Bill Text: NY S06530 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that altered motor vehicles commonly referred to as "stretch limousines" which were altered on or after January 1, 2020, 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06530 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06530-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6530

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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  at least two safety belts for the front seat, and at  least  one  safety
    10  belt  for  the  rear  seat for each passenger for which the rear seat of
    11  such vehicle was designed, and at least one safety belt for each passen-
    12  ger seat position.
    13    § 2. Subdivision 4-b of section 383 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    14  added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
    15    4-b. Taxicabs [and], liveries, and stretch limousines.  All seat safe-
    16  ty belts installed in a taxicab or livery vehicle or in an altered motor
    17  vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch limousine" pursuant  to  this
    18  section  shall  be  clearly  visible,  accessible and maintained in good
    19  working order, and no seat safety belt  installed  in  such  taxicab  or
    20  livery vehicle or altered motor vehicle shall be removed therefrom.
    21    §  3. Subdivision 51 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    22  added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
    23    51. Taxicab [and], livery and stretch  limousine  notices.  (a)  Every
    24  taxicab [and], livery, and altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01123-05-9
        S. 6530                             2

     1  a  "stretch  limousine" which was altered on or after January first, two
     2  thousand twenty registered in this state shall have posted  therein  the
     3  following  notice:  "Seatbelts  must  be  available for your use. Please
     4  buckle up."
     5    (b)  The  notices  required  to be posted pursuant to paragraph (a) of
     6  this subdivision shall be posted in a manner legible and conspicuous  to
     7  passengers in all seating positions of such vehicles.
     8    §  4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020. Effective immediate-
     9  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    10  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    11  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.