Senate File 190 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 2003HH
                                        BY HEDDENS)


    Passed Senate, Date                Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act restricting the idling of school buses on school grounds.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2003SS 81
  4 dea/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.   Section 285.8, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  For the efficient operation and maintenance of school
  1  4 transportation equipment and for the protection of the health
  1  5 and safety of children transported.  The department shall
  1  6 provide school districts with policy guidelines outlining best
  1  7 practices to be followed by bus drivers in order to limit the
  1  8 idling of buses on or near school grounds and the exposure of
  1  9 pupils and drivers to diesel exhaust.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 285.10, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
  1 11 amended to read as follows:
  1 12    2.  Establish, maintain, and operate bus routes for the
  1 13 transportation of pupils so as to provide for the economical
  1 14 and efficient operation thereof without duplication of
  1 15 facilities, and to properly safeguard the health and safety of
  1 16 the pupils transported.  The board shall adopt a bus idling
  1 17 policy for school bus drivers, based on recommendations from
  1 18 the department, in order to minimize the amount of time that
  1 19 buses idle on or near school grounds.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill requires local school boards to adopt a bus
  1 22 idling policy for school bus drivers in order to minimize the
  1 23 idling of buses on or near school grounds.  The department of
  1 24 education is to provide school districts with policy
  1 25 guidelines that outline best practices to be followed in order
  1 26 to limit the idling of buses and the associated exposure of
  1 27 pupils and drivers to diesel exhaust.
  1 28 LSB 2003SS 81
  1 29 dea:nh/sh/8