HB 5390 — AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR OPERATORS OF SCHOOL BUSES.

AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHWAY SAFETY AND CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR OPERATORS OF SCHOOL BUSES.

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5390 February Session, 2018   LCO*_____HB05390TRA___032318____* No.AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR OPERATORS OF SCHOOL BUSES.

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  (TRA)   AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHWAY SAFETY AND CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR OPERATORS OF SCHOOL BUSES.

(e) (1) Prior to issuing an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement pursuant to subdivision[subdivision (3) ofof] subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall require each applicant to submit to state and national criminal history records checks, conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.

Any certificate or permit holder who seeks to employ a person who has applied for a public passenger endorsement to operate a taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service under subdivision (1)[(1)] (3) of this[this] subsection or(a) any carrier, as defined in section 14-212, who seeks to employ a person who has applied for a public passenger endorsement to operate a school bus under subdivision (1) of this subsection,section may permit such person to operate a taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service , or a school bus, as the case may be, prior to the approval by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the application for such endorsement, but in no event for a period longer than ninety days after the date of application for such endorsement, provided such certificate or permit holder or such carrier determines such person meets the requirements to operate a taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service , or a school bus, as the case may be, set forth in regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (f) of this section.

In making such determination, such certificate or permit holder or such carrier shall (A) conduct, or have a consumer reporting agency regulated under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act conduct, a local, state and national criminal history records check, including a search of state and national sexual offender registry databases, and (B) review such person's driving history record maintained by the commissioner and dated not more than seven days prior to the date of such review.

A person who is approved by a certificate or permit holder or a carrier under this subdivision shall carry and present, upon request, a copy of such person's application to the commissioner and criminal history records check when such person is operating a taxicab or motor vehicle in livery serviceservice. , or a school bus, as the case may be.

(3) Any carrier, as defined in section 14-212, who seeks to employ a person who has applied for a public passenger endorsement to operate a school bus pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may permit such person to operate a school bus, prior to the approval by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the application for such endorsement, but in no event for a period longer than ninety days after the date of application for such endorsement, provided such carrier determines such person (A) holds a commercial driver's license of the appropriate class for the type of vehicle being driven, (B) meets the requirements to operate a school bus set forth in regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, (C) meets the minimum physical requirements to operate a school bus and the safety training requirements set forth in regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of section 14-276a, (D) passes an examination in proficiency in school bus operation given by the commissioner, and (E) submits to a urinalysis drug test as required by subsection (d) of section 14-276a and receives a negative test result for such test.

In making such determination, such carrier shall conduct, or have a consumer reporting agency regulated under the Federal Credit Reporting Act conduct, a local, state and national criminal history records check, including a search of state and national sexual offender registry databases and the state child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k, and review such person's driving history record maintained by the commissioner and dated not more than seven days prior to the date of such review.

A person who is approved by a carrier under this subdivision shall carry and present, upon request, a copy of such person's application to the commissioner and criminal history records check when such person is operating a school bus.

Section 1 July 1, 2018 14-44(e) StatementTRA ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

To allow a person who applies for a public passenger endorsement to operate a school bus, while the application is pending, to operate a school bus.

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