Bill Text: NY A06072 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Expands the authority of school boards and trustees of school districts to provide pupil transportation in child safety zones.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-12 - enacting clause stricken [A06072 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06072-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6072
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 4, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the authori-
         ty of school boards and trustees of school districts to provide  pupil
         transportation in child safety zones
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 3635-b  of  the  education
    2  law,  subdivision  1  as  amended by chapter 536 of the laws of 2002 and
    3  subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 1992, are amended
    4  to read as follows:
    5    1. This section shall apply where the board of education  or  trustees
    6  of  a  common, central, central high school, union free school district,
    7  or city school district of a city with less than one hundred twenty-five
    8  thousand inhabitants OR MORE  THAN  ONE  MILLION  INHABITANTS  adopts  a
    9  resolution  to  make  transportation  in child safety zones available to
   10  resident pupils for a particular  school  year.  Such  resolution  shall
   11  continue  in effect for subsequent school years until the board adopts a
   12  resolution providing otherwise.
   13    3. The commissioner of transportation shall establish regulations  for
   14  determination  of  a  hazardous zone including, but not limited to, such
   15  factors as the existence or nonexistence of sidewalks or  walkways,  the
   16  type  of  road  surface, width of road, footpath or sidewalk, the volume
   17  and average speed of traffic, density  of  population,  the  commercial,
   18  industrial  or residential character of the area [and], the existence or
   19  nonexistence of traffic safety features such as traffic  lights,  street
   20  lights  and traffic patrols AND THE LACK OF AVAILABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTA-
   21  TION. In preparing such regulations, the commissioner of  transportation
   22  shall consult with the commissioners of education and motor vehicles and
   23  representatives  from the state police who have traffic safety responsi-
   24  bilities. Such regulations shall be  used  by  boards  of  education  in
   25  determining whether a hazardous zone exists.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08938-02-1
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