Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2088
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11 The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Gaetz) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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16 page 3, line 16, delete those lines
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19 Section 2. Section 1006.273, Florida Statutes, is
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21 1006.273 Crash protection systems or other safety
22 equipment or facilities; sponsorship.--A district school board
23 may adopt policies providing for private sponsorship of the
24 installation of crash protection equipment on school buses or
25 other safety equipment or facilities pursuant to the
26 provisions of this section.
27 (1)(a) Any person or business entity may sponsor the
28 installation of seat belt assemblies as described in
29 subsection (3) on a school bus or other safety equipment or
30 facilities by paying a sponsorship fee as prescribed by local
31 school board policy. Proceeds from the collection of the fee
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2 1. Up to 5 percent may be used to pay the cost of an
3 advertising agent involved with the transaction.
4 2. Up to 45 percent shall be used to pay for the cost
5 of the seat belt assemblies or other safety equipment or
6 facilities and the cost of installation.
7 3. The remaining funds shall be remitted to the state
8 for deposit into the General Revenue Fund to be used for
9 transportation purposes.
10 (b) There may be up to four business entity sponsors
11 per school bus. Sponsorships or cosponsorships by individuals
12 shall be as provided by district school board policy.
13 (2)(a) Upon request by the sponsor, the district
14 school board shall place signage on the exterior rear,
15 lower-quarter panels of the school bus acknowledging the
16 sponsor and, if the sponsor is a business entity, bearing the
17 logo of the business entity. However, no sponsor shall be
18 required to have his or her name or the name of the business
19 entity placed on the school bus.
20 (b) The acknowledgment shall bear the wording "Safety
21 equipment sponsored by" followed by the name of the sponsor.
22 (c) The design and size of the signage shall be as
23 prescribed by local school board policy.
24 (3) If sponsorship is applied to seat belt assembly,
25 the school bus must be equipped with a seat belt assembly that
26 meets the requirements for type 2 seat belt assemblies
27 established under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No.
28 209, 49 C.F.R. s. 571.209, or with any other pelvic and upper
29 torso restraint system approved by the Federal Government in a
30 number sufficient to allow each student who is being
31 transported to use a separate pelvic and upper torso restraint
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2 (4) Sponsorship under this section shall not impose or
3 imply any duty or responsibility on the sponsor for
4 installation or use of any seat belt assembly on any school
5 bus or other safety equipment or facilities, and, in any
6 action relating to the installation, use, disuse, or misuse of
7 any seat belt assembly on a school bus or other safety
8 equipment or facilities, no liability shall accrue to any
9 person or business entity because that person or entity is a
10 sponsor under this section.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 or other safety equipment or facilities
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