Section 1 modifies and updates the statutory reference to federal school bus body standards to apply 2010, rather than 2005, specifications and procedures.

Section 2 provides that statutory standards apply to a school bus manufactured after December 31, 2012.  Buses manufactured on or before December 31, 2012, are subject to state standards in effect on the date the vehicle was manufactured. 

Section 3 requires the color black for the area around lenses of signal lamps.  Black visors or hoods may be used.

Section 4 eliminates current statutory language pertaining to seat depth and seat back height.

Section 5 inserts new language establishing standards for required auxiliary fans.

Section 6 inserts new language establishing standards for video/mobile surveillance systems.

Section 8 deals with reporting misbehavior on a school bus, and states that the school official must report the incident to the Commissioner of Public Safety upon request of the commissioner, not on a form developed by the commissioner.

Section 9 repeals:

• A provision that allows school buses to display certain safety messages on the bus;
• Requiring the commissioner to compile information regarding violations, prosecutions, and convictions of safety violations by bus drivers or by the driving public; and
• The requirement that Type III vehicles must contain at least three red reflectorized triangle road warning devices.

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