 

necessary parts or equipment has been ordered but not received at

 

the time of reinspection. Reinspection may take place within 60

 

days after the original inspection.

 

     (4) A school bus that is considered to be in satisfactory

 

condition after inspection by a state police official or the

 

applicable certified school bus inspector shall have a Michigan

 

vehicle inspection passing sticker affixed to its windshield. The

 

owner of a school bus shall remove or destroy the pass sticker

 

before selling the school bus. The display of a pass sticker on a

 

vehicle other than a school bus is a state civil infraction. All

 

stickers are the property of the department of state police or the

 

applicable certified school bus inspector.

 

     Sec. 43. The department of state police or the applicable

 

certified school bus inspector shall inspect a new school bus

 

before a school accepts delivery. The department of state police or

 

the applicable certified school bus inspector shall determine

 

whether the new vehicle is acceptable for delivery. The department

 

of state police may delegate the inspection of new school buses to

 

publicly employed inspectors employed or contracted by the school

 

district if the inspection complies with this subsection. A school

 

shall not accept delivery of a new school bus unless the new

 

vehicle has been inspected and passed by the department of state

 

police or the applicable certified school bus inspector under this

 

subsection and title to the school bus has been obtained by the

 

school in compliance with this act.

 

     Sec. 70. (1) The department of education shall establish an

 

advisory committee to advise the department on issues and topics

 

concerning school buses and school bus safety. The advisory

 

committee shall consist of a member from each of the following

 

departments or organizations:

 

     (a) The department.

 

     (b) The department of state police.

 

     (c) The state transportation department.

 

     (d) The department of state.

 

     (e) The Michigan association for pupil transportation.

 

     (f) The Michigan association of school business officials.

 

     (g) The Michigan association of school administrators.

 

     (h) The training agency association of Michigan.

 

     (i) A member representing nonpublic schools.

 

     (j) The Michigan education association.

 

     (k) The Michigan association of school boards.

 

     (l) Other organizations representing school bus drivers as the

 

department considers appropriate.

 

     (m) Any other organizations or groups the department considers

 

necessary.

 

     (2) The advisory committee shall include members representing

 

bus drivers and supervisors in rural areas, suburban areas, and

 

cities in the Lower and Upper Peninsula Peninsulas.

 

     (3) The advisory committee shall assist the department in the

 

development of continuing education courses for school bus drivers

 

and supervisors, any modifications to the introductory school bus

 

safety course, the program to evaluate driving skills and on-road

 

procedural performance skills of each school bus driver, and the

 

minimum threshold for a required safety evaluation, which may

 

include, but is not limited to, number of points on a driving

 

record, operating impaired or under the influence of alcohol, at-

 

fault accidents, or violations of safety procedures, for requiring

 

drivers to take the on-road driver skills test.

 

     (4) The advisory committee shall assist the department in

 

updating physical examination requirements as necessary to comply

 

with changes in federal and state law or rules.

 

     (5) The advisory committee shall select members for a school

 

bus inspection standard task force. The task force shall set and

 

review standards for school bus inspections.