| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; modifying certain employment requirements for |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 third-party testing program applicants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 171.3213. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.3213, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 171.3213 THIRD-PARTY TESTING OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS; APPLICANT |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8REQUIREMENT . |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (a) A school district that is a third-party testing program and owns or operates school |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10buses may enter into an agreement with other school districts to test the other districts' |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11school bus driver employees. A school bus company that is a third-party testing program |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12and owns or operates school buses may enter into an agreement with other school bus |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13companies to test the other companies' school bus driver employees. A third-party testing |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14program may be reimbursed by the tested driver's school district or company. The agreement |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15must be submitted to the commissioner for approval. A certified third-party tester must be |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16employed by a school district or a school bus company providing the testing services. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (b) Notwithstanding any rule or statute to the contrary, a test applicant's test results and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18test passage administered under a third-party testing program are contingent upon: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (1) remaining employed with the third-party testing program for six months following |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20the test administration date; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (2) completing the approved school bus driver training program. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR KRB/EN 25-0293902/04/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 1190 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Olson02/19/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy 2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025, for tests administered on |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2or after that date. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 34 | 34 | | REVISOR KRB/EN 25-0293902/04/25 |
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