Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 67, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-67-75.
(A) In addition to the school bus
safety standards of Section 56-5-195, all public school buses
manufactured after July 1, 2020, must be equipped with
integrated three-point harness seat belts for each passenger.
This requirement does not apply to public school buses leased,
owned, or otherwise furnished by the State Department of
Education before July 1, 2020 and which continue in such use
after that date.
(B) Seat belts required
in subsection (A) must be fastened about each passenger at all
times during vehicle operation for vehicles that have these seat
belts. School bus drivers shall ensure that these seat belts are
fastened about each passenger. No claim for damages may arise
from the failure of a school bus driver to ensure that a school
bus passenger wears a seat belt."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.