80R8092 JRJ-D
 
  By: Carona S.B. No. 1079
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of a school bus; creating an offense.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 545.426 to read as follows:
       Sec. 545.426.  OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS. (a)  A person may
not operate a school bus if the number of passengers on the bus is
greater than the manufacturer's design capacity for the bus.
       (b)  An operator of a school bus, while operating the bus,
may prohibit a passenger from:
             (1)  standing in the bus; or
             (2)  sitting:
                   (A)  on the floor of the bus; or
                   (B)  in any location on the bus that is not
designed as a seat.
       (c)  The department may adopt rules necessary to administer
and enforce this section.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.