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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 -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY | |
ENFORCEMENT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Read, Messier, Casimiro, Serpa, O'Brien, | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-51-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-51 entitled "School Bus |
2 | Safety Enforcement" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 31-51-2. Live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems. |
4 | (a) All school departments of this state are hereby authorized to install and operate live |
5 | digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems. Such systems shall at a minimum, |
6 | be systems which monitor and detect school bus traffic violations. For purposes of this chapter a |
7 | live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system means a system with one or |
8 | more camera sensors and computers which produce live digital and recorded video of motor |
9 | vehicles being operated in violation of school bus traffic laws in violation of 31-20-12. All systems |
10 | installed for used use under this chapter must shall, at a minimum, produce a live visual image |
11 | viewable remotely, a recorded image of the license plate, and be able to record the time, date, and |
12 | location of the vehicle, and a signed affidavit by a person who witnessed the violation via live |
13 | video. |
14 | (b) On and after July 1, 2027, all new school buses to be operated pursuant to § 31-20- |
15 | 11(a) shall be equipped with a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system |
16 | that conforms with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. |
17 | (c) On and after July 1, 2032, all school buses to be operated pursuant to § 31-20-11(a) |
18 | shall be equipped with a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system that |
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1 | conforms with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. |
2 | (b)(d) The school departments may enter into an agreement with a private corporation or |
3 | other entity to provide live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems and to |
4 | maintain and operate such systems. |
5 | 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 -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY | |
ENFORCEMENT | |
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1 | This act would require that all new school buses be equipped with live digital video school |
2 | bus violation detection monitoring systems as of July 1, 2027. All buses, new and used, must have |
3 | the monitoring systems installed by July 1, 2032. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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