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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, STACK, O'PAKE, BROWNE AND WONDERLING, FEBRUARY 20, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 20, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Establishing a pilot program to provide for automated |
2 | enforcement of meeting or overtaking school bus requirements |
3 | in a selected school district; and making an appropriation. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Short title. |
7 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Automated |
8 | Enforcement System on School Buses Pilot Program Act. |
9 | Section 2. Definitions. |
10 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
11 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
12 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
13 | "Department." The Department of Transportation of the |
14 | Commonwealth. |
15 | "Program." The Automated Enforcement System on School Buses |
16 | Pilot Program established in section 3. |
17 | Section 3. Automated Enforcement System on School Buses Pilot |
18 | Program. |
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1 | (a) Nature of program.--The department is authorized to |
2 | establish and administer the Automated Enforcement System on |
3 | School Buses Pilot Program during the 2009-2010 school year. The |
4 | program shall provide for the enforcement of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3345 |
5 | (relating to meeting or overtaking school bus) by recording |
6 | violations using an automated enforcement system designed to be |
7 | installed on school buses and approved by the department. |
8 | (b) Duties of department.--The department shall: |
9 | (1) Develop and publicize an application procedure for |
10 | school districts interested in participating in the program. |
11 | (2) Select one school district to participate in the |
12 | program from the list of applicant school districts. |
13 | (3) Make available a one-time grant to the school |
14 | district selected to fund the implementation and operation of |
15 | the automated enforcement system under this act in the |
16 | 2009-2010 school year. The grant may not exceed $100,000 or |
17 | be derived from the Motor License Fund. |
18 | (4) Monitor and evaluate the program and present a |
19 | report of the evaluation to the Transportation Committee of |
20 | the Senate and the Transportation Committee of the House of |
21 | Representatives. |
22 | Section 4. Appropriation. |
23 | The sum of $100,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department |
24 | of Transportation for the fiscal year July 1, 2009, to June 30, |
25 | 2010, for the purposes of administering this act. |
26 | Section 5. Expiration. |
27 | This act shall expire June 30, 2010. |
28 | Section 6. Effective date. |
29 | This act shall take effect immediately. |
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