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Senate backs school-vehicle safety standards for small vans, sets delayed compliance date
Summary
House Bill 85, extending school-transport safety standards to vans with 11 or fewer passengers, advanced after debate on costs, scope (K–12 vs. higher ed) and effective date; sponsor set an effective date of Feb. 2003 for compliance.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 15 endorsed House Bill 85 to extend school-transportation safety requirements to smaller vans that carry up to 11 passengers, saying those vehicles lack the same crash-protection features as full-size school buses.
Sponsor Senator Steele described committee testimony that the small vans used for school trips are "just a sheet of metal" lacking side protection, and cited committee…
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