Bill Text: NY S07552 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7552 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that a person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity may sell or offer to sell a child restraint system if the retailer: (a) maintains in stock and prominently displays within the store, the child restraint alarms for sale that are compatible with such child restraint systems; and (b) posts a notice, in a conspicuous location which may be easily seen or reached by customers, in legible format, which states: "Heat stroke is the leading cause of non-car crash vehicular death in children under the age of 15. Child restraint alarms, when used properly, may help to prevent vehicular death of children."; defines terms; imposes a civil penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-24 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S07552 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07552-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7552

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 24, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to child restraint
          alarms

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  399-iii to read as follows:
     3    § 399-iii. Child restraint alarm. 1. As used in this section:
     4    (a)  "Child  restraint system" shall mean any device, used in conjunc-
     5  tion with safety belts, designed for use in a motor vehicle to restrain,
     6  seat, or position children and which meets the applicable Federal  Motor
     7  Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213.
     8    (b)  "Child  restraint alarm" shall mean a device that attaches to the
     9  child restraint system or conjoined safety belt that alerts  the  driver
    10  when  he or she has exited the vehicle without unbuckling the child from
    11  the child restraint system. This alarm may connect with a  smart  device
    12  and send either text alerts, emails or sound an audible alarm.
    13    2.  A person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability compa-
    14  ny, corporation, or other entity may sell  or  offer  to  sell  a  child
    15  restraint system if the retailer:
    16    (a)  maintains in stock and prominently displays within the store, the
    17  child restraint alarms for sale that  are  compatible  with  such  child
    18  restraint  systems;  and  (b)  posts a notice, in a conspicuous location
    19  which may be easily seen or reached by  customers,  in  legible  format,
    20  which states: "Heat stroke is the leading cause of non-car crash vehicu-
    21  lar  death in children under the age of 15. Child restraint alarms, when
    22  used properly, may help to prevent vehicular death of children."
    23    3. Any  person,  firm,  partnership,  association,  limited  liability
    24  company,  corporation,  or other entity that sells or offers to sell new
    25  child restraint systems to a consumer at  retail  in  violation  of  the
    26  provisions  of  this  section shall be liable for a civil penalty not to
    27  exceed five hundred dollars for each violation.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    29  have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13633-01-9