Bill Text: NY S03446 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring rear passengers to wear seat belts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S03446 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S03446-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3446 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERRANO -- 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 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 390 of the laws of 1996, 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, this] This 15 section shall [not] apply to taxis, liveries, and buses [other than16school buses] with the exception of transit buses as defined in section 17 one hundred eight-a of this chapter. Under this subdivision, any penal- 18 ty for an unrestrained back seat passenger shall be the responsibility 19 of such passenger, with the exception of children under the age of 20 sixteen, where such penalty shall be the responsibility of his or her 21 parent or guardian. 22 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 23 108-a to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08896-01-7S. 3446 2 1 § 108-a. Transit bus. A motor vehicle as defined under section one 2 hundred four of this article intended to accommodate standing passen- 3 gers, traveling short distances on a fixed route making frequent stops. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.