By Mr. Stanley of Waltham (by request), petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2258) of Louanne Fucci for legislation to further regulate post trip inspections by drivers of school buses.  Public Health.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Louanne Fucci

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to post trip inspections by school bus drivers.

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

SECTION 1. Section 7B of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out clause (17) and inserting in place thereof the following new clause:-

(17) Each school bus shall be equipped with a mechanical buzzer, which is activated when the ignition is turned off by the operator of the school bus at the conclusion of his trip.  A manual deactivation switch for the buzzer shall be located in the rear of the bus and the school bus operator shall be required to walk to the rear of the bus at the conclusion of his trip in order to manually turn off the buzzer.  After deactivating the buzzer, the school bus driver shall perform daily post-trip inspections of the interior of his bus including behind and underneath each seat.  Any school bus driver who fails to perform such inspections and any school bus company that fails to maintain a working mechanical buzzer shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100.