HB 1103 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to bus transportation; amending s. 316.70,
3	F.S.; requiring the driving records of nonpublic sector
4	bus drivers to be checked for suspended or revoked
5	licenses; providing that private school students may ride
6	on public school buses and public school students may ride
7	on private school buses, subject to specified conditions;
8	providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of
13	section 316.70, Florida Statutes, to read:
14	316.70 Nonpublic sector buses; safety rules.--
15	(1) The Department of Transportation shall establish and
16	revise standards to assure the safe operation of nonpublic
17	sector buses, as defined in s. 316.003(78), which standards
18	shall be those contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382, 385, and 390-
19	397 and which shall be directed towards assuring that:
20	(d) The driving records of drivers of nonpublic sector
21	buses are checked by their employers at least once each year to
22	ascertain whether the driver has a suspended or revoked driver's
23	license.
24	Section 2. Private school students may be transported on
25	public school buses and public school students may be
26	transported on private school buses when there is mutual
27	agreement between the local school board and the applicable
28	private school. Any agreement for private school students to be
29	transported on public school buses must be in accordance with
30	sections 768.28(9)(a) and 316.6145, Florida Statutes. Any
31	agreement for public school students to be transported on
32	private school buses must be contingent on the private school
33	bus driver's having adequate liability insurance through his or
34	her employer.
35	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.