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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
  4. Chapter 40 POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS
  5. Section 71 School bus violation detection monitoring systems; installation and operation

Section 71

Section 71: School bus violation detection monitoring systems; installation and operation

[ Text of section added by 2024, 399, Sec. 1 effective January 10, 2025.]

  Section 71. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

  "District'', as defined in section 2 of chapter 70.

  "School bus violation detection monitoring system'' or "system'', as defined in section 14C of chapter 90.

  "Violation'', as defined in section 14C of chapter 90.

  (b) A city or town that accepts this section may install and operate a school bus violation detection monitoring system on a school bus to enforce violations pursuant to sections 14 and 14C of chapter 90. Any such system shall be used solely to monitor and detect violations of motor vehicle operators who overtake or fail to stop for a school bus in violation of said section 14 of said chapter 90.

  (c)(1) A city or town that accepts this section may enter into an agreement with a private vendor or manufacturer to provide a school bus violation detection monitoring system, including the installation, operation and maintenance of such systems, on each bus within its fleet whether the school bus is owned or leased.

  (2) Any money paid to the manufacturer or vendor of a school bus violation detection monitoring system, including, but not limited to, equipment, shall be based upon the value of the system and equipment installed and the recurring services provided in support of the school bus violation detection monitoring system, including the processing of evidence files, cost of the technology provided and maintenance of such technology, and shall not be based upon the revenue generated by the use of the system.

  (3) An agreement to provide a school bus violation detection monitoring system under this section shall only become effective after consent by the applicable district, through a vote of a majority of its governing school committee.