Senate Bill sb1874c1

    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 1874

    By the Committee on Education; and Senator Miller





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to bus drivers; amending s.

  3         316.70, F.S.; requiring the driving records of

  4         non-public-sector bus drivers to be checked for

  5         suspended or revoked licenses; providing

  6         penalties; providing that private-school

  7         students may ride on public-school buses and

  8         public-school students may ride on

  9         private-school buses, subject to specified

10         conditions; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of

15  section 316.70, Florida Statutes, and subsection (2) of that

16  section is amended, to read:

17         316.70  Nonpublic sector buses; safety rules.--

18         (1)  The Department of Transportation shall establish

19  and revise standards to assure the safe operation of nonpublic

20  sector buses, as defined in s. 316.003(78), which standards

21  shall be those contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382, 385, and

22  390-397 and which shall be directed towards assuring that:

23         (d)  The driving records of drivers of

24  non-public-sector buses are checked by their employers at

25  least once each year to ascertain whether the driver has a

26  suspended or revoked drivers' license.

27         (2)  The Department of Transportation may assess a

28  civil penalty of up to $5,000 per infraction against any

29  person who violates any provision of this section or who

30  violates any rule or order of the department.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 1874
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  1         Section 2.  Private-school students may be transported

  2  on public-school buses, and public-school students may be

  3  transported on private-school buses when there is mutual

  4  agreement between the local school board and the applicable

  5  private school. Any agreement for private-school students to

  6  be transported on public-school buses must be in accordance

  7  with section 768.28(9)(a), Florida Statutes, and section

  8  316.6145, Florida Statutes. Any agreement for public-school

  9  students to be transported on private-school buses must be

10  contingent on the private school bus driver's having adequate

11  liability insurance through his or her employer.

12         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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14          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
15                         Senate Bill 1874

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17  The Committee Substitute:

18  -removes the provision requiring each school district to check
    the driving records of all school bus drivers at least once
19  each year to ascertain whether the driver has a suspended or
    revoked drivers' license; and
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    -provides that private school students may ride on a public
21  school bus and that public school students may ride on a
    private school bus, subject to the specified terms of an
22  agreement between the local school board and the private
    school.
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