HF 1434

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; defining a locally
controlled process for establishing hazardous traffic
condition pupil transportation zones; authorizing a
levy for certain hazardous pupil transportation
services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
123B.88, by adding a subdivision; 123B.92, by adding a
subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.88, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end

new text begin Pupil transportation safety committee. new text end

new text begin (a) A
school board may establish a pupil transportation safety
committee. The chair of the pupil transportation safety
committee is the district's school transportation safety
director. The school board shall appoint the other members of
the pupil transportation safety committee. Membership may
include parents, school bus drivers, representatives of school
bus companies, local law enforcement officials, other school
district staff, and representatives from other units of local
government.
new text end

new text begin (b) The duties of the pupil transportation safety committee
include: (1) reviewing and recommending changes to the
district's pupil transportation safety policy required under
subdivision 1; and (2) developing a comprehensive plan for the
safe transportation of students who face hazardous
transportation conditions. The comprehensive hazardous
transportation plan shall consider safety factors including the
types of roads that students must cross, the speed of traffic on
those roads, the age of the students, and any other factors as
determined by the committee.
new text end

new text begin (c) The pupil transportation safety committee must hold at
least one public meeting before adopting its comprehensive plan
for transporting students who face hazardous transportation
conditions.
new text end

new text begin (d) Any recommended changes to the district's pupil
transportation safety policy and the comprehensive plan for
hazardous transportation must be submitted to the school board.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.92, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end

new text begin Hazardous transportation levy. new text end

new text begin (a) A school
board may annually levy the amounts necessary to provide
transportation services to students facing hazardous
transportation conditions. A district's hazardous
transportation levy must not exceed 20 percent of the district's
total regular to and from school transportation costs for that
year.
new text end

new text begin (b) For any year, a school board may levy the hazardous
transportation levy authorized in paragraph (a) only after the
school board has considered the comprehensive plan for hazardous
transportation submitted by the district's pupil transportation
safety committee at a regularly scheduled meeting of the school
board. The comprehensive plan may not be adopted until after
the board has allowed the public reasonable time to testify on
the plan.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for taxes
payable in 2006.
new text end