BY REPRESENTATIVES K. Alexander, Allen, Hagedorn, Mace, Paschall, and Smith;
also SENATORS Congrove, Bishop, Feeley, Hernandez,
J. Johnson, Linkhart, Martinez, Mutzebaugh, Pascoe, Perlmutter,
Phillips, Rupert, Schroeder, Thiebaut, and Weddig.
CONCERNING SCHOOL BUS OPERATION PROCEDURES TO PROTECT
THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. 4241903
(2) (b) (I) and (5), Colorado Revised Statutes, are amended to
read:
4241903. School buses
stops signs passing. (2) (b) (I) The
red visual signal lights shall be actuated by the driver of the
school bus whenever the school bus is stopped for the purpose
of receiving or discharging schoolchildren, IS STOPPED BECAUSE
IT IS BEHIND ANOTHER SCHOOL BUS THAT IS RECEIVING OR DISCHARGING
PASSENGERS, OR, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (4) OF THIS SECTION,
IS STOPPED BECAUSE IT HAS MET A SCHOOL BUS TRAVELING IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION THAT IS RECEIVING OR DISCHARGING PASSENGERS and at no
other time; but such lights need not be actuated when a school
bus is stopped at locations where the local traffic regulatory
authority has by prior written designation declared such actuation
unnecessary.
(5) Every school bus shall stop as far
to the right of the roadway as possible before discharging or
loading passengers; and,
EXCEPT THAT THE SCHOOL BUS MAY BLOCK THE LANE OF TRAFFIC WHEN
A PASSENGER BEING RECEIVED OR DISCHARGED IS REQUIRED TO CROSS
THE ROADWAY. When possible, A SCHOOL BUS shall not stop where
the visibility is obscured for a distance of two hundred feet
either way from the bus. The driver of a school bus which
THAT has stopped shall allow time for any vehicles which
THAT have stopped behind the school bus to pass the school bus,
if such passing is legally permissible where the school bus is
stopped, after the visual signal lights, if any, are no longer
being displayed or actuated and after all children who have embarked
or disembarked from the bus are safe from traffic.
SECTION 2. Safety
clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and
declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health, and safety.
____________________________ ____________________________
Charles E. Berry Tom Norton
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
____________________________ ____________________________
Judith M. Rodrigue Patricia K. Dicks
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO