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Florida Senate - 2005 SB 2134
By Senator Wise
5-1136-05 See HB 829
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to school bus safety; creating
3 the Diana Kautz Student Safety Sponsors Act;
4 creating s. 1006.273, F.S.; providing for
5 district school boards to adopt policies for
6 private sponsorship of described seat belt
7 assemblies on school buses; providing for a
8 sponsorship fee; providing for use of moneys
9 collected; providing for signage on the
10 exterior of the school bus acknowledging
11 sponsorship; providing for design, placement,
12 and size of the signage by rule of the State
13 Board of Education; limiting liability of
14 sponsors; amending s. 1006.25, F.S.; requiring
15 sponsor signs to be covered when school buses
16 are transporting passengers who are not school
17 students; revising requirement that students
18 use crash protection system on school bus;
19 amending s. 1006.261, F.S.; requiring sponsor
20 signs to be covered when school buses are used
21 for nonschool purposes; providing an effective
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24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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26 Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Diana Kautz
27 Student Safety Sponsors Act."
28 Section 2. Section 1006.273, Florida Statutes, is
29 created to read:
30 1006.273 Crash protection systems; sponsorship.--The
31 district school board may adopt policies providing for private
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1 sponsorship of the installation of crash protection equipment
2 on school buses pursuant to the provisions of this section.
3 (1)(a) Any person or business entity may sponsor the
4 installation of seat belt assemblies as described in
5 subsection (3) on a school bus by paying a fee of $10,000 per
6 bus to be sponsored. Proceeds from the collection of the fee
7 shall be distributed as follows:
8 1. Up to 5 percent may be used to pay the cost of an
9 advertising agent involved with the transaction.
10 2. Up to 45 percent shall be used to pay for the cost
11 of the seat belt assemblies and the cost of installation.
12 3. The remaining funds shall be remitted to the state
13 for deposit into the General Revenue Fund to be used for
14 transportation purposes.
15 (b) There may be only one business entity sponsor per
16 school bus. Sponsorships or cosponsorships by individuals
17 shall be as provided by district school board policy.
18 (2)(a) Upon request by the sponsor, the district
19 school board shall place signage on the exterior of the school
20 bus acknowledging the sponsor and, if the sponsor is a
21 business entity, bearing the logo of the business entity.
22 However, no sponsor shall be required to have his or her name
23 or the name of the business entity placed on the school bus.
24 (b) The acknowledgment shall bear the wording "Safety
25 belts sponsored by" followed by the name of the sponsor.
26 (c) The design, placement, and size of the signage
27 shall be as prescribed by rule of the State Board of
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29 (3) The school bus must be equipped with a seat belt
30 assembly that meets the requirements for type 2 seat belt
31 assemblies established under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
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1 Standard No. 209, 49 C.F.R. s. 571.209, or with any other
2 pelvic and upper torso restraint system approved by the
3 Federal Government in a number sufficient to allow each
4 student who is being transported to use a separate pelvic and
5 upper torso restraint system.
6 (4) District school board policy under this section
7 shall provide for sponsorship of the seat belt assembly
8 installation on new purchases of school buses or for upgrade
9 of crash protection systems on existing school buses to meet
10 the seat belt assembly requirements of subsection (3).
11 (5) Sponsorship under this section shall not impose or
12 imply any duty or responsibility on the sponsor for
13 installation or use of any seat belt assembly on any school
14 bus; and, in any action relating to the installation, use,
15 disuse, or misuse of any seat belt assembly on a school bus,
16 no liability shall accrue to any person or business entity
17 because that person or entity is a sponsor of seat belt
18 assemblies under this section.
19 Section 3. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 1006.25,
20 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21 1006.25 School buses.--School buses shall be defined
22 and meet specifications as follows:
23 (3) STANDARDS FOR LEASED VEHICLES.--A motor vehicle
24 owned and operated by a county or municipal transit authority
25 that is leased by the district school board for transportation
26 of public school students must meet such standards as the
27 State Board of Education establishes by rule. A school bus
28 authorized by a district school board to carry passengers
29 other than school students must have the words "School Bus"
30 and any other signs and insignia that mark or designate it as
31 a school bus and any sign of sponsorship under s. 1006.273
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1 covered, removed, or otherwise concealed while such passengers
2 are being transported.
3 (4) OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEMS.--Students may be
4 transported only in designated seating positions, except as
5 provided in s. 1006.22(12), and must use the occupant crash
6 protection system installed in the vehicle provided by the
7 manufacturer, which system must comply with the requirements
8 of 49 C.F.R. part 571 or with specifications of the State
9 Board of Education.
10 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 1006.261, Florida
11 Statutes, is amended to read:
12 1006.261 Use of school buses for public purposes.--
13 (3) When the buses are used for nonschool purposes
14 other than the transportation of the transportation
15 disadvantaged, the flashing red lights and white strobe lights
16 shall not be used, and the "School Bus" inscriptions on the
17 front and rear of the buses and any sign of sponsorship under
18 s. 1006.273 shall be covered or concealed.
19 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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