Current Status Bill Number:3109 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:J. Brown All Sponsors:J. Brown Drafted Document Number:gjk\23162cm.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:School buses to be equipped with lap or shoulder harness seat belts, motor vehicles
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee House 19970108 Prefiled, referred to Committee 21 HEPWView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-67-95 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL SCHOOL BUSES PURCHASED AFTER JUNE 30, 1998, MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH LAP OR SHOULDER HARNESS SAFETY BELTS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6530, RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS FOR MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELTS, SO AS TO EXCLUDE SCHOOL BUSES PURCHASED AFTER JUNE 30, 1998, FROM THE EXCEPTIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-67-95. Every school bus purchased after June 30, 1998, must be equipped with safety belts for use by each person riding the bus. The safety belts must be of a design to provide a lap belt for pelvic restraint or a shoulder harness to restrain upper torso movement.
The State Department of Education shall promulgate regulations on the type and specification of these safety belts to be installed on school buses."
SECTION 2. Section 56-5-6530(3) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(3) school buses purchased before July 1, 1998, church, or day care buses;"
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.