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S.F. No. 1133 - School Bus Special Event Authorization

Author: Prepared By: Senator Carrie Ruud Bonnie Berezovsky, Senate Counsel (651/296-9191) Krista Boyd, Senate Fiscal Analyst (651/296-7681) March 18, 2013

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Section 1 defines pupil transport entity to mean a school, a charter school, or a private transportation contractor that contracts with a school. Section 2 prohibits a school bus driver from using the school bus stop-arm or special lights when the bus is used as a special event school bus. Section 3 specifies the terms of special event school bus use. Subdivision 1 authorizes a pupil transport entity to operate a school bus to provide nonpupil transportation without reregistration or payment of additional registration taxes. Subdivision 2 allows school bus operation under contract with a tax-exempt entity for a one-day special event if the pupil transportation entity is registered as a motor carrier of passengers, the entity uses a temporary vehicle identification card for the bus, the bus displays a sign in front and rear that reads Special Event Bus and does not display the word school, and the driver holds a commercial drivers license. Subdivision 3 allows the bus to be painted school bus yellow and be equipped as a school bus.

Section 4 allows the Commissioner of Transportation to issue a temporary vehicle identification card for a school bus operated for a special event, if the school bus has been inspected under statutory standards. BB/KB:rer