Bill Text: NY A11383 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires passengers to use seatbelts in stretch limousines; defines the term "stretch limousine".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-10-22 - referred to transportation [A11383 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A11383-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          11383
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    October 22, 2018
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin,
          Santabarbara, Fahy) -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Transportation
        AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
          passengers to use seatbelts in stretch limousines
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 4 of section 1229-c
     2  of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately amended  by  chapters  232
     3  and  509  of  the  laws  of 2004, are amended and a new paragraph (d) is
     4  added to read as follows:
     5    (b) "child restraint system" shall mean any device, used  in  conjunc-
     6  tion with safety belts, designed for use in a motor vehicle to restrain,
     7  seat,  or position children and which meets the applicable Federal Motor
     8  Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213; [and]
     9    (c) "appropriate child restraint system" shall mean a child  restraint
    10  system  for which the occupant meets the occupant size and weight recom-
    11  mendations of the manufacturer of such system[.]; and
    12    (d) "stretch limousine" shall mean any for hire vehicle with a chassis
    13  which was manufactured and then altered for the purpose of  transporting
    14  ten or more occupants, including the driver.
    15    §  2.  Subdivision 9 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
    16  as amended by chapter 340 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
    17  follows:
    18    9. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four of this section,
    19  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not apply to buses other than
    20  school buses and stretch limousines, and the provisions of  subdivisions
    21  one, two, three and three-a of this section shall not apply to taxis and
    22  liveries.
    23    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    24  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16639-02-8