p42 s1 bill 246 b246ra e.pdf

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1ST SESSION, 42ND LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO 70 ELIZABETH II, 2021 Bill 246 (Chapter 13 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2021)

An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act Mr. M. Harris 1st Reading February 16, 2021 2nd Reading March 3, 2021 3rd Reading May 6, 2021 Royal Assent May 12, 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s aid to Bill 246 and does not form part of the law. Bill 246 has been enacted as

Chapter 13 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2021. The Highway Traffic Act is amended to require school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2005 to be equipped with four overhead amber signal -lights and four overhead red signal-lights. Consequential amendments are m ade to subsections 175 (1), (3.1) and (4) with respect to the signs that must be displayed on school buses and to subsections 175 (6), (8) and (9) with respect to the operation of signal -lights on school buses. The amendments come into force on July 1, 2022.

Bill 246 2021

An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1

(1) The definition of “school bus” in subsection 175 (1) of the Highway Traffic Act is repealed and the following substituted: “school bus” means a bus that, (

a) is painted chrome yellow, (

b) displays on the front and rear thereof the words “school bus”, and (

c) displays on the rear thereof the words “do not pass when signals flashing” or “do not pass when red lights flashing”. (“autobus scolaire”) (2) Subsection 175 (3.1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: Same

(3.1) If all or part of a bus operated under the authority of a permit issued under subsection 7 (7) is painted chrome yellow, the bus shall display, (

a) on its front and rear the words “school bus”; and (

b) on its rear, (

i) the words “do not pass when signals flashing”, if the school bus was manufactured before January 1, 2005, or (ii) the words “do not pass when red lights flashing” if the school bus was manufactured on or after January 1, 2005. (3) Subsection 175 (4) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: School bus signs

(4) No motor vehicle on a highway, other than a school bus, shall, (

a) have the words “school bus”, “do not pass when signals flashing” or “do not pass when red lights flashing” displayed on the motor vehicle; or (

b) be equipped with a school bus stop arm.

(4) Section 175 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection: Overhead signal-lights

(4.1) Every school bus registered in Ontario that is manufactured on or after January 1, 20 05 shall be equipped with four overhead red signal -lights and four overhead amber signal -lights mounted outside of the bus at or near the roof line in the following configuration: 1. One red signal-light and one amber signal-light on each side of the bus at the front. 2.

One red signal-light and one amber signal-light on each side of the bus at the rear. (5) Subsection 175 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection (3), (3.1) or (4)” at the end and substituting “(3), (3.1), (4) or (4.1)”. (6) Subsection 175 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “red” wherever it appears. (7) Subsection 175 (8) of the Act is amended by striking out “red”. (8) Subsection 175 (9) of the Act is amended by striking out “red” in the portion before clause (a). (9) Subsection 175 (15) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause: (c.1) governing the use of equipment on or in vehicles referred to in clause (a), including requir ing the use of any equipment and prescribing the standards and specifications of the equipment;

2 Commencement 2 This Act comes into force on July 1, 2022.

Short title 3 The

short title of this Act is the Safer School Buses Act, 2021.

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