SENATE, No. 384

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

210th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2002 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator NICHOLAS J. SACCO

District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)

Senator ANDREW R. CIESLA

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

    Provides that school pupil may not be on board a school bus unless driver is on board.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

    Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

An Act concerning school bus drivers and supplementing chapter 39 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Bus Safety Act."

    2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no school pupil shall be allowed on board a school bus unless the bus driver or other employee of the school board or school bus contractor is also on board the bus.

    b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not apply when a bus driver leaves the bus to assist in the boarding or exiting of a disabled pupil or in the case of an emergency.

    3. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill provides that no school pupil shall be allowed on board a school bus unless the bus driver or other employee of the school board or school bus contractor is also on board the bus. The provisions would not apply when a bus driver leaves the bus to assist in the boarding or exiting of a disabled pupil or in the case of an emergency.