Bill Text: NH HB172 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to transporting school children to school and school-supported activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-11 - House Signed by Governor 05/09/2011; Effective 07/08/2011; Chapter 0044 [HB172 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB172-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 44
HB 172 – FINAL VERSION
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2011 SESSION
04/05
HOUSE BILL 172
AN ACT relative to transporting school children to school and school-supported activities.
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Ober, Hills 27; Rep. R. Ober, Hills 27; Rep. Haefner, Hills 27; Rep. Renzullo, Hills 27; Sen. Carson, Dist 14
This bill permits pupils to be transported to or from school or a school-sponsored activity in a mixed use school bus.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to transporting school children to school and school-supported activities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
44:1 New Section; School Boards; Mixed Use School Bus. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 6-b the following new section:
189:6-c Pupils Transported in a Mixed Use School Bus. Pupils may be transported to or from school or a school-sponsored activity in a mixed use school bus, as defined by RSA 259:96-a, which bears a valid state inspection sticker and is operated by a driver who holds a valid license to operate that vehicle.
44:2 Motor Vehicles; Mixed Use Bus. Amend RSA 259:96-a to read as follows:
259:96-a Mixed Use School Bus. “Mixed use school bus” shall mean a [privately owned] vehicle, including a station wagon, suburban, passenger van, panel body vehicle, [and vehicles] or vehicle converted to a school bus, [but excluding a passenger vehicle,] which bears a valid state inspection sticker and is employed principally in transporting schoolchildren to and from school or school activities [by virtue of a contract with a school board authority].
44:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 9, 2011
Effective Date: July 8, 2011