| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; authorizing public transit operators to perform third-party |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 testing for school buses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.01, by |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 adding subdivisions; 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 171.01, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 46a.School bus service."School bus service" means transportation services |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9provided to students using either a school bus as defined in section 169.011, subdivision |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.1071, or public transportation service as defined in section 174.22, subdivision 7. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12read: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 Subd. 48f.Transit operator."Transit operator" means a provider of transit bus services |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 87. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.3213, is amended to read: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 171.3213 THIRD-PARTY TESTING OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 A school district that is a third-party testing program and owns or operates school buses |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18may enter into an agreement with other school districts to test the other districts' school bus |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19driver employees. A school bus company that is a third-party testing program and owns or |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20operates school buses may enter into an agreement with other school bus companies, school |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21districts, or transit operators to test the other companies' employees, districts' school bus |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Sec. 3. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-00798 as introduced11/26/24 REVISOR KRB/CH |
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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. 583NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: JASINSKI and Rarick) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading01/23/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Transportation 2.1driver employees, or transit operators' transit bus driver employees who provide school bus |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2service. A third-party testing program may be reimbursed by the tested driver's school |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3district or company. The agreement must be submitted to the commissioner for approval. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4A certified third-party tester must be employed by a school district or a school bus company |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5providing the testing services. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to agreements |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7entered into on and after that date. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2Sec. 3. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 25-00798 as introduced11/26/24 REVISOR KRB/CH |
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