PRINTER'S NO. 466
No. 446 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY McNAUGHTON, ARMSTRONG, BELARDI, MARSICO, THOMAS,
WILT, E. Z. TAYLOR, YOUNGBLOOD, HORSEY, BROWNE, BUNT,
STEELMAN, ORIE, HARHAI, PLATTS, L. I. COHEN, BARRAR, MELIO,
CIVERA, M. COHEN AND DALEY, FEBRUARY 9, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 9, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further defining "school bus."
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The definition of "school bus" in section 102 of
6 Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
7 read:
8 § 102. Definitions.
9 Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
10 provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
11 provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
12 used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
13 indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
14 * * *
15 "School bus." A motor vehicle which:
16 (1) is designed to carry 11 passengers or more,
17 including the driver; and
1 (2) is used for the transportation of preprimary,
2 primary or secondary school students to or from public,
3 private or parochial schools or events related to such
4 schools or school-related activities.
5 [The term does not include a motor vehicle used to transport
6 preprimary, primary or secondary school students to or from
7 public, private or parochial schools or events related to such
8 schools or school-related activities, which is designed to carry
9 11 to 15 passengers, including the driver, and which is
10 registered in this Commonwealth as a bus prior to March 1, 1993,
11 or a motor vehicle which is designed to carry 11 to 15
12 passengers, including the driver, and which was titled to any
13 public, private or parochial school on or before March 1, 1993,
14 and which is registered to that public, private or parochial
15 school in this Commonwealth as a bus prior to September 15,
16 1993.]
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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