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STATE OF NEW YORK
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54

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

(PREFILED)

January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, CUSICK, DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, TOWNS, MAGNAREL-
  LI,  GALEF,  SWEENEY,  SPANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
  BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CLARK,  COLTON,  COOK,  FARRELL,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,
  HOOPER, LATIMER, LAVINE, MAYERSOHN, NOLAN, PHEFFER, REILLY, J. RIVERA,
  N. RIVERA,  P. RIVERA,  ROBINSON,  ROSENTHAL, SCARBOROUGH, WEISENBERG,
  WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the  education  law,  in
  relation to engine fire suppression systems on school buses

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 21-j to read as follows:
  21-J.  (A)  EVERY  SCHOOL  BUS  HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF
FIFTEEN PASSENGERS MANUFACTURED FOR  USE  IN  THIS  STATE  ON  OR  AFTER
SEPTEMBER  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN ENGINE
FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.
  (B) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL PROMUL-
GATE RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR THE USE OF  ENGINE
FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS ON SCHOOL BUSES.
  S  2.  Subdivision 15 of section 3621 of the education law, as amended
by chapter 203 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  15. School bus engine fire suppression system. The  term  "school  bus
engine  fire suppression system" shall mean an auxiliary device required
to be installed pursuant to [subdivision] SUBDIVISIONS twenty-one-i  AND
TWENTY-ONE-J  of  section  three hundred seventy-five of the vehicle and
traffic law and which conforms to standards established by  the  commis-
sioner of transportation pursuant to such [subdivision] SUBDIVISIONS.
  S  3.  Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 3623-a of the education
law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to  read
as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  c.  The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district expense,
including: (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and  new
school  buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and new
school buses, (iii) the purchase and installation of seat  safety  belts
on  school buses in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-six
hundred thirty-five-a of this article, (iv) the purchase of  school  bus
back  up  beepers,  (v)  the purchase of school bus front crossing arms,
(vi) the purchase  of  school  bus  safety  sensor  devices,  (vii)  the
purchase  and  installation  of  exterior  reflective  marking on school
buses, (viii) the purchase of [automatic]  engine  fire  [extinguishing]
SUPPRESSION systems for school buses [used to transport students who use
wheelchairs  or other assistive mobility devices], and (ix) the purchase
of other equipment as prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner;
and
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.