Bill Text: NY A06152 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6152 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires pupils age seven or younger to be released into the custody of a parent, guardian or custodian upon exiting a school bus.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A06152 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06152-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6152
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. TITUS, PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          COOK, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the release of certain
          pupils from school buses
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3624-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  3624-a. Release of certain pupils from school buses. 1. All pupils,
     4  age seven or under, riding a school  bus  shall  be  released  into  the
     5  custody  of a parent, guardian or custodian upon exiting the school bus.
     6  If such parent, guardian or custodian is not available at  the  time  of
     7  drop-off,  the driver, monitor, or attendant must transport the pupil to
     8  a safe place, designated by the guardian.
     9    2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, a parent, guardian
    10  or custodian of a pupil may identify a person who shall be authorized to
    11  pick up such pupil. The parent, guardian or custodian of the pupil  must
    12  provide  written notice to the school or program identifying all persons
    13  authorized to pick up such pupil.
    14    3. Any pupil exiting the school bus with his or her sibling,  age  ten
    15  or older, shall be exempt from the provisions of subdivision one of this
    16  section.
    17    4.  Any  driver,  monitor  or  attendant  who  knowingly  violates any
    18  provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    20  the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05879-01-9