The bill would authorize a local authority or school district to issue a civil or criminal charge or citation for passing a school bus based on an image from a school bus monitoring system and would allow for use of the recorded image as evidence in a proceeding for such a violation.
Expanding the enforcement of an existing offense may result in additional demands upon state and local correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement.
In fiscal year 2022, there were no individuals arrested, placed on community supervision, or admitted into a state correctional institution for an offense related to passing a school bus.
It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.