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NY S02587
Bill
Status
6/20/2017
Primary Sponsor
Carl Marcellino
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AI Summary
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Requires all motor carriers (schools, municipalities, and contractors) to conduct pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing of school bus drivers in accordance with federal regulations under 49 CFR Part 382.
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Mandates that all school bus drivers be included in random testing pools and must submit to testing when selected, regardless of commercial driver's license endorsement.
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Expands the prohibited timeframe for school bus drivers from six hours to eight hours before going on duty or operating a bus for consuming drugs, controlled substances, or intoxicating liquor.
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Specifies that drug testing procedures must conform to minimum standards set forth in 49 CFR Part 382.
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Allows costs for pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing to be reimbursable expenses for school districts under education law provisions, effective 120 days after enactment.
Legislative Description
Provides for pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing of bus drivers; further provides that no person shall consume a drug, controlled substance or an intoxicating liquor, regardless of its alcoholic content, or be under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or drug, within eight hours before going on duty or operating, or having physical control of a bus.
Last Action
SUBSTITUTED BY A208E
6/20/2018