HARRY HUGHES, Governor                             2211

(House Bill 1154)

AN ACT concerning

School Buses - Length of Use

FOR the purpose of requiring that school buses be operated
for a certain period unless they fail to meet safety
inspection standards.

FOR the purpose of providing that a conventional school bus
may be operated for a certain period if it meets
certain safety standards; providing for an extention
extension in emergencies; and providing that certain
payments shall be continued under certain
circumstances.

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 7-605

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Education

7-605.

UNLESS IT FAILS TO MEET THE APPLICABLE MOTOR VEHICLE
ADMINISTRATION SAFETY INSPECTION STANDARDS, A SCHOOL BUS
SHALL BE OPERATED FOR 12 YEARS.

(A)  UNLESS IT FAILS TO MEET THE APPLICABLE SCHOOL BUS
AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS, A CONVENTIONAL SCHOOL
BUS MAY BE OPERATED FOR 12 YEARS. THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT
MAY GRANT AN EXTENSION OF THE 12-YEAR LIMIT IN AN EMERGENCY
SITUATION.

(B)  THE BASIC ANNUAL ALLOTMENT IN EFFECT IN THE TENTH
YEAR SHALL BE CONTINUED IN THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH YEARS OF
A BUS'S OPERATION AS A PART OF THE PAYMENT FORMULA.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 20, 1980.

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