2002 Minnesota Statutes

     169.435 State school bus safety administration. 

    Subdivision 1.    Responsibility; department of public 
 safety.  The department of public safety has the primary 
 responsibility for school transportation safety.  To oversee 
 school transportation safety, the commissioner of public safety 
 shall establish a school bus safety advisory committee according 
 to subdivision 2.  The commissioner or the commissioner's 
 designee shall serve as state director of pupil transportation 
 according to subdivision 3. 

    Subd. 2.  Expired 

    Subd. 3.    Pupil transportation safety director.  (a) 
 The commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee 
 shall serve as pupil transportation safety director. 

    (b) The duties of the pupil transportation safety director 
 shall include: 

    (1) overseeing all department activities related to school 
 bus safety; 

    (2) assisting in the development, interpretation, and 
 implementation of laws and policies relating to school bus 
 safety; 

    (3) supervising preparation of the school bus inspection 
 manual; 

    (4) in conjunction with the department of children, 
 families, and learning, assisting school districts in developing 
 and implementing comprehensive transportation policies; and 

    (5) providing information requested by the school bus 
 safety advisory committee. 

    HIST: 1994 c 647 art 12 s 13; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1Sp1997 
 c 4 art 12 s 6