SB 321 — SCHOOL BUS AIR CONDITIONERS

SENATEFIFTY-FOURTH EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 321 54TH LEGISLATURE -SB STATEOFNEWMEXICO-321/a FIRST SESSION, 2019 4March 64, 82019 10Mr. AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION;

REQUIRINGPresident: CERTAIN SCHOOL BUSES PURCHASED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2019 TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING;

PROVIDINGYour FINANCE COMMITTEE , to whom has been referred SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR THESENATE CALCULATIONBILL OF321 SCHOOLhas BUShad SEATINGit CAPACITY;under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS , amended as follows:

MAKING1. AN 14 APPROPRIATION;

DECLARINGOn ANpage EMERGENCY.1, line 12, strike "2019" and insert in lieu thereof "2020".

162. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

eOn tpage 171, SECTIONline 1.13, after "CAPACITY", strike the remainder of the line and strike line 14 through "EMERGENCY".

A3. new section of the Public School Code is w l n d 18 enacted to read:

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The4. department shall adopt rules to ensure that d r e 22 all school buses purchased after July 1, 2019, whether school c e s k 23 district-owned or contractor-owned, shall be equipped with air e a n b 24 conditioning if they are operated in school districts in which u [ temperatures are regularly high enough to pose a risk to .213040.4 SEC/SB 321 students riding in a school bus without air conditioning.

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and0 (2)Excused: two students, when the combined seated e e 17 width of those students is more than the actual width of the e e n d 18 seat.

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TheNone departmentSB0321FC1.wpd shall.214590.1 ensure that training for a l r i 20 new school bus drivers includes standardized training in the t e a t determination of the legal capacity when loading children and m m 21 e d the procedure for reporting an overload condition." r e 22 c e r c 23 SECTION 2.

APPROPRIATION.--One million five hundred e a n b 24 thousand dollars ($1,500,000) is appropriated from the general u [ fund to the public education department for expenditure in .213040.4 - 2 - SEC/SB 321 fiscal years 2019 and 2020 to purchase buses with air conditioning systems and to install air conditioning systems on school buses already in use.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2020 shall not revert to the general fund.

SECTION 3.

EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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