Bill Text: NY A03404 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of DMV to provide applicants for registration of vehicles manufactured before 2009 with informational materials informing them of the hazards associated with a two-point seat belt.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A03404 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03404-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3404
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  warnings
          regarding two-point seat belts
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 401 of the  vehicle
     2  and traffic law, as added by chapter 152 of the laws of 1990, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    d.  In  processing  any  application for a certificate of registration
     5  pursuant to this article or to title eleven of this chapter, the commis-
     6  sioner shall provide the applicant with informational materials describ-
     7  ing the lead-acid battery management, return and collection requirements
     8  set forth in title seventeen of article  twenty-seven  of  the  environ-
     9  mental  conservation  law,  and  the  used oil management, recycling and
    10  disposal requirements set forth in title twenty-three of  article  twen-
    11  ty-three of the environmental conservation law. Such informational mate-
    12  rials  shall  be  distributed  at the first opportunity and periodically
    13  thereafter.  Additionally, if the vehicle being registered has  a  model
    14  year  of  2008  or earlier, the commissioner shall provide the applicant
    15  with informational materials informing them of  the  hazards  associated
    16  with  a  two-point seat belt. The content of such notice shall be devel-
    17  oped by the commissioner and contain relevant  safety  information  from
    18  the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
    19    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    20  have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
    21  addition  and/or  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the
    22  implementation of this act on its  effective  date  are  authorized  and
    23  directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01100-01-9