{"id":300369,"date":"2010-02-09T16:34:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T21:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogs.courant.com,2010:\/capitol_watch\/\/9.71399"},"modified":"2010-02-09T16:34:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T21:34:48","slug":"second-school-bus-bill-proposed-calls-for-increasing-fines-for-lawbreakers-highlighting-a-dmv-phone-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/300369","title":{"rendered":"Second School Bus Bill Proposed; Calls For Increasing Fines For Lawbreakers, Highlighting a DMV Phone Number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <span lang=\"EN\"><span lang=\"EN\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">A second bill aimed at the school bus industry will be considered by the transportation committee this legislative session. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The bill would require that a Department of Motor Vehicle phone number be painted on the rear and sides of all buses. The number is where people can report the unsafe or illegal operation of a school bus. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The bill would also increase the fines for companies that break school bus safety laws. Law breakers are currently fined between $100 and $500. Those fines would only apply to first-time offenders if the bill is passed. Subsequent offenses would result in fines between $500 and $1,000. <\/p>\n<p>The Connecticut School Transportation Association opposes the proposals. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 1.25em\"><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 0.8em\">This bill comes after transportation committee Co-Chairman Rep. Anthony Guerrera, D-Rocky Hill, proposed a bill that would require seat belts on school buses. Guerrera&#8217;s bill calls for lap-and-shoulder belts to be installed on buses by January&nbsp;2011&nbsp;and includes a provision that would allow <span lang=\"EN\">the DMV to suspend a bus&#8217; registration after that date until seat belts are installed. <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\"><span lang=\"EN\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">As the debate plays out, Gov. M. Jodi Rell already knows where she stands. Rell supports the idea of putting seat belts on school buses. <\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\"><\/p>\n<p>The transportation committee had an informational public hearing on both bills scheduled for Wednesday, but it was canceled due to weather forecasts. It has been rescheduled for Jan. 17. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second bill aimed at the school bus industry will be considered by the transportation committee this legislative session. The bill would require that a Department of Motor Vehicle phone number be painted on the rear and sides of all buses. The number is where people can report the unsafe or illegal operation of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}