Bill Text: NY S06191 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that altered motor vehicles commonly referred to as "stretch limousines" which were altered on or after January 1, 2021, shall have at least two safety belts for the front seat and at least one safety belt for the rear seat for each passenger for which the rear seat of such vehicle was designed.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-03 - signed chap.10 [S06191 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06191-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6191--C 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 21, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, GAUGHRAN, KAPLAN, LIU, PARKER, SEWARD, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the instal- lation of safety belts in stretch limousines, and the posting of notice therein The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 383 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as added by chapter 86 of the laws of 1968, is 3 amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows: 4 (c) A motor vehicle manufactured or assembled on or after January 5 first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, at least one safety belt for each 6 passenger seat position[.]; 7 (d) An altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch limou- 8 sine" which was altered on or after January first, two thousand twenty- 9 one, at least two safety belts for the front seat, and at least one 10 safety belt for the rear seat for each passenger for which the rear seat 11 of such vehicle was designed, and at least one safety belt for each 12 passenger seat position. 13 § 2. Section 383 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a 14 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11415-06-0S. 6191--C 2 1 1-a. No altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch 2 limousine" which was altered prior to January first, two thousand twen- 3 ty-one shall be sold or registered in this state and no such altered 4 motor vehicle altered prior to January first, two thousand twenty-one 5 registered in this state shall be operated in this state unless such 6 vehicle is retrofitted and equipped with safety belts approved by and 7 conforming to standards established by the commissioner as follows: at 8 least two safety belts for the front seat, and at least one safety belt 9 for the rear seat for each passenger for which the rear seat of such 10 vehicle was designed, and at least one safety belt for each passenger 11 seat position. 12 § 3. Subdivision 4-b of section 383 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 13 added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 14 4-b. Taxicabs [and], liveries, and stretch limousines. All seat safe- 15 ty belts installed in a taxicab or livery vehicle or in an altered motor 16 vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch limousine" pursuant to this 17 section shall be clearly visible, accessible and maintained in good 18 working order, and no seat safety belt installed in such taxicab or 19 livery vehicle or altered motor vehicle shall be removed therefrom. 20 § 4. Subdivision 51 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 21 added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 22 51. Taxicab [and], livery and stretch limousine notices. (a) Every 23 taxicab [and], livery, and altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as 24 a "stretch limousine" which was altered on or after January first, two 25 thousand twenty-one or retrofitted pursuant to subdivision one-a of 26 section three hundred eighty-three of this article registered in this 27 state shall have posted therein the following notice: "Seatbelts must be 28 available for your use. Please buckle up." 29 (b) The notices required to be posted pursuant to paragraph (a) of 30 this subdivision shall be posted in a manner legible and conspicuous to 31 passengers in all seating positions of such vehicles. 32 § 5. Severability. If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, 33 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris- 34 diction to be invalid, or if any federal agency determines in writing 35 that this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt of 36 federal funds, such judgment or written determination shall not affect, 37 impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its 38 operation to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or 39 part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment 40 or written determination shall have been rendered. 41 § 6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021; provided, however, 42 that section two of this act shall take effect two years after this act 43 shall have become a law; provided, further, this act shall be deemed 44 repealed if any federal agency determines in writing that this act would 45 render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds or any 46 court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that this act would 47 render New York state out of compliance with federal law or regulation. 48 The commissioner of motor vehicles or the commissioner of transportation 49 shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occur- 50 rence of any federal agency determining in writing that this act would 51 render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds or any 52 court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that this act would 53 render New York state out of compliance with federal law or regulation 54 in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec- 55 tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York 56 in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of theS. 6191--C 3 1 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law. Effective 2 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu- 3 lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective 4 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective 5 date.
