Bill Text: MI SB1059 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Transportation: school vehicles; vehicles allowed for transportation of pupils; modify. Amends sec. 10 of 1990 PA 187 (MCL 257.1810).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-30 - Referred To Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure [SB1059 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB1059-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 1059
A bill to amend 1990 PA 187, entitled
"The pupil transportation act,"
by amending section 10 (MCL 257.1810), as amended by 2006 PA 107.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 10. (1) Each school bus owned or operated by a public or private nonpublic school, an agent of a school, a private business, or a unit of government for the transportation of pupils to or from school or school-related events shall must meet or exceed the federal motor vehicle safety standards applicable to the construction and sale of that school bus and for all seating positions in that vehicle. A school or an agent of a school may transport pupils with disabilities in mobile seating devices in accordance with federal standards specifically applicable to such those pupils, their wheelchairs, and related wheelchair securement and occupant protection systems.
(2) A vehicle, other than a school bus, with a manufacturer's rated seating capacity of 11 or more than 15 passengers, including the driver, shall must not be used to transport pupils to or from school or school-related events. This subsection does not apply to motor buses that are described in section 10a.
