Bill Text: NY A06007 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates temporary commission to study and investigate the problems associated with automotive safety; requires the commission to submit a report including findings detailing the problems and any possible solutions associated with vehicle tires and tire tread separations; differential of damage caused by SUVs, pickup trucks and trucks to smaller vehicles during collisions; accidents caused from the modification of vehicle design from the original manufacturer's design; and child safety restraints.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-18 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A06007 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06007-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6007
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BURLING, FINCH, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, HAWLEY,
         SALADINO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, SPANO -- read  once
         and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to create a temporary state commission to study and investigate
         the problems associated with automotive safety and providing  for  the
         repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. A temporary state commission, to be known as the  temporary
    2  state  commission  on  automotive  safety,  is  hereby created to make a
    3  complete study and investigation of the problems associated with vehicle
    4  tires and tire tread separations; differential of damage caused by sport
    5  utility vehicles (SUVs), pickup trucks, and trucks to  smaller  vehicles
    6  during  collisions;  accidents  caused  from the modification of vehicle
    7  design  from  the  original  manufacturer's  design;  and  child  safety
    8  restraints.
    9    S  2.  a.  Such commission shall consist of a total of fifteen members
   10  appointed by the governor. Two such appointments shall be upon recommen-
   11  dation of the temporary president of the senate, two  such  appointments
   12  shall  be  upon  recommendation of the speaker of the assembly, one such
   13  appointment shall be upon recommendation of the minority leader  of  the
   14  senate,  and  one  such  appointment shall be upon recommendation of the
   15  minority leader of the assembly. Of the remaining nine appointments, two
   16  shall be representatives of the automotive manufacturing  industry,  two
   17  shall  be  representatives of automotive safety organizations, two shall
   18  be representatives of the tire manufacturing industry, and  three  shall
   19  be  members  of the general public. Nine members of the commission shall
   20  constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business of  the  commis-
   21  sion.
   22    b.  The  commissioner  of  transportation or his or her designee shall
   23  serve as chair of the commission.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 6007                             2
    1    c. Except as provided in subdivision a of  this  section,  no  member,
    2  officer or employee of the commission shall be disqualified from holding
    3  any  other  public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any
    4  such office or employment by reason of his or her appointment hereunder,
    5  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any general, special or local law,
    6  ordinance or city charter.
    7    S 3. The department of transportation  shall  provide  the  commission
    8  such  facilities,  assistance, and data as will enable the commission to
    9  carry out its powers and duties. Additionally, all other departments  or
   10  agencies  of  the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at the request of
   11  the chair, provide the commission such facilities, assistance, and  data
   12  as will enable the commission to carry out its powers and duties.
   13    S  4.  The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
   14  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
   15  incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   16    S 5. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove  such  personnel
   17  as  it  may  deem necessary for the performance of its functions and fix
   18  their compensation within the amounts made  available  by  appropriation
   19  therefor.  The  commission may meet and hold public and/or private hear-
   20  ings within or without the state, and shall have all  the  powers  of  a
   21  legislative committee pursuant to the legislative law.
   22    S  6.  For the accomplishment of its purposes, the commission shall be
   23  authorized and empowered to undertake any studies, inquiries, surveys or
   24  analyses it may deem relevant through its own personnel  or  in  cooper-
   25  ation with or by agreement with any other public or private agency.
   26    S  7.  The  commission may request and shall receive from any court in
   27  the state and from any subdivision, department, board,  bureau,  commis-
   28  sion,  office,  agency  or  other instrumentality of the state or of any
   29  political subdivision thereof such facilities, assistance and data as it
   30  deems necessary or desirable for the proper execution of its powers  and
   31  duties and to effectuate the purposes herein set forth.
   32    S  8.  The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into
   33  any agreements and to do and perform any acts  that  may  be  necessary,
   34  desirable  or  proper  to  carry out the purposes and objectives of this
   35  act.
   36    S 9. a. The commission shall make  a  report  of  its  findings.  Such
   37  report  shall  include  findings detailing the problems and any possible
   38  solutions associated with the following issues:
   39    1. Vehicle tires and tire tread separations;
   40    2. Differential of damage caused by  sport  utility  vehicles  (SUVs),
   41  pickup trucks, and trucks to smaller vehicles during collisions;
   42    3.  Accidents  caused from the modification of vehicle design from the
   43  original manufacturer's design; and
   44    4. Child safety restraints.
   45    b. The commission shall submit such report developed by it,  including
   46  any  recommendations for legislative action as it may deem necessary and
   47  appropriate, to the governor, the temporary president of the senate  and
   48  the speaker of the assembly no later than the thirty-first day of Decem-
   49  ber  in  the  year next succeeding the year in which this act shall have
   50  become a law.
   51    S 10. This act shall take effect immediately  and  shall  continue  in
   52  full force and effect until the thirty-first day of December in the year
   53  next  succeeding the year in which it shall have become a law, when upon
   54  such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.