39:3B-10 - School bus seats, seat belts, child restraint systems, regulations
39:3B-10. School bus seats, seat belts, child restraint systems, regulations 1. In addition to the requirements in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 222 (49 CFR s.571.222) concerning school bus passenger seating and crash protection, each school bus as defined in R.S.39:1-1 shall be equipped with seats of a minimum seat back height of 28 inches, or 24 inches as measured from the seating reference point, and seat belts of the lap belt type for each seating position on the bus or other child restraint systems that are in conformity with applicable federal standards. The design and installation of seat belts or other child restraint systems that are in conformity with applicable federal standards shall conform to the regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety. The State board shall promulgate regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), for the design and installation of seat belts or other child restraint systems that are in conformity with applicable federal standards.
As used in this section, "seating reference point" shall be defined as the term is defined in 49 CFR s.571.3.
L.1992,c.92,s.1.