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Representative McElroy urges enforcement of local seat‑belt law, bill would withhold state transportation funds
Summary
Representative C. McElroy, the House sponsor, told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on Oct. 12 that House Bill 1536 would enforce a 2017 local‑control law that lets voters decide whether school buses in their district must have seat belts.
Representative C. McElroy, the House sponsor, told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on Oct. 12 that House Bill 1536 would enforce a 2017 local‑control law that lets voters decide whether school buses in their district must have seat belts. “If you don’t comply with the law, it withholds your state turn back money,” Representative McElroy said, summarizing the bill’s primary enforcement tool.
McElroy said the 2017 law allowed district patrons to gather signatures and either put a millage increase on the ballot to fund seat belts or let the district purchase buses already equipped with belts. He described a local example in which petitioners gathered signatures…
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