Bill Text: PA SB153 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In other required equipment, further providing for general requirements for school buses.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-30 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [SB153 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB153-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 123
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 153 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, FONTANA, HUGHES, KITCHEN, BROWNE AND MELLOW, JANUARY 30, 2009
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in other required equipment, further providing for
general requirements for school buses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4552(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4552. General requirements for school buses.
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(d) Seating.--
(1) Adequate seating space of safe design and
construction shall be provided for each passenger and no
passenger shall be carried for which adequate seating space
is not available and used.
(2) The seats on each bus shall be equipped with or be
fitted with retractable seat belts. No passenger shall be
carried for whom a seat belt is not available. Each passenger
shall use a seat belt when the bus is in motion.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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