WSR 97-17-042

PERMANENT RULES

SUPERINTENDENT OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

[Order 97-02--Filed August 14, 1997, 10:44 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: August 13, 1997.

Purpose: To realign the funding categories for school buses to reflect new bus designs and to keep the number of school bus categories to a minimum. To allow school districts the ability to purchase new school bus designs directly from the state quotation pursuant to RCW 28A.160.195.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 392-142-155.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.150.290.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-14-055 on June 30, 1977 [1997].

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

August 13, 1997

Dr. Terry Bergeson

Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 96-10, filed 7/25/96, effective 8/25/96)

WAC 392-142-155 Definition--School bus categories for those buses purchased after September 1, 1982. As used in this chapter, "school bus categories for those buses purchased after September 1, 1982," means the following:

((Student Fuel Transmission Useful

Capacity Type Type Life

(1) 10 to 22 Gas Automatic 8

(2) 10 to 22 Diesel Automatic 8

(3) 10 to 22 Gas Automatic 8

(4) 10 to 22 Diesel Automatic 8

(5) 23 to 34 Gas Automatic 8

(6) 23 to 34 Diesel Automatic 8

(7) 35 to 48 Diesel Automatic 13

(8) 35 to 48 Diesel Automatic 13

(9) 49 to 60 Diesel Automatic 13

(10) 49 to 60 Diesel Automatic 13

(11) 61 to 77 Diesel Automatic 13

(12) 61 to 84 Diesel Automatic 13

(13) Heavy 78 to 84 Diesel Automatic 18

(14) 85 to 90 Diesel Automatic 18))

Student Fuel Transmission Useful Bus

Capacity Type Type Life Type

(1) 10 to 24 Gas Automatic 8 A-II

(2) 10 to 24 Diesel Automatic 8 A-II

(3) 10 to 34 Gas Automatic 8 A-I

(4) 10 to 34 Diesel Automatic 8 A-I

(5) 10 to 34 Gas Automatic 8 B

(6) 10 to 34 Diesel Automatic 8 B

(7) 35 to 48 Diesel Automatic 13 C

(8) 35 to 48 Diesel Automatic 13 D

(9) 49 to 60 Diesel Automatic 13 C

(10) 49 to 60 Diesel Automatic 13 D

(11) 61 to 77 Diesel Automatic 13 C

(12) 61 to 84 Diesel Automatic 13 D

(13) Heavy 78 to 84 Diesel Automatic 18 D

(14) Heavy 85 to 90 Diesel Automatic 18 D