Bill Text: NY S04940 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring safety enclosures for motor buses used in mass transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04940 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04940-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4940 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring safety enclosures for motor buses used in mass transportation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 7-a to read as follows: 3 7-a. The commissioner, by rule or regulation, shall require all motor 4 buses used in mass transportation, to have installed a safety enclosure 5 to protect bus drivers from assault or injury caused by passengers. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 7 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the 8 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 9 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 10 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07284-01-7
