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House advances clean-fuel school-bus plan; members seek fixes on disposal of old buses
Summary
Lawmakers amended and circled HB49, a plan to fund cleaner school buses and infrastructure; the sponsor asked for a $20 million state appropriation matched by districts. Members raised questions about destroyed buses, alternative fuels and fiscal effects; the bill was circled for further language work.
Representative Handy moved and the House adopted Amendment 1 to HB49, the Clean Fuels School Buses and Infrastructure bill, and presented the measure’s rationale and funding plan.
Handy told members the initiative is designed to reduce air pollution exposure for children who ride school buses and to replace the oldest, most-polluting vehicles. He said Utah has a fleet of about 2,900 school buses and that at least 429 of them run older diesel engines; he proposed a $20…
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