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| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | 5 | *hb0478* | |
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| 7 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 478 | |
| 8 | 8 | R4 4lr0968 | |
| 9 | 9 | HB 71/23 – ENT CF SB 63 | |
| 10 | 10 | By: Delegate Sample–Hughes | |
| 11 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2024 | |
| 12 | 12 | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | A BILL ENTITLED | |
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| 16 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Motor Vehicles – School Vehicle Drivers – Medical Examinations 2 | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | FOR the purpose of establishing a regular time period within which a school vehicle driver 3 | |
| 21 | 21 | is required to pass a medical examination; and generally relating to medical 4 | |
| 22 | 22 | examinations for school vehicle drivers. 5 | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 | |
| 25 | 25 | Article – Transportation 7 | |
| 26 | 26 | Section 16–816(a) 8 | |
| 27 | 27 | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 | |
| 28 | 28 | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 10 | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 | |
| 31 | 31 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 | |
| 32 | 32 | ||
| 33 | 33 | Article – Transportation 13 | |
| 34 | 34 | ||
| 35 | 35 | 16–816. 14 | |
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| 37 | 37 | (a) An individual may not drive a school vehicle on any highway in this State 15 | |
| 38 | 38 | unless the individual: 16 | |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 40 | (1) Passes an appropriate medical examination BEFORE EMPLOYMENT 17 | |
| 41 | 41 | AND ONCE DURING EACH 2 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT ; and 18 | |
| 42 | 42 | ||
| 43 | 43 | (2) For driving a school bus, has been issued a commercial driver’s license 19 | |
| 44 | 44 | endorsed school bus. 20 | |
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| 46 | 46 | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21 | |
| 47 | 47 | 1, 2024. 22 2 HOUSE BILL 478 | |
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