Bill Text: NY S01910 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1910 (Prior Session Legislation)

NY State Legislature page for S01910

Introduced

Bill Title: Allows for the transportation of students by a vehicle used for agricultural education purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01910 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01910-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1910
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 17, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  allowing  for  the
          transportation  of  students by a vehicle used for agricultural educa-
          tion purposes
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 57 to read as follows:
     3    57. The commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of trans-
     4  portation,  shall  allow  for  the  use of vehicles used in agricultural
     5  education for transporting pupils. Such vehicles shall be allowed to  be
     6  used for pupil transportation where the vehicle:
     7    a. is insured and owned by the school district;
     8    b. has passed an inspection within the past year;
     9    c.  is  operated  by an agriculture teacher with a commercial driver's
    10  license with a passenger endorsement and the appropriate  licensing  for
    11  operating the vehicle;
    12    d.  is  being  used  in a manner directly related to the curriculum as
    13  well as for transportation of pupils; and
    14    e. has no more than the legally allowable amount of passengers.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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