Bill Text: NY A08202 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to contracts for transportation and required markings on school buses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A08202 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08202-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8202
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 2, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law and the vehicle and  traffic  law,  in
          relation  to  contracts  for  transportation  and required markings on
          school buses
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  14  of  section  305 of the education law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
     3    g. Notwithstanding the provisions of  this  subdivision,  section  one
     4  hundred  three  of  the general municipal law, or any other provision of
     5  law to the contrary, the board of education shall be authorized to enter
     6  into a piggyback contract with another school district  that  transports
     7  students  pursuant  to a contract with a private transportation contrac-
     8  tor, provided that the board finds that the contract cost is appropriate
     9  and entry into a piggyback contract will result in a cost savings to the
    10  school district. For purposes of this paragraph, a "piggyback  contract"
    11  means  a  contract for the transportation of students that: (1) provides
    12  transportation to a location outside the students'  school  district  of
    13  residence  to  which another school district is already providing trans-
    14  portation to its own  students  through  an  existing  contract  with  a
    15  private  transportation  contractor,  other  than  a  cooperatively  bid
    16  contract; (2) is entered into by the private  transportation  contractor
    17  and  each  school district involved; and (3) provides for transportation
    18  in accordance with the terms and conditions of such existing transporta-
    19  tion contract.
    20    § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) and paragraphs  (c)  and  (d)  of
    21  subdivision  20  of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, subpara-
    22  graph 1 of paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 242 of the laws of  1992,
    23  paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 1973 and paragraph
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11498-02-7
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     1  (d)  as  amended by chapter 567 of the laws of 1985, are amended to read
     2  as follows:
     3    (1) In addition to such signal lamps, two signs shall be conspicuously
     4  displayed  on  the  exterior  of  every such omnibus designating it as a
     5  school omnibus by the use of the  words  "SCHOOL  BUS"  which  shall  be
     6  painted  or  otherwise inscribed thereon in black letters.  Such letters
     7  shall be of uniform size, at least eight  inches  in  height,  and  each
     8  stroke  of  each  letter  shall be not less than one inch in width.  The
     9  background of each such sign  shall  be  painted  [the  color  known  as
    10  "national  school  bus  chrome."]  on  a  background of retro reflective
    11  national school bus yellow material. The  material  shall  be  the  same
    12  quality  and  type as federal motor vehicle safety standards require for
    13  the marking of emergency exits. For each such omnibus having  a  seating
    14  capacity  in  excess  of  fifteen children, such signs shall be securely
    15  mounted on top of such vehicle, one of which shall  be  affixed  on  the
    16  front  and one on the rear thereof. For each such omnibus having a seat-
    17  ing capacity of not more than fifteen  children,  such  signs  shall  be
    18  securely  mounted  on  top  of such vehicle, one of which shall face the
    19  front and one of which shall face the rear thereof. Each such sign shall
    20  be visible and readable from a point at least two hundred feet distant.
    21    (c) [In the event such vehicle is operated on a public highway  during
    22  the  period  between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before
    23  sunrise, the signs required by paragraph (b) of this  subdivision  shall
    24  be  illuminated as to be visible from a point at least five hundred feet
    25  distant.
    26    (d)] Every such omnibus shall be equipped as  provided  in  paragraphs
    27  (a)  and (b) of this subdivision, [and such signs shall be displayed and
    28  illuminated in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of  this  subdivi-
    29  sion,]  and such signal lamps shall be operated as provided in paragraph
    30  (a) of this subdivision at all times when such omnibus shall be  engaged
    31  in  transporting  pupils  to  and from school or school activities or in
    32  transporting children to and from  child  care  centers  maintained  for
    33  children  of migrant farm and food processing laborers, or in transport-
    34  ing children to and from camp or camp activities or  transporting  chil-
    35  dren  to  and  from  religious  services  or instruction or transporting
    36  persons with disabilities on any such omnibus used by any state facility
    37  or not-for-profit agency licensed by the state.
    38    § 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017, provided  that  if  this
    39  act shall become a law after such date, it shall take effect immediately
    40  and  shall  be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after
    41  July 1, 2017 and provided further, nothing in section two  of  this  act
    42  shall be construed to require the retrofitting of school buses purchased
    43  prior to the effective date of this act.