Bill Text: NJ S1773 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires display of identifying information on rear of school bus so public may report bus driver misconduct.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-3)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-18 - Approved P.L.2019, c.43. [S1773 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-S1773-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1773

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 2018

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Senator  VIN GOPAL

District 11 (Monmouth)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Holzapfel and Singer

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires display of identifying information on rear of school bus so public may report bus driver misconduct.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee on July 26, 2018, with amendments.

 

      An Act concerning school buses and amending ¹and supplementing¹ P.L.1965, c.119.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1.   Section 2 of P.L.1965, c.119 (C.39:3B-2) is amended to read as follows: 

     1.    a.     There shall be displayed on every bus subject to the provisions of section 1  of [this act] P.L.1965, c.119 (C.39:3B-1) signs or legends which will, insofar as practicable, inform the driver of any vehicle concerning the duty imposed upon him by law with respect to passing [such] a bus, while it is loading or unloading. [Such] The signs or legends shall be in [such] a color, form, and design as will meet the requirements prescribed by the State Board of Education, which requirements shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Title or any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto.

     b.    An agency, board of education, nonpublic school, or school bus contractor operating a school bus subject to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1965, c.119 (C.39:3B-1) shall display across the rear of the school bus a telephone number, website address, or other identifying information ¹[that allows] which shall allow¹ the public to report a bus driver's misconduct while operating the school bus ¹to the board of education or nonpublic school for which the school bus provides transportation¹.  The lettering shall be of a color that contrasts with the color of the school bus.

(cf: P.L.1965, c.119, s.2)

 

      ¹2.   (New section) The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and the Superintendent of the Division of State Police within the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedures Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the provisions of P.L.    c.      (C.         ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).  The regulations shall establish:

      (1)  the appropriate board of education or nonpublic school official or designee to address and respond to a complaint of school bus driver misconduct;

      (2) the appropriate actions with which a board of education or nonpublic school may take to respond to a complaint of school bus driver misconduct; and

      (3)  the time period during which a board of education or nonpublic school may act to respond to complaint of school bus driver misconduct.¹ 

 

     ¹[2.]  3.¹    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first be applicable to the school year beginning on July 1st next following the date of enactment.