HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 79
Amendment No. 03 (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 The Committee on Crime Prevention, Corrections & Safety
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17 insert: Section 2. Section (12) of section 234.02, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 234.02 Safety and health of pupils.--Maximum regard
20 for safety and adequate protection of health are primary
21 requirements that must be observed by school boards in routing
22 buses, appointing drivers, and providing and operating
23 equipment, in accordance with all requirements of law and
24 regulations of the commissioner in providing transportation
25 pursuant to s. 234.01:
26 (12)(a) The routing and scheduling of school buses
27 must be planned to eliminate the necessity for children to
28 stand while a school bus is in motion. When circumstances of
29 an emergency nature temporarily require transporting children
30 on school buses in excess of the rated seating capacity, the
31 buses must proceed at a reduced rate of speed to maximize
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Bill No. HB 79
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1 safety of the students, taking into account existing traffic
2 conditions. Each school board is responsible for prompt
3 relief of the emergency condition by providing additional
4 equipment, bus rerouting, bus rescheduling, or other
5 appropriate remedial action.
6 (b) Each school board, after considering
7 recommendations from the superintendent, shall designate, by
8 map or otherwise, or shall provide by school board rule for
9 the designation of, nontransportation zones that are composed
10 of all areas in the district from which it is unnecessary or
11 impracticable to furnish transportation. Nontransportation
12 zones must be designated annually before the opening of school
13 and the designation of bus routes for the succeeding school
14 year. Each school board, after considering recommendations
15 from the superintendent, shall specifically designate, or
16 shall provide by school board rule for the designation of,
17 specific routes to be traveled regularly by school buses, and
18 each route must meet the requirements prescribed by rules of
19 the commissioner.
20 (c) Each district school board shall establish school
21 bus stops, or provide by school board rule for the
22 establishment of school bus stops, as necessary at the most
23 reasonably safe locations available. In determining safe
24 locations for school bus stops, each school board shall regard
25 the area within 1000 feet of the residence of an individual
26 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections
27 pursuant to s. 947.1405(7) or s. 948.03(5)(a), F.S., involving
28 a victim under the age of 18, as a presumptively unsafe
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30 (d) Where unusual traffic hazards exist at school bus
31 stops on roads maintained by the state outside of
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1 municipalities, the Department of Transportation, in
2 concurrence and cooperation with and upon request of the
3 district school board, shall place signs at such bus stops
4 warning motorists of the location of the stops.
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8 And the title is amended as follows:
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12 amending s. 234.02(12), F.S.; specifying that a
13 school bus stop located within a specified
14 distance of certain sexual offenders is
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