Current Status Bill Number:927 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19960109 Primary Sponsor:Reese All Sponsors:Reese, Washington Drafted Document Number:BBM\10388SD.96 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Committee 04 SED Subject:School buses, seating space on
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TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-100, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SEATING SPACE ON SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO DELETE PROVISIONS WHICH AUTHORIZE THE NUMBER OF PUPILS TRANSPORTED ON A SCHOOL BUS TO EXCEED THE SEATING CAPACITY OF THE BUS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND TO REQUIRE THAT EACH PUPIL TRANSPORTED BE PROVIDED SUFFICIENT SEATING SPACE ON THE BUS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-67-100 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-67-100. Sufficient seating space shall must be provided so far as practicable for each passenger transported inside each school bus, no aisle in the school bus shall be less than twelve inches in width and all seats shall must be securely fastened to the floor or body of the vehicle. All pupils must be within the body of the bus at all times while the bus is in motion. They shall may not be permitted to ride on the running boards or in any other place outside the bus, nor shall may they be permitted to ride with heads or arms protruding through open windows. Commencing with the 1974-75 school year, The number of pupils transported on a school bus shall may not exceed by more than ten percent the manufacturer's rated seating capacity of such bus;, and by the school year 1975-76, seating space shall must be provided for each pupil transported. Provided, however, that a limited number of standees may be permitted until the bus routes can be adjusted to accommodate the overload but not to exceed twenty school days."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.