Bill Text: MI HB5912 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Transportation; school vehicles; reference to motor bus transportation act; revise to commercial passenger transportation act in the pupil transportation act. Amends secs. 5, 10a & 33 of 1990 PA 187 (MCL 257.1805 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5908'14

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-11-12 - Per Rule 41 Referred To Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure [HB5912 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5912-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5912

 

November 6, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Lauwers and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 1990 PA 187, entitled

 

"The pupil transportation act,"

 

by amending sections 5, 10a, and 33 (MCL 257.1805, 257.1810a, and

 

257.1833), as amended by 2006 PA 107.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5. (1) "Motor bus" "Bus" and "motor carrier of

 

passengers" "motor carrier" mean those terms as defined in section

 

3 of the motor bus commercial passenger transportation act, 1982 PA

 

432, MCL 474.103.

 

     (2) "Nonpublic school" means that term as defined in section 5

 

of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.

 

     (3) "Public school" means that term as defined in section 5 of

 

the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.

 

     (4) "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

 

24.328.

 

     (5) "School" means either a public school or a nonpublic

 

school, or both.

 

     Sec. 10a. (1) A school may contract with a licensed motor

 

carrier of passengers for a motor bus to be used for occasional

 

transportation of pupils to or from school-related events. A school

 

shall not directly operate a motor bus for the use of pupil

 

transportation to and from school or school-related events. A motor

 

carrier certified by the state transportation department shall not

 

use a motor bus to transport pupils to and from school.

 

     (2) Before the effective date of the amendatory act that

 

amended this section August 15, 2006, the department of education

 

may authorize the use of a motor bus for the regular route

 

transportation of pupils to or from school or home. The

 

authorization shall be in writing and shall include conditions or

 

restrictions that are necessary to safeguard the health, safety,

 

and welfare of the pupils. Any authorization that is entered into

 

before the effective date of the amendatory act that amended this

 

subsection August 15, 2006 shall remain in effect for the time it

 

is authorized.

 

     (3) A motor bus built to school bus specifications that

 

complies with the applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards

 

shall comply with the requirements of this act.

 

     Sec. 33. (1) A school bus shall be painted as follows:

 

     (a) The body, cowl, hood, and fenders shall be national school

 

bus chrome yellow.

 

     (b) The bumper, body trim, wheels, and lettering shall be

 

black. The wheel rims shall be gray, black, white, or natural, as

 

provided by the manufacturer.

 

     (c) The wheel covers, if painted, shall be black.

 

     (d) The grill, if not chrome, shall be national school bus

 

chrome yellow.

 

     (e) The mirrors, if painted, shall be black or yellow.

 

     (f) The name of the school district or contractor shall be

 

permanently affixed in black letters that are at least 6 inches

 

high on the sides of the bus. The name of the school district or

 

contractor shall be permanently affixed on the front and back of

 

the bus in black letters.

 

     (g) The words "school bus" shall be permanently affixed on the

 

front and back of the bus between the overhead flashers in black

 

letters that are at least 8 inches in height.

 

     (h) The outside of a school bus shall not have any other

 

lettering, symbol, marking, or advertising, except that animal

 

pictures, cartoon figures, and similar insignia may be affixed to

 

the bus in a temporary manner near the entrance door, but not

 

closer than the second window, to assist in identifying the bus

 

route. A unique identification number may be permanently affixed on

 

the upper corners of the back, front, or sides of the bus. A

 

contractor shall display a USDOT number when required and in the

 

manner required by 49 CFR parts 390 to 399.

 

     (i) Wording for school bus roof and door emergency exits, for

 

inside and outside the bus, shall comply with the motor vehicle

 

safety standards found in 49 CFR 571.217.

 

     (j) The roof of a school bus may be white or yellow. However,

 

no part of a school bus may be white below the drip rail above the

 

side windows.

 

     (2) Except for a bus leased seasonally to transport

 

agricultural workers to and from a field for agricultural

 

operations, a bus, other than a school bus, shall not be painted,

 

in whole or in part, in the colors and design specified in

 

subsection (1).

 

     (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to multifunction school

 

activity buses.

 

     (4) This section does not apply to a motor carrier certified

 

by the state transportation department using a motor bus for

 

school-related event transportation.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5908 (request no.

 

03606'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.