The New York City Council - File #: Int 1099-2018

• File #: Int 1099-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring the placement of communication devices and tracking devices on school buses.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 9/12/2018
• In control: Committee on Education
• On agenda: 9/12/2018
• Final action: 2/9/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the placement of communication devices and tracking devices on school buses
• Sponsors: Ben Kallos, Mark Treyger, Chaim M. Deutsch, Justin L. Brannan, Kalman Yeger , Daniel Dromm , Fernando Cabrera , Laurie A. Cumbo, Carlina Rivera , Costa G. Constantinides, Karen Koslowitz, Robert F. Holden, Deborah L. Rose, Peter A. Koo, Margaret S. Chin, Vanessa L. Gibson, Inez D. Barron, Stephen T. Levin, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Diana I. Ayala, James G. Van Bramer, I. Daneek Miller, Eric A. Ulrich

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/12/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
2/9/2019	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
1/9/2019	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
1/9/2019	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Amendment Proposed by Comm
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Amendment Proposed by Comm
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Amended by Committee
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Amended by Committee
1/9/2019	A	Committee on Education	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Education	Laid Over by Committee
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Education	Laid Over by Committee
9/18/2018	*	City Council	Re-referred to Committee by Council
9/18/2018	*	City Council	Re-referred to Committee by Council
9/12/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
9/12/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
9/12/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
9/12/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1099-A

By Council Members Kallos, Treyger, Deutsch, Brannan, Yeger, Dromm, Cabrera, Cumbo, Rivera, Constantinides, Koslowitz, Holden, Rose, Koo, Chin, Gibson, Barron, Levin, Ampry-Samuel, Ayala, Van Bramer, Miller and Ulrich

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the placement of communication devices and tracking devices on school buses
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 6 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new sections 19-608 and 19-609 to read as follows:
? 19-608 Communication devices on school buses. a. Any bus or other motor vehicle used to transport students to or from schools pursuant to a contract between a school bus vendor and the department of education shall, at all times that students are present on such vehicle, be equipped with an operational two-way radio or other authorized communication device capable of allowing communication with the driver of such vehicle.
b. The department of education shall promulgate rules regarding the safe usage of such communication devices.
? 19-609 Global positioning systems on school buses. a. For purposes of this section, the term "GPS" means a global positioning system, or a comparable location tracking technology, that uses navigational satellites to determine a user's location and velocity in real time.
b. Any bus or other motor vehicle used to transport students to or from schools pursuant to a contract between a school bus vendor and the department of education shall, at all times that students are present on such vehicle, be equipped with a GPS tracking device.
c. A GPS tracking device installed on any bus or other motor vehicle used to transport students to or from schools shall be operational at all times such vehicle is in use pursuant to the contract.
d. GPS data regarding the real time location and velocit...