school bus operations

school bus operations Sec. 109. (a) Section 3 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by adding at the end thereof (immediately after subsection (f)) the following new subsection: “(g) No Federal financial assistance shall be provided under this Act for the construction or operation of facilities and equipment for 88 Stat. 1573use in providing public mass transportation service to any applicant for such assistance unless such applicant and the Secretary shall have first entered into an agreement that such applicant will not engage in schoolbus operations, exclusively for the transportation of students and school personnel, in competition with private schoolbus operators. This subsection shall not apply to an applicant with respect to operation of a schoolbus program if the applicant operates a school system in the area to be served and operates a separate and exclusive schoolbus program for this school system. This subsection shall not apply unless private schoolbus operators are able to provide adequate transportation, at reasonable rates, and in conformance with applicable safety standards; and this subsection shall not apply with respect to any State or local public body or agency thereof if it (or a direct predecessor in interest from which it acquired the function of so transporting schoolchildren and personnel along with facilities to be used therefor) was so engaged in schoolbus operations any time during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of the enactment of this subsection. A violation of an agreement under this subsection shall bar such applicant from receiving any other Federal financial assistance under this Act.” (b) The first sentence of section 3(f) of such Act is amended by striking out “purchase of buses” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “purchase or operation of buses”.