Bill Text: NY A09832 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring rear passengers to wear seat belts.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - referred to transportation [A09832 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09832-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9832
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2018
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        Introduced by M. of A. ARROYO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to rear passen-
          ger seat belts
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1, subdivision  3  and
     2  subdivision  9  of  section  1229-c  of the vehicle and traffic law, the
     3  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 18 of the  laws
     4  of  2005,  subdivision 3 as added by chapter 365 of the laws of 1984 and
     5  subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 340 of the laws of 2017, are amended
     6  to read as follows:
     7    No person shall operate a motor vehicle, other  than  taxis,  liveries
     8  and buses in this state unless:
     9    3.  No  person  shall  operate  a  motor vehicle unless such person is
    10  restrained by a safety belt approved  by  the  commissioner.  No  person
    11  sixteen  years  of age or over shall be a passenger in the front or back
    12  seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is  restrained  by  a  safety
    13  belt approved by the commissioner.
    14    9.  [Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  four  of  this
    15  section, the provisions of this] This section shall [not] apply to buses
    16  [other than school buses] with the exception of transit buses as defined
    17  in section one hundred eight-a of this chapter  and  the  provisions  of
    18  subdivisions  one,  two,  three  and three-a of this section shall [not]
    19  apply to taxis and liveries.  Under this subdivision, any penalties  for
    20  an  unrestrained back seat passenger shall be the responsibility of such
    21  passengers that are ages eighteen or older; for  those  passengers  that
    22  are  seventeen  and younger, such penalty shall be the responsibility of
    23  his or her parent or guardian.
    24    § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1229-c  of  the
    25  vehicle  and traffic law, as amended by chapter 393 of the laws of 2017,
    26  is amended to read as follows:
    27    No person shall operate a motor vehicle, other  than  taxis,  liveries
    28  and buses in this state unless:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    §  3.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
     2  108-a to read as follows:
     3    §  108-a.  Transit  bus.  A motor vehicle as defined under section one
     4  hundred four of this article intended to  accommodate  standing  passen-
     5  gers, traveling short distances on a fixed route making frequent stops.
     6    §  4.  This  act  shall take effect immediately; provided however that
     7  section two of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
     8  same manner as chapter 393 of the laws of 2017, takes effect.