HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1973        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1289

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. and Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 seatbelts on school buses.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/26/2017

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1973        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1289

By Representative McGonagle of Everett and Senator DiDomenico, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1289) of Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr., Sal N. DiDomenico and Timothy R. Whelan relative to requirements for seatbelts on school buses.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to seatbelts on school buses.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION l.  Section 7B of chapter 90 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2012 official edition, is hereby amended by adding after the word "year" in line 129, the following:-- (19) Every school bus transporting students to or from a public, vocational, private or parochial school shall be equipped with a seatbelt for each permanent seating accommodation designed and installed in compliance with United States motor vehicle D.O.T. safety standards.

A city or town may enact a local ordinance or bylaw requiring that school buses operating within the municipality must be equipped with seatbelts at an earlier implementation date.

SECTION 2.  No claim for damages shall arise from the failure of a school bus operator, a school, school district or municipality to ensure that a passenger of a school bus was wearing the restraint system prescribed by Sections 7B of Chapter 90 of the general laws.

SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect on July 1, 2022