HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1536
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to school buses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 302A-407, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-407 School bus contracts. (a) Any school bus contract between the State and the contractor shall include a provision requiring the contractor to equip the contractor's vehicles with the signs and visual signals described in section 291C-95(d) and (g). The contract shall also include other provisions as may be deemed necessary by the State for the safety of school bus passengers and shall include provisions requiring compliance with the rules and standards described in section 286-181.

(b) By January 1, 2035, any school bus contract between the State and the contractor shall require all of the contractor's vehicles to be propelled by electric power or a non-fossil fuel; provided that any school bus contract entered into between the effective date of this Act and January 1, 2035, shall include a provision that requires the contractor to replace any contracted-for vehicle that is disposed of, transferred, sold, or otherwise taken out of service by the applicable contractor with a contracted-for vehicle that is propelled by electric power or a non-fossil fuel.

[(b)] (c) All moneys received from students and parents or guardians of students by public schools for state-provided school busing services, as authorized by section 302A-406, shall be deposited into the school bus fare revolving fund. Except as otherwise provided by the legislature, expenditures for the operation of state-contracted school bus services, as authorized by section 302A-406, shall be made from this fund."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

School Buses; School Bus Contracts; Electric Buses

Description:

Requires all school bus contracts to require contractor's vehicles to be propelled by electric power or a non-fossil fuel by January 1, 2035.

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