Office of the Revisor of Statutes
HF 1179
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/27/2025 04:08 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; authorizing public transit operators to perform third-party
testing for school buses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.01, by
adding subdivisions; 171.3213.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin Subd. 46a. new text end
new text begin School bus service. new text end
new text begin
"School bus service" means transportation services
provided to students using either a school bus as defined in section 169.011, subdivision
71, or public transportation service as defined in section 174.22, subdivision 7.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 48f. new text end
new text begin Transit operator. new text end
new text begin
"Transit operator" means a provider of transit bus services
as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 87.
new text end
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.3213, is amended to read:
171.3213 THIRD-PARTY TESTING OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS.
A school district that is a third-party testing program and owns or operates school buses
may enter into an agreement with other school districts to test the other districts' school bus
driver employees. A school bus company that is a third-party testing program and owns or
operates school buses may enter into an agreement with other school bus companiesnew text begin , school
districts, or transit operatorsnew text end to test the other companies'new text begin employees, districts'new text end school bus
driver employeesnew text begin , or transit operators' transit bus driver employees who provide school bus
servicenew text end . A third-party testing program may be reimbursed by the tested driver's school
district or company. The agreement must be submitted to the commissioner for approval.
A certified third-party tester must be employed by a school district or a school bus company
providing the testing services.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to agreements
entered into on and after that date.
new text end