Bill Text: NY A00209 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the purchase and installation of global positioning system devices for school buses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A00209 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00209-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           209
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
          purchase  and  installation  of  global positioning system devices for
          school buses
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision  2 of section 3623-a of the
     2  education law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 2005, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    c. The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district  expense,
     5  including:  (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and new
     6  school buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and  new
     7  school  buses,  (iii) the purchase and installation of seat safety belts
     8  on school buses in accordance with the provisions of section  thirty-six
     9  hundred  thirty-five-a  of this article, (iv) the purchase of school bus
    10  back up beepers, (v) the purchase of school  bus  front  crossing  arms,
    11  (vi)  the  purchase  of  school  bus  safety  sensor  devices, (vii) the
    12  purchase and installation  of  exterior  reflective  marking  on  school
    13  buses,  (viii)  the  purchase  of  automatic  engine  fire extinguishing
    14  systems for school buses used to transport students who use  wheelchairs
    15  or other assistive mobility devices, [and] (ix) the purchase and instal-
    16  lation  of  devices and equipment to be used for tracking and monitoring
    17  school buses and school bus performance that are based in  global  posi-
    18  tioning  system  or  similar  technology,  and (x) the purchase of other
    19  equipment as prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner; and
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02170-01-7