PRINTER'S NO. 734
No. 641 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY ADOLPH, GEIST, FICHTER, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BLACKWELL, CALTAGIRONE, DeWEESE, EACHUS, GEORGE, GOODMAN, JAMES, W. KELLER, LEDERER, R. MILLER, PISTELLA, SATHER, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO, WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD, FRANKEL, CAUSER, KIRKLAND, GILLESPIE, ARMSTRONG, HENNESSEY AND HARPER, MARCH 1, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 1, 2005
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for general requirements for 3 school buses. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 4552 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read: 8 § 4552. General requirements for school buses. 9 * * * 10 (b.4) Use of seat check reminder device.--Every school bus 11 shall be equipped with a seat check reminder device of a type 12 that has been approved by regulation adopted by the department. 13 The device shall be mounted in the inside rear of the bus and 14 shall be activated when the vehicle ignition is turned to the 15 off position. The seat check reminder device is mandated 16 according to the following schedule:
1 (1) School buses may be equipped with and use an 2 approved seat check reminder device on January 1, 2006. 3 (2) Every school bus purchased and manufactured after 4 January 1, 2006, shall be equipped with an approved seat 5 check reminder device. 6 (3) By September 1, 2006, every school bus shall be 7 equipped with an approved seat check reminder device. 8 * * * 9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A19L75BIL/20050H0641B0734 - 2 -