CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1246
Chapter
141, Laws of 1995
54th
Legislature
1995
Regular Session
PRIVATE
SCHOOL BUS REGULATION
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 7/23/95
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Passed by
the House March 7, 1995
Yeas 96 Nays 1
CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate April 4, 1995
Yeas 46 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Timothy
A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL
1246 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
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JOEL PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
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TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
April 27, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
April
27, 1995 - 1:08 p.m.
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MIKE LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1246
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Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/20/95.
Regulating
private school buses.
AN ACT Relating to the
regulation of private school buses; amending RCW 46.04.521 and 46.37.193; and
adding a new section to chapter 46.37 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.04.521 and 1965
ex.s. c 155 s 90 are each amended to read as follows:
School bus means every
motor vehicle used regularly to transport children to and from school or in
connection with school activities, which is subject to the requirements set
forth in the most recent edition of "Specifications for School Buses"
published by the state superintendent of public instruction, but does not
include buses operated by common carriers in urban transportation of school
children or private carrier buses operated as school buses in the
transportation of children to and from private schools or school activities.
Sec. 2. RCW 46.37.193 and 1990 c
241 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:
Every school bus and
private carrier bus, in addition to any other equipment or distinctive markings
required by this chapter, shall bear upon the front and rear thereof, above the
windows thereof, plainly visible signs containing only the words "school
bus" on a school bus and only the words "private carrier bus" on
a private carrier bus in letters not less than eight inches in height, and in
addition shall be equipped with visual signals meeting the requirements of RCW
46.37.190.
However, a private
carrier bus that regularly transports children to and from a private school or
in connection with school activities may display the words "school
bus" in a manner provided in this section and need not comply with the
requirements set forth in the most recent edition of "Specifications for
School Buses" published by the superintendent of public instruction.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
3. A new section is added
to chapter 46.37 RCW to read as follows:
A private school bus is
subject to the requirements set forth in the National Standards for School
Buses established by the national safety council in effect at the time of the
bus manufacture, as adopted by rule by reference by the chief of the Washington
state patrol. A private school bus manufactured before 1980 must meet the
minimum standards set forth in the 1980 edition of the National Standards for
School Buses.
Passed
the House March 7, 1995.
Passed
the Senate April 4, 1995.
Approved by the Governor April 27, 1995.
Filed in Office of
Secretary of State April 27, 1995.