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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee Bill TextSB 722 - This act exempts motor fuel used for school buses, by school districts or persons contracted with school districts to provide school bus services. The exemption provided by this act will be granted to the school district for which the fuel is consumed in the form of a refund, regardless of whether the school district paid the tax or the tax was paid by persons contracted with the district to provide school bus services. This act is identical to SB 421 (2007). JASON ZAMKUS
Also tagged in: Highway Patrol, Law Enforcement Officers And Agencies, Licenses - Driver's, Licenses - Motor Vehicle, Motor Carriers, Motor Vehicles, Revenue, Department Of, Transportation, Transportation, Department Of Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - HCS Voted Do Pass H Transportation Committee Bill TextSS/SCS/SB 761 & 774 - This act modifies several provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles.ANNUAL BID BOND - This act provides that the commission is authorized to accept an annual bid bond for its construction and maintenance projects. The commission shall prescribe the form and content of an annual bid bond. This portion of the act is similar to HB 596 and SCS/SB 52 (2007)(Section 227.103).SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS - Under this act, the director of revenue shall not issue or renew a school bus endorsement to any applicant whose driving record shows that the applicant has been convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense while operating a school bus. A person convicted of an intoxication-related offense while operating a school bus will have his or her school bus endorsement permanently denied by the court, beginning on the date of the court?s order (Section 302.272). The act requires school bus drivers to notify the school district or the driver's [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Bill TextSB 1163 - This act modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure. Under this act, each school district shall require from the authorized representative of any company contracting with it a certified statement certifying that all persons operating school buses have submitted themselves to a criminal history repository and criminal history files search as prescribed by the highway patrol and the FBI and that the results of those searches have not disqualified the applicants from receiving a school bus endorsement. Under the current law, the onus is on the school district to ensure that a criminal background check is conducted for school bus drivers (Section 168.133). Under the act, the highway patrol must provide a record of clearance or denial for any applicant for a school bus endorsement for certain convictions (drug convictions, child abuse, prostitution, weapon offenses, pornography, robbery, arson, burglary). The highway patrol is authorized to obtain [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Bill TextSB 1163 - This act modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure. Under this act, each school district shall require from the authorized representative of any company contracting with it a certified statement certifying that all persons operating school buses have submitted themselves to a criminal history repository and criminal history files search as prescribed by the highway patrol and the FBI and that the results of those searches have not disqualified the applicants from receiving a school bus endorsement. Under the current law, the onus is on the school district to ensure that a criminal background check is conducted for school bus drivers (Section 168.133). Under the act, the highway patrol must provide a record of clearance or denial for any applicant for a school bus endorsement for certain convictions (drug convictions, child abuse, prostitution, weapon offenses, pornography, robbery, arson, burglary). The highway patrol is authorized to obtain [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee Bill TextSB 722 - This act exempts motor fuel used for school buses, by school districts or persons contracted with school districts to provide school bus services. The exemption provided by this act will be granted to the school district for which the fuel is consumed in the form of a refund, regardless of whether the school district paid the tax or the tax was paid by persons contracted with the district to provide school bus services. This act is identical to SB 421 (2007). JASON ZAMKUS
Also tagged in: Highway Patrol, Law Enforcement Officers And Agencies, Licenses - Driver's, Licenses - Motor Vehicle, Motor Carriers, Motor Vehicles, Revenue, Department Of, Transportation, Transportation, Department Of Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - HCS Voted Do Pass H Transportation Committee Bill TextSS/SCS/SB 761 & 774 - This act modifies several provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles.ANNUAL BID BOND - This act provides that the commission is authorized to accept an annual bid bond for its construction and maintenance projects. The commission shall prescribe the form and content of an annual bid bond. This portion of the act is similar to HB 596 and SCS/SB 52 (2007)(Section 227.103).SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS - Under this act, the director of revenue shall not issue or renew a school bus endorsement to any applicant whose driving record shows that the applicant has been convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense while operating a school bus. A person convicted of an intoxication-related offense while operating a school bus will have his or her school bus endorsement permanently denied by the court, beginning on the date of the court?s order (Section 302.272). The act requires school bus drivers to notify the school district or the driver's [...] show full description
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