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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to 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(15), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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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. |
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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 |
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to a vehicle means to overtake and proceed past another vehicle |
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moving in the same direction as the passing vehicle or to attempt |
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that maneuver. |
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(2) "School bus" includes a school 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 SCHOOL ACTIVITY BUSES. A |
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school activity bus may not be painted National School Bus Glossy |
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Yellow. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |