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