General Assembly Committee Bill No. 698
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3385
*03385SB00698TRA*
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
(TRA)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 698
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3385
*03385SB00698TRA*
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT REQUIRING SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS TO SUBMIT TO REGULAR DRUG TESTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 14-276a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(d) A carrier shall require each person whom it intends to employ to operate a school bus, as defined in section 14-275, or a student transportation vehicle, as defined in section 14-212, to submit to a urinalysis drug test in accordance with the provisions of sections 31-51v and 31-51w and shall require each person it employs to operate such vehicles to submit to a urinalysis drug test on an annual basis and to submit to a urinalysis drug test on a random basis in accordance with the provisions of section 31-51x and the standards set forth in 49 CFR Parts 382 and 391. No carrier may employ any person who has received a positive test result for such test which was confirmed as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of section 31-51u. No carrier may continue to employ as a driver, for two years, any person who has received a positive test result for such test which was confirmed as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of section 31-51u. No carrier may continue to employ as a driver, permanently, any person who has received a second positive test result for such test which was confirmed as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of section 31-51u. The commissioner may, after notice and hearing, impose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for the first offense and two thousand five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on any carrier which violates any provision of this subsection.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 14-276a(d)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
14-276a(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To require drivers of school buses and student transportation vehicles to submit to annual drug tests as a condition of employment in such position.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.
S.B. 698