SB 5731 - DIGEST

Provides that every school bus purchased after June 30, 2005, must provide safety belts for use by each person riding the bus. The safety belts must be of a design to provide a lap belt for pelvic restraint and a shoulder belt to restrain upper torso movement.

Provides that a person found to have committed any infraction relating to speed restrictions within a school or playground speed zone shall be assessed a monetary penalty equal to three times the penalty assessed under RCW 46.63.110. This penalty may not be waived, reduced, or suspended.

Declares that the speed limit established under this act applies between six a.m. and six p.m., regardless of whether a standard school speed limit sign or a standard playground speed limit sign requires children to be present.

Appropriates the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the biennium ending June 30, 2007, from the highway safety fund to the superintendent of public instruction to carry out the purposes of this act.