Bill > A1432

This bill authorizes the use of school bus monitoring systems in New Jersey. Key provisions include: 1. Allowing municipalities and school districts to contract with private vendors to install, operate, and maintain school bus monitoring systems on school buses to assist in enforcing the law that requires drivers to stop for school buses that are picking up or dropping off children. 2. Establishing requirements for the school bus monitoring systems, such as capturing video, license plate, and other relevant details of vehicles that illegally pass a stopped school bus. 3. Allowing law enforcement to review recorded footage from the monitoring systems and issue summons for violations, with the registered owner of the vehicle liable for the civil penalty unless they can demonstrate certain exceptions. 4. Prohibiting the recorded images or information from being considered public records or used for purposes other than enforcing the school bus stop law. 5. Authorizing the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and the Supreme Court to adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. Overall, the goal of this bill is to enhance the safety of children entering, exiting, and riding school buses by providing an additional enforcement tool for the existing law that requires drivers to stop for school buses.

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https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/A1432