0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 8 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MIMI STEWART | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE TO ASSESS | 0012| THE NEED FOR IMPROVED SAFETY, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF | 0013| SEAT BELTS, IN SCHOOL BUSES. | 0014| | 0015| WHEREAS, the injury rate in school bus accidents has | 0016| increased; and | 0017| WHEREAS, general education buses are not equipped with | 0018| seat belts or accompanied by school bus monitors; and | 0019| WHEREAS, many students are at risk daily from the lack of | 0020| protective padding and supervision on public school buses; | 0021| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0022| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative education study | 0023| committee be requested to study the accident and injury rate | 0024| on school buses and establish cost-effective recommendations | 0025| to improve the safety of New Mexico's students, including the |
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0001| installation of seat belts, and report its findings and | 0002| recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 1998; and | 0003| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0004| transmitted to the director of the legislative education study | 0005| committee. | 0006|  | 0007| | 0008| |