S-5122

   Amend Senate File 2324 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 3, after <3.> by inserting <a.>
   2.  Page 1, line 8, by striking <buses.> and inserting <buses if such a pickup does not carry more passengers than there are safety belts or safety harnesses in the pickup as installed by the manufacturer and if such a pickup is not operated while any passenger is present in the bed of the pickup. The operator of a pickup used as a school bus pursuant to such rules shall comply with the qualification, licensing, and instruction requirements set forth in sections 321.375 and 321.376, other than the requirement to obtain a commercial driver’s license. However, the rules shall allow the board of directors of a school district to prohibit the use of pickups as school buses by the school district.>
   3.  Page 1, after line 8 by inserting:
   <b.  The rules prescribed for school buses shall allow passenger vans designed to carry twelve or fewer passengers, including the driver, and weighing ten thousand pounds or less, to be used as school buses if such a van does not carry more passengers than there are safety belts or safety harnesses in the van as installed by the manufacturer. The operator of a van used as a school bus pursuant to such rules shall comply with the qualification, licensing, and instruction requirements set forth in sections 321.375 and 321.376.>
   4.  Title page, line 1, after <allowing> by inserting <certain vans and>

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WAYLON BROWN