REPORT TITLE:
School Buses


DESCRIPTION:
Allows the use of tour buses for the transportation of high
school student groups to and from school-related events or
activities.  Requires the tour buses be aligned with the minimum
safety standards of municipal buses.  (HB1637 SD2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        1637
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 2
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 286-181, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  The department of transportation may grant exemptions
 
 4 for the use of vehicles other than school vehicles when the
 
 5 department finds that compliance with this section is:
 
 6      (1)  Impossible due to the unavailability of school
 
 7           vehicles; or
 
 8      (2)  Impractical due to economic factors[.];
 
 9 provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of
 
10 tour buses for the transportation of student groups to and from
 
11 school-related events or activities, if the tour buses meet the
 
12 minimum safety standards of the municipal buses of the city and
 
13 county of Honolulu.  No exemption shall be granted for the
 
14 qualifications of individuals driving a bus as defined in section
 
15 286-2 and such individuals shall meet school vehicle driver
 
16 qualifications."
 
17      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
18 New statutory material is underscored.
 
19      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 9999.