S.F. 495 Section 1. Section 321.373, Code 2019, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 7A. a. A new school bus ordered for 3 purchase by a school district on or after the effective date 4 of this Act shall be equipped with a stop arm camera mounted to 5 the school bus stop arm. 6 b. A school bus placed in service for which the requirements 7 of paragraph “a” do not apply shall be equipped with a stop 8 arm camera mounted to the school bus stop arm within two years 9 following the effective date of this Act. 10 c. The rules prescribed for school buses under this section 11 shall conform to the requirements of this subsection. 12 Sec. 2. Section 285.8, subsection 6, paragraph d, Code 2019, 13 is amended to read as follows: 14 d. For standard of safety in construction of school 15 transportation equipment. Consistent with subsection 5, 16 standards established by the department under this paragraph 17 shall conform to the requirements of section 321.373, 18 subsection 7A. 19 Sec. 3. Section 298.3, subsection 1, paragraph i, Code 2019, 20 is amended to read as follows: 21 i. The purchase of transportation equipment for 22 transporting students and the repair of such transportation 23 equipment if the cost of the repair exceeds two thousand five 24 hundred dollars. For the purposes of this paragraph, “repair” 25 means restoring an existing item of equipment to its original 26 condition, as near as may be, after gradual obsolescence or 27 physical and functional depreciation due to wear and tear, 28 corrosion and decay, or partial destruction, and includes 29 maintenance of an item of equipment or the modification of 30 an item of equipment to comply with construction or safety 31 standards, including the requirements of section 321.373, 32 subsection 7A . 33 Sec. 4. Section 423F.3, subsection 6, Code 2019, is amended 34 by adding the following new paragraph: 35 -1- LSB 2656XS (3) 88 md/jh 1/ 3

S.F. 495 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0d. Additionally, “school infrastructure” 1 includes the cost of the modification of an item of school 2 transportation equipment to comply with construction or safety 3 standards, including the requirements of section 321.373, 4 subsection 7A. 5 Sec. 5. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 6 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 7 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 8 be paid by a school district from state school foundation 9 aid received by the school district under section 257.16, a 10 physical plant and equipment levy under section 298.2, or from 11 revenues from the secure an advanced vision for education 12 fund under chapter 423F. This specification of the payment 13 of the state cost shall be deemed to meet all of the state 14 funding-related requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, 15 and no additional state funding shall be necessary for the 16 full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of this Act 17 against all affected school districts. 18 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 19 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill relates to school bus equipment standards and 24 requirements. 25 Code section 321.373 requires every school bus except 26 private passenger vehicles used as school buses to be 27 constructed and equipped to meet safety standards prescribed 28 in rules adopted by the state board of education. The bill 29 requires a new school bus ordered for purchase by a school 30 district on or after the effective date of this bill to be 31 equipped with a stop arm camera mounted to the school bus stop 32 arm and requires existing school buses to be equipped with stop 33 arm cameras mounted to the school bus stop arm within two years 34 following the effective date of the bill. 35 -2- LSB 2656XS (3) 88 md/jh 2/ 3

S.F. 495 Code section 285.8 enumerates the powers and duties of the 1 department of education relating to the transportation of 2 children, including aiding in the enforcement of the motor 3 vehicle laws relating to the transportation of school children 4 and including prescribing uniform standards and regulations for 5 safety in construction of school transportation equipment. The 6 bill requires the standards established by the department of 7 education relating to the standard of safety in construction 8 of school transportation equipment to conform to the stop arm 9 camera requirements established in the bill. 10 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 11 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 12 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 13 district from state school foundation aid received by the 14 school district under Code section 257.16, a physical plant and 15 equipment levy under Code section 298.2, or from revenues from 16 the secure an advanced vision for education fund under Code 17 chapter 423F. The specification is deemed to constitute state 18 compliance with any state mandate funding-related requirements 19 of Code section 25B.2. The inclusion of this specification is 20 intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions 21 to comply with any state mandates included in the bill. 22 The bill authorizes school districts to use revenues from 23 a physical plant and equipment levy under Code section 298.2 24 or from the secure an advanced vision for education fund 25 under Code chapter 423F to comply with the stop arm camera 26 requirements in the bill. 27 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 28 -3- LSB 2656XS (3) 88 md/jh 3/ 3