| 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 | | 25-02939 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR KRB/EN |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 1495NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: HAUSCHILD) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading02/17/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Transportation 2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025, for tests administered on |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2or after that date. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 25-02939 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR KRB/EN |
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