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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 795
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARRAS
MTR VEHICLE/BUSES-SCHOOL: Provides relative to the model age and use of school
buses
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:158.2(D) and (E), relative to the model age of school buses; to prohibit2
school buses used to transport students from being more than twenty-five years old;3
to require that activity or backup school buses be fifteen or fewer model years old;4
to prohibit school buses older than fifteen model years from being used more than5
sixty consecutive school days in a school year; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:158.2(D) and (E) are hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง158.2. Purchase of school buses; resale to bus operators9
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D. Any school bus used to transport students, including an activity or backup11
bus, shall not be more than twenty-five years old. Any school bus used as an activity12
or backup bus, at the time it is acquired by the owner and placed in service, shall be13
fifteen or fewer model years old. The number of years shall be reckoned from the14
date of introduction of the model year.15
E. Any school bus used as an activity or backup bus that is older than fifteen16
model years shall not be used more than sixty consecutive school days in a school17
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Barras HB No. 795
Proposed law prohibits school buses used to transport students, including activity and
backup buses, from being more than 25 years old. Requires that activity and backup school
buses be 15 or fewer model years old. Prohibits activity and backup buses that are older than
15 model years from being used more than 60 consecutive school days in a school year.
(Adds R.S. 17:158.2(D) and (E))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Education to the original
bill.
1. In proposed law prohibition on using school buses that are 15 model years or
older, changes "60 consecutive days" to "60 consecutive school days".
House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill.
1. In proposed law prohibition on using certain school buses for more than 60
consecutive school days at a time, changes "at a time" to "in a school year".