Section 112.155. Condition of employment for school bus drivers.

 

(1)  The department shall require any person who applies for issuance or renewal of a school bus endorsement to certify whether he or she has been convicted of any offense listed under s. Trans 112.15 (1) , (2) or (3) . The person shall submit the certification on a form prescribed by the department. The department shall deny or cancel a school bus endorsement based on a certification that the person has been so convicted. This certification shall be submitted to either the employer, who shall maintain it as a portion of the driver's record, or to the department on form MV3740, "School Bus or Alternative Vehicles Transporting Students Driver License Information Request."

(2)  The department shall conduct a criminal history record search on each person who applies for issuance and renewal of a school bus endorsement, and on each person 4 years after the initial issuance or renewal of that person's school bus endorsement.

(3)  If a person applying for a school bus endorsement has resided in another state within the 2 years preceding the date of the application, the person shall notify the department of those other states of residence and the approximate dates of the residency. Upon receiving that information, the department shall make a good faith effort to obtain the person's criminal history records from the other states of residence, including submitting the person's fingerprints to the department of justice for a nationwide criminal history records search. The department may require an applicant who has resided in another state within the previous 2 years to pay a fixed fee, in an amount not to exceed the department's costs, related to collecting fingerprints and completing the 2 criminal history records searches required at initial issuance or renewal and at 4 years after initial issuance or renewal.

(4)  The department may require any applicant for a school bus endorsement to provide 2 sets of fingerprints for a criminal history records search.

History: CR 04-117 : cr. Register April 2005 No. 592 , eff. 5-1-05.

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Form MV3740 may be obtained at any DMV customer service center or by calling [phone]. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1