S3032-2013 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Authorizes school district's website to be printed on school buses

Authorizes a school district's website to be printed on school buses at the discretion of the owner or operator of such buses.

Sponsor: SEWARD / Co-sponsor(s): AVELLA, LARKIN / Committee: TRANSPORTATION
Law Section: Vehicle and Traffic Law / Law: Amd S1223-a, V & T L

S3032-2013 Actions

May 7, 2013: referred to transportation
May 7, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
May 7, 2013: PASSED SENATE
Apr 22, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Apr 17, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Apr 16, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.337
Jan 28, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S3032-2013 Meetings

Transportation: Apr 16, 2013

S3032-2013 Calendars

Active List: May 7, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 17, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 22, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 23, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 24, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 29, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 30, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 1, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 6, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 7, 2013

S3032-2013 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Transportation - Apr 16, 2013

Ayes (18): Fuschillo, Robach, Carlucci, Gallivan, Larkin, Maziarz, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Ranzenhofer, Young, Zeldin, Dilan, Diaz, Kennedy, Perkins, Squadron, Stavisky, Gipson

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - May 7, 2013

Ayes (61): Adams, Addabbo, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Boyle, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Espaillat, Farley, Felder, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Gipson, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Hoylman, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, Latimer, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Marchione, Martins, Maziarz, Nozzolio, O'Brien, O'Mara, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Sanders, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Tkaczyk, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Absent (1): Sampson
Excused (1): Montgomery

S3032-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3032

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to affixing school district websites on school buses

PURPOSE: The purpose of the legislation is to permit school districts
to affix their websites on their fleet of school buses.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends section 1223-a of the vehicle and
traffic law to allow school buses to have the uniform resource locator
(URL) of the school district's website printed in three inch bold type
on the rear of the buses.

EXISTING LAW: Current law only permits school districts to have their
phone numbers affixed to the rear of school buses.

JUSTIFICATION: Currently, school districts are only permitted to affix
their phone numbers on the rear of their fleet of school buses. With
all of the recent advancements in technology and communication, many
school districts have created their own websites, which have become an
increasingly important tool for facilitating open communication
between the districts and residents. This legislation will provide
members of the community with yet another means of contacting their
school district should they so desire. It is important to note that
this legislation permits, but does not require, a school district to
add their website to the school buses in its fleet. School districts
should be permitted to affix their websites on the back of their
school buses if they so choose.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: S.6826 of 2010, S.2371 of 2011

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to state.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.

S3032-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          3032
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 28, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  affixing
 school district websites on school buses
 

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

 

Section 1.

Section 1223-a of the vehicle and traffic law,  as  amended
 by chapter 94 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:

 

S  1223-a. School buses; required identification. All school buses, as
 defined in section one hundred forty-two  of  this  chapter,  purchased,
 leased  or  acquired on or after September first, nineteen hundred nine
 ty-seven shall have the area code and  telephone  number  of  the  owner
 and/or  operator  printed    in three inch bold type on the rear of such
 vehicle.   Provided, however, that nothing  contained  herein  shall  be
 deemed  to  prohibit the printing of such information as herein provided
 on school buses purchased, acquired or leased prior to September  first,
 nineteen  hundred  ninety-seven.   AT THE DISCRETION OF THE OWNER AND/OR
 OPERATOR, SCHOOL BUSES MAY HAVE THE  UNIFORM  RESOURCE  LOCATOR  OF  THE
 SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WEBSITE PRINTED IN THREE INCH BOLD TYPE ON THE REAR OF
 SUCH VEHICLE.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08130-01-3

S3032-2013: Authorizes school district's website to be printed on school buses