SENATE, No. 362

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

 

 

By Senator MATHEUSSEN

 

 

An Act concerning the installation of crossing control arms on school buses and supplementing P.L.1965, c.119 (C.39:3B-1 et seq.).

 

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

 

    1. Every school bus used to transport pupils pursuant to N.J.S.18A:39-1 et seq. shall be equipped with a crossing control arm at the right front corner of the bus. The arm shall open and extend out from the front of the bus at least 5 1/2 feet each time the bus door is opened. The use of the crossing control arm shall not be required on school bus routes where no pupil need cross a street prior to boarding or upon leaving the bus.

 

    2. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.

 

    3. This act shall take effect immediately but section 1 shall only apply to school buses with a chassis manufacture date on or after the first day of the sixth month following the enactment of this act.

 

 

 

 

Requires the installation of crossing control arms on public school buses.