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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION | |
VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Cortvriend, Corvese, Azzinaro, Phillips, | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
(Dept. of Education) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-22.1-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-22.1 entitled "Pupil |
2 | Transportation Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 31-22.1-1. Pupil transportation vehicle — Definition. |
4 | A pupil transportation vehicle is a motor vehicle designed and constructed to seat not more |
5 | than eight (8) ten (10) passengers including plus the operator, used by a school committee to |
6 | provide the transportation services required by law or regulation to students being conveyed along |
7 | a fixed school transportation route. In particular, such vehicles may be used to provide the |
8 | transportation services required by § 16-21-1, § 16-21.1-1, et seq., and § 16-24-4 on routes in which |
9 | only small numbers of students are being conveyed. |
10 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION | |
VEHICLES | |
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1 | This act would amend the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle |
2 | constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit |
3 | of eight (8) passengers. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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