HBA-RBT H.B. 285 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 285
By: Wise
Public Education
4/21/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a mobile telephone is not required on a school bus.  If an
accident or incident occurred on a school bus without a radio, the driver
may not be able to call for help.  If an emergency or accident were to
occur, the driver has no easy way to notify a dispatcher that a problem or
breakdown has occurred.  H.B. 285 requires a school bus to be equipped with
a mobile telephone that can be used in an emergency.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 547.701(a), Transportation Code, to require a
school bus to be equipped with a mobile telephone that can be used in an
emergency.   

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.