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OH HB80
Bill
Status
3/18/2009
Primary Sponsor
John Domenick
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AI Summary
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Requires all new school buses acquired after the effective date to be equipped with a single white strobe light located in the middle of the bus roof
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Mandates school bus drivers activate the white strobe light and keep it operational at all times when the bus is transporting passengers
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Replaces specific references to "school children, persons attending mental health programs, and head start agency participants" with the general term "passengers" throughout school bus safety statutes
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Adds an exception to existing flashing light prohibitions to allow school buses equipped with the required white strobe light to display this light on public streets and highways
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Amends Ohio Revised Code sections 4511.75, 4511.771, and 4513.17 to incorporate the new strobe light requirement and updated passenger terminology
Legislative Description
To require that all new school buses be equipped with a single white strobe light to be activated at all times when the bus is transporting passengers.
School buses-require strobe light operation when transporting passengers
Last Action
To *Public Safety & Homeland Security
3/18/2009