Bill Text: NY A05400 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the use of seatbelts by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance service workers; provides exception for vehicles which do not have restraint systems provided by the manufacturer or to volunteer firefighters not seated within the confines of the vehicle or emergency medical personnel providing patient care in the rear compartment of an ambulance.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-16 - REFERRED TO RULES [A05400 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05400-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5400
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 25, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. THIELE, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, ABINANTI, BRINDISI --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LIFTON, MILLER, RABBITT  --  read  once
         and referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the use of
         seatbelts by volunteer firefighters
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
    3    14.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS
    4  SECTION, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE OWNED OR  OPERATED
    5  BY A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE AS DEFINED BY
    6  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW UNLESS ALL PASSENGERS
    7  SEATED IN THE VEHICLE ARE UTILIZING SAFETY BELTS OR RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AS
    8  PROVIDED BY THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  NOT  APPLY
    9  TO VEHICLES WHICH DO NOT HAVE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE MANUFAC-
   10  TURER OR TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS NOT SEATED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE
   11  VEHICLE  OR  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  PERSONNEL PROVIDING PATIENT CARE IN THE
   12  REAR COMPARTMENT OF  AN  AMBULANCE  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  PERSONNEL  ARE
   13  PROVIDING  CARE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE PATIENT CARE STANDARDS OR
   14  GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY OF THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH
   15  LAW.  A CLAIM FOR BENEFITS FILED PURSUANT TO THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS'
   16  BENEFIT LAW OR THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW SHALL NOT BE
   17  DENIED SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE  PROVISIONS  OF
   18  THIS SUBDIVISION.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08936-01-3