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COMMITTEE REPORT

            
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MR. SPEAKER:

    Your Committee on       Education     , to which was referred       House Bill 1134     , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

SOURCE: Page 1, line 10; (12)CR113401.1. -->     Page 1, between lines 10 and 11, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 20-27-11-1; (12)CR113401.2. -->     "SECTION 2. IC 20-27-11-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 1. (a) If a student who attends a nonpublic school in a school corporation resides on or along the highway constituting the regular route of a public school bus, the governing body of the school corporation shall provide transportation for the nonpublic school student on the school bus.
    (b) The transportation provided under this section must be from the home of the nonpublic school student or from a point on the regular route nearest or most easily accessible to the home of the nonpublic school student to and from the nonpublic school or to and from the point on the regular route that is nearest or most easily accessible to the nonpublic school from which the student can safely walk to and from the nonpublic school.".
SOURCE: Page 1, line 11; (12)CR113401.1. -->     Page 1, delete lines 11 through 17.
    Page 2, delete lines 1 through 37.
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SOURCE: IC 20-46-5-13; (12)CR113401.3. -->     "SECTION 3. IC 20-46-5-13 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013]: Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section, "department" refers to the department of local government finance.
    (b) As used in this section, "participant" refers to a governing body of a school corporation that elects to participate in the drive train and lubricant maintenance school bus life extension program established under subsection (c).
    (c) The drive train and lubricant maintenance school bus life extension program is established. A participant who applies to participate in the program under subsection (d) may be eligible to transfer an amount not to exceed the estimated savings that result from the use of a school bus or special use bus beyond the minimum useful life of the bus specified in the governing body's plan under section 8 of this chapter. The continued use of the bus must be justified with a drive train and lubricant annual report described in subsection (e).
    (d) A governing body may elect to participate in the program established under subsection (c). To participate, a governing body must submit an application to the department on forms provided by the department.
    (e) In addition to the application provided under subsection (d), the governing body must submit an annual report to the department, at a time specified by the department, that provides an estimate of the cost savings to the governing body resulting from extending the useful life of a school bus or special use bus beyond the minimum useful life of the bus specified by the governing body in its plan under section 8 of this chapter. The estimate of cost savings must include an annual drive train lubricants and cooling system fluids report that justifies that the bus is in good working condition. The report must be in accordance with ASTM standards by an operator certified by the International Organization for Standardization.
    (f) After a governing body submits its application and the annual drive train lubricant and cooling system fluids report to the

department, the department may determine the amount the governing body may transfer from its fund to its general operating fund. A governing body may transfer the amount determined by the department under this subsection from its fund to its general operating fund for the year specified by the department.
    (g) The department shall establish standard criteria to value the cost savings to the governing body under this section. The governing body's estimate of cost savings submitted to the department under subsection (e) must be based on the standard criteria established under this subsection.
    (h) The department may request from the governing body any information necessary to administer this section.
    (i) The department may establish rules under IC 4-22-2 or guidelines necessary to administer this section.
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    Delete page 4.
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1134 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Behning


CR113401/DI 116    2012