SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1866 FILED ON: 1/16/2015
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1862
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kathleen O'Connor Ives
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to school bus safety.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Kathleen O'Connor Ives | First Essex |
Frank A. Moran | 17th Essex |
Diana DiZoglio | 14th Essex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1866 FILED ON: 1/16/2015
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1862
By Ms. O'Connor Ives, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1862) of Kathleen O'Connor Ives, Frank A. Moran and Diana DiZoglio for legislation relative to school bus safety. Transportation. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act relative to school bus safety.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 7B of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 129 after clause (18) the following:-
(19) In addition to other monitoring devices lawfully authorized to be installed on school buses and notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any city or town within the Commonwealth is hereby authorized to install and operate video camera monitoring systems, with audio recording capabilities, on school buses solely for the purpose of ensuring the safety of bus passengers and drivers. All recorded video images and other photographic information obtained through the use of such school bus monitoring system authorized in this section that do not identify any violations shall be destroyed by any city, town, school department or vendor within 30 days of the date the image was recorded, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. All photographic and other recorded information that identifies a violation shall be destroyed within 1 year of final disposition of proceedings related to the enforcement or defense of a violation, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any school bus installed with a monitoring system shall post warning signage indicating the use of such system. The signage shall remain on each bus as long as a school bus monitoring system is in operation.