REPORT TITLE:
School Buses


DESCRIPTION:
Permits the use of tour buses for the transportation of student
groups.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           1250
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES. 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 286-181, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(e)  The department of transportation shall adopt safety
 
 4 rules and standards relating to school vehicles, equipment, and
 
 5 drivers, including but not limited to:
 
 6      (1)  School vehicle and school vehicle equipment design,
 
 7           construction, and identification;
 
 8      (2)  School vehicle driver qualification and training as
 
 9           required by law;
 
10      (3)  School vehicle operation;
 
11      (4)  School vehicle maintenance and maintenance records;
 
12      (5)  Special school vehicle safety inspections;
 
13      (6)  Criteria for passenger loading and unloading safety
 
14           areas; and
 
15      (7)  Procedures and criteria for the granting of exemptions
 
16           permitted under subsections (b), (c), and (d);
 
17 provided that the rules and standards shall permit the use of
 
18 small buses or vans weighing less than ten thousand pounds for
 
19 the transportation of pupils of a day care center, child care
 

 
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 1 facility, headstart program, and preschool, or of school pupils
 
 2 and school staffs to and from school-related activities[.];
 
 3 provided further that the rules and standards shall permit the
 
 4 use of regular tour buses solely for the transportation of
 
 5 student groups, other than school athletes and including but not
 
 6 limited to school bands, to and from school related events or
 
 7 activities."
 
 8      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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12                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________