Bill Text: NY S02615 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to updating the fire safety components of school buses; requires the commissioner of transportation to promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards for testing to promote the fire safety of school buses; further requires all plastic components contained in the engine compartment of every school bus manufactured in this state on or after January 1, 2016 to meet V-0 classification when tested in accordance with Underwriters Laboratories standards for safety UL 94.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-29 - PRINT NUMBER 2615A [S02615 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02615-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2615
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to updating the
         fire safety components of school buses
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.   Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
    2  adding two new subdivisions 21-j and 21-k to read as follows:
    3    21-J. (A) EVERY SCHOOL BUS MANUFACTURED FOR USE IN THIS  STATE  ON  OR
    4  AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SHALL CONTAIN OCCUPANT SEATING
    5  WHICH MEETS THE FIRE SAFETY CRITERIA OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING
    6  MATERIALS TEST E 1537.
    7    (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  TRANSPORTATION  SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
    8  REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR TESTING TO PROMOTE THE FIRE SAFE-
    9  TY OF SCHOOL BUSES AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING
   10  REQUIREMENTS:
   11    1. THAT WHEN THE TEST IS CONDUCTED ON A COMPLETE SEAT ASSEMBLY  INSIDE
   12  A  TEST ROOM OR A SCHOOL BUS THAT THE SEATING WILL FAIL THE REQUIREMENTS
   13  OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IF EITHER THE SEAT ASSEMBLY  EXHIB-
   14  ITS  A  WEIGHT  LOSS  OF  THREE  POUNDS  OR GREATER DURING THE FIRST TEN
   15  MINUTES OF THE TEST OR THE SEAT ASSEMBLY EXHIBITS A HEAT RELEASE RATE OF
   16  EIGHTY KILOWATTS OR GREATER.
   17    2. THAT ON AND AFTER THE DATE THE FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS TAKE EFFECT IN
   18  ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION NO SCHOOL BUS SHALL BE SOLD OR  OFFERED
   19  FOR  SALE  IN  THIS  STATE UNLESS THE MANUFACTURER HAS CERTIFIED TO SUCH
   20  COMMISSIONER, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO SUCH COMMISSIONER, THAT  THE  FIRE
   21  SAFETY CRITERIA STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THIS SUBDIVISION HAVE BEEN MET.
   22    21-K.  (A)  ALL PLASTIC COMPONENTS CONTAINED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT
   23  OF EVERY SCHOOL BUS MANUFACTURED FOR USE IN THIS STATE ON OR AFTER JANU-
   24  ARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SHALL MEET  A  V-0  CLASSIFICATION  WHEN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07115-01-3
       S. 2615                             2
    1  TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES STANDARDS FOR SAFETY
    2  UL 94.
    3    (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  TRANSPORTATION  SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
    4  REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR TESTING OF PLASTIC ENGINE  COMPO-
    5  NENTS  AS  REQUIRED  BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO PROMOTE THE
    6  FIRE SAFETY OF SCHOOL BUSES AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO  THE
    7  FOLLOWING REQUIREMENT: THAT ON AND AFTER THE DATE THE FIRE SAFETY STAND-
    8  ARDS TAKE EFFECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION NO SCHOOL BUS SHALL
    9  BE  SOLD  OR  OFFERED FOR SALE IN THIS STATE UNLESS THE MANUFACTURER HAS
   10  CERTIFIED TO SUCH COMMISSIONER, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO SUCH COMMISSION-
   11  ER, THAT THE FIRE SAFETY CRITERIA STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THIS  SUBDIVI-
   12  SION HAVE BEEN MET.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.