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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-1090. Accident insurance for children on school buses.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-1090. Accident insurance for children on school buses.

The various school boards of the counties, cities, and independent school systems employing school buses are authorized and required to cause policies of insurance to be issued insuring the school children riding therein to and from school and school related activities against bodily injury or death at any time resulting from an accident or collision in which such buses are involved. The amount of such insurance shall be within the discretion of the respective boards.

## History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 335, § 3/HB 51, effective July 1, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, inserted “and school related activities” near the middle of the first sentence in this Code section.