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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to multifunction school activity buses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 541.201, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subdivision (11-a) and amending Subdivision (15) to read |
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as follows: |
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(11-a) "Multifunction school activity bus" means a |
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motor vehicle that was manufactured in compliance with the federal |
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motor vehicle safety standards for school buses in effect on the |
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date of manufacture other than the standards requiring the bus to |
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display alternately flashing red lights and to be equipped with |
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movable stop arms, and that is used to transport preprimary, |
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primary, or secondary students on a school-related activity trip |
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other than on routes to and from school. The term does not include a |
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school bus, a school activity bus, a school-chartered bus, or a bus |
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operated by a mass transit authority. |
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(15) "School activity bus" means a bus designed to |
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accommodate more than 15 passengers, including the operator, that |
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is owned, operated, rented, or leased by a school district, county |
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school, open-enrollment charter school, regional education service |
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center, or shared services arrangement and that is used to |
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transport public school students on a school-related activity trip, |
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other than on routes to and from school. The term does not include a |
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chartered bus, a bus operated by a mass transit authority, [or] a |
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school bus, or a multifunction school activity bus. |
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SECTION 2. Section 545.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 545.001. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Pass"[, "pass"] or "passing" used in reference to |
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a vehicle means to overtake and proceed past another vehicle moving |
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in the same direction as the passing vehicle or to attempt that |
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maneuver. |
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(2) "School bus" includes a multifunction school |
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activity bus. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter L, Chapter 547, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 547.7012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 547.7012. REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFUNCTION SCHOOL |
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ACTIVITY BUSES. A multifunction school activity bus may not be |
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painted National School Bus Glossy Yellow. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |