By: Carona  S.B. No. 1081
         (In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2007; March 14, 2007, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland
  Security; April 3, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;
  April 3, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1081 By:  Carona
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to multifunction school activity buses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 541.201, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subdivision (11-a) and amending Subdivision (15) to read
  as follows:
               (11-a)  "Multifunction school activity bus" means a
  motor vehicle that was manufactured in compliance with the federal
  motor vehicle safety standards for school buses in effect on the
  date of manufacture other than the standards requiring the bus to
  display alternately flashing red lights and to be equipped with
  movable stop arms, and that is used to transport preprimary,
  primary, or secondary students on a school-related activity trip
  other than on routes to and from school.  The term does not include a
  school bus, a school activity bus, a school-chartered bus, or a bus
  operated by a mass transit authority.
               (15)  "School activity bus" means a bus designed to
  accommodate more than 15 passengers, including the operator, that
  is owned, operated, rented, or leased by a school district, county
  school, open-enrollment charter school, regional education service
  center, or shared services arrangement and that is used to
  transport public school students on a school-related activity trip,
  other than on routes to and from school. The term does not include a
  chartered bus, a bus operated by a mass transit authority, [or] a
  school bus, or a multifunction school activity bus.
         SECTION 2.  Section 545.001, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 545.001.  DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Pass"[, "pass"] or "passing" used in reference to
  a vehicle means to overtake and proceed past another vehicle moving
  in the same direction as the passing vehicle or to attempt that
  maneuver.
               (2)  "School bus" includes a multifunction school
  activity bus.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter L, Chapter 547, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 547.7012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 547.7012.  REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFUNCTION SCHOOL
  ACTIVITY BUSES. A multifunction school activity bus may not be
  painted National School Bus Glossy Yellow.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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