PRINTER'S NO. 3238
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2257
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY PYLE, PICKETT, BERNSTINE, BROWN, JAMES, PETRARCA,
JONES, KULIK, STAATS, SCHMITT, T. DAVIS, MILLARD, HARKINS,
GLEIM, IRVIN, JOZWIAK AND GILLEN, JANUARY 30, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, providing for accelerated
school bus endorsement program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1509.1. Accelerated school bus endorsement program.
(a) General rule.--The department shall establish a program
by which the department may issue an endorsement to operate a
school bus to commercial drivers through an accelerated process.
The department shall develop the minimum standards and
promulgate regulations necessary to implement the accelerated
process within 180 days of the effective date of this section.
(b) Eligibility.--An individual is not eligible for the
program under subsection (a) unless the individual holds a
commercial driver's license issued under section 1606 (relating
to requirement for commercial driver's license) in accordance
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