February 19, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Kolb and Tobocman and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1990 PA 187, entitled
"The pupil transportation act,"
(MCL 257.1801 to 257.1877) by adding section 40.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 40. (1) The department of state police shall
2 commission a pilot study to determine the amount of diesel
3 particulate matter in the air of diesel-powered school buses
4 while the buses are transporting students to or from a school.
5 The study shall include a review of studies conducted and
6 regulations imposed in other states and the evaluation of
7 possible control mechanisms, including, but not limited to, the
8 imposition of a no-idling policy for school buses under certain
9 circumstances. The department may contract with a competent
10 agency or private entity that is qualified to conduct the study
11 prescribed in subsection (2).
1 (2) The pilot study shall include testing sufficient air
2 samples in both kind and number that conform with generally
3 accepted scientific methods. The study shall also include
4 samples from a geographical cross-section of the state, including
5 samples from buses in urban and rural school districts and from
6 economically diverse school districts.
7 (3) The department of state police shall report the results
8 of the pilot study to the legislature and the department of
9 education within 1 year after the effective date of the
10 amendatory act that added this section. In addition, the results
11 of the pilot study reported to the legislature shall be posted on
12 the websites of the department of state police and the department
13 of education.