Pam Wolf's School-Bus-Arm Law and Other New Minnesota Laws for 2013
The departing state senator for Spring Lake Park and part of Fridley co-authored a law requiring crossing arms on new school buses that went into effect Jan. 1, 2013.
State Sen. Pam Wolf (R-Spring Lake Park) is leaving the Minnesota Legislature next week, but her legacy is still unfolding: A law she wrote, requiring new school buses to have crossing arms, took effect Tuesday. Wolf, a teacher, introduced the law as a bill in March 2011. After redistricting shifted her district so it no longer included part of Fridley, she lost her re-election bid in the new district to DFLer Alice Johnson. Here is information about Wolf's law and some of the other new laws that took effect Jan. 1, 2013, provided by the nonpartisan House Public Information Services. PUBLIC SAFETY School buses to be equipped with crossing arm All school buses used in the state that are manufactured after Jan. 1, 2013, will need to be …
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