| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; authorizing certain third-party testing by transit operators; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.3213. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.3213, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 171.3213 THIRD-PARTY TESTING OF SCHOOL BUS CERTAIN DRIVERS. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) A school district that is a third-party testing program and owns or operates school |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8buses may enter into an agreement with other school districts to test the other districts' |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9school bus driver employees. A school bus company that is a third-party testing program |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10and owns or operates school buses may enter into an agreement with other school bus |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11companies to test the other companies' school bus driver employees. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) A transit operator that is a third-party testing program and owns or operates transit |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13buses may enter into an agreement with other transit operators to test the other transit |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14operators' transit bus driver employees. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (c) A third-party testing program that performs testing under this section may be |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16reimbursed by the tested driver's school district or, school bus company, or transit operator. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 The (d) An agreement under this section must be submitted to the commissioner for |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18approval. A certified third-party tester must be employed by a school district or a school |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19bus company providing the third-party testing program that provides the testing services. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-00593 as introduced11/20/24 REVISOR KRB/KR |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 40NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: HOWE) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading01/16/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Transportation |
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