HB1302: relative to driver's license requirements for operation of a mixed use school bus.

CHAPTER 138

HB 1302 - FINAL VERSION

2016 SESSION

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04/08

HOUSE BILL 1302

AN ACT relative to driver's license requirements for operation of a mixed use school bus.

SPONSORS: Rep. Jones, Straf. 24

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the operator of a mixed use school bus which qualifies as a commercial vehicle to hold a valid commercial driver license.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2325

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to driver's license requirements for operation of a mixed use school bus.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

138:1 School Boards; Pupils Transported in a Mixed Use School Bus. Amend RSA 189:6-c, I to read as follows:

I. Pupils may be transported to or from school activities in a mixed use school bus, as defined by RSA 259:96-a, which bears a valid state inspection sticker and is operated by a driver who holds a valid driver's license to operate that vehicle. An operator of a mixed use school bus that qualifies as a commercial motor vehicle as defined in RSA 259:12-e shall hold a valid commercial driver license pursuant to RSA 263:86 appropriate for the type and class of mixed use school bus being driven.

138:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 27, 2016

Effective Date: July 26, 2016