Bill Text: NJ A2309 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school buses to be equipped with interior and exterior cameras.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A2309 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A2309-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Requires school buses to be equipped with interior and exterior cameras.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring school buses to be equipped with certain safety equipment and supplementing Title of 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Every school bus, as defined in R.S.39:1-1, purchased on or after the effective of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), that transports one or more students shall be equipped with:
(1) a video camera on the interior of the school bus to monitor student safety; and
(2) a video camera on the exterior of the school bus to monitor student safety.
b. Any video footage collected from a video camera installed pursuant to this section shall not be considered a government record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.), or the common law concerning access to government records.
2. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations concerning: the installation and use of video cameras as required pursuant to section 1 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) on school buses; the use of video footage collected from the cameras; and the retention of video footage from the video cameras, including, but not limited to, a minimum and maximum amount of time that video footage may be retained.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the thirteenth month after enactment, but the Commissioner of Education and the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may take such administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires all school buses, purchased on or after the effective date of this bill, to be equipped with: a video camera on the interior of the school bus to monitor student safety; and a video camera on the exterior of the school bus to monitor student safety.
The bill provides that video
footage from a school bus video camera is not to be considered government
records. The State Board
of Education, in consultation with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, is to promulgate rules concerning the installation and use of the video cameras; the use of the video footage; and the retention of the video footage, including, but not limited to, the minimum and maximum amount of time that the footage may be retained.
