GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 119

Short Title:  School Bus Inspection.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Allran; Carpenter and Garwood.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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February 17, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CAUSE EACH SCHOOL BUS OWNED OR OPERATED BY SUCH LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TO BE INSPECTED AT LEAST ONCE EACH THIRTY-EIGHT DAYS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-248(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C-248. Inspection of school buses and activity buses; report of defects by drivers; discontinuing use until defects remedied.
(a)	The superintendent of each local school administrative unit, shall cause each school bus owned or operated by such local school administrative unit to be inspected at least once each 38 days during the school year for mechanical defects, or other defects which may affect the safe operation of such bus. A report of such inspection, together with the recommendations of the person making the inspection, shall be filed promptly in the office of the superintendent of such local school administrative unit, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the principal of the school to which such bus is assigned."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.