SCHOOL BUS INFRACTIONS H.B. 4201-4204:
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
House Bills 4201 through 4204 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Jack O'Malley (H.B. 4201)
Representative Tyrone Carter (H.B. 4202)
Representative Jewell Jones (H.B. 4203)
Representative Greg VanWoerkom (H.B. 4204)
Senate Committee: Transportation and Infrastructure
CONTENT
House Bill 4201 would amend the Pupil Transportation Act to do the following:
-- Prohibit an individual other than an authorized person from entering a school bus without the bus driver's permission.
-- Prohibit a person from impeding the progress or operation of a school bus.
-- Prescribe a civil infraction for a violation of the bill's prohibitions.
House Bill 4203 would amend the Pupil Transportation Act to allow a sticker to be affixed to the side of a school bus that specified that an unauthorized person attempting to board or boarding the bus would be subject to citation for a civil infraction.
House Bill 4204 would amend the Pupil Transportation Act to allow a school bus to be equipped with a stop-arm camera system.
House Bill 4202 would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to do the following:
-- Allow a school bus to be equipped with a stop-arm camera system in accordance with the Pupil Transportation Act, which House Bill 4204 would add.
-- Require a school that used a stop-arm camera system to provide a video or photograph recorded by a stop-arm camera system for use as evidence in a proceeding for a violation if requested by a law enforcement agency.
-- Specify that a photograph or video recorded by a stop-arm camera system would be admissible as evidence in a proceeding for a violation of the Code.
House Bill 4201 and House Bill 4203 are tie-barred to each other. House Bill 4202 and House Bill 4204 are tie-barred to each other.
MCL 257.1859 (H.B. 4201) Legislative Analyst: Tyler VanHuyse
MCL 257.682 (H.B. 4202)
MCL 257.1833 (H.B. 4203)
Proposed MCL 257.1820 (H.B. 4204)
FISCAL IMPACT
House Bill 4201 co