Bill Text: NY A05963 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 5963 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases; makes limited exceptions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-06 - reported referred to codes [A05963 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05963-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5963--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 9, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GALEF, FARRELL, CUSICK, FINCH, GANTT, JAFFEE,
          WRIGHT, MOSLEY, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  BRENNAN,
          CLARK,  COOK, DINOWITZ, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT,
          MORELLE, ORTIZ, PAULIN, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Transporta-
          tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
          children  under  the  age  of  eight from riding as a passenger in the
          front seat of a motor vehicle except under limited circumstances
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 5, 6 and 7 of section 1229-c of the vehicle
     2  and  traffic  law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of
     3  2005, paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 and subdivision  6  as  amended  by
     4  chapter 405 of the laws of 2009, subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 448
     5  of  the  laws of 2015, subdivision 7 as added by chapter 365 of the laws
     6  of 1984, are amended to read as follows:
     7    2. No person shall operate a  motor  vehicle  unless  all  front  seat
     8  passengers (a) under the age of sixteen are restrained by a safety belt;
     9  or  (b)  if they are under the age of four, by a specially designed seat
    10  which is either permanently affixed or affixed  to  such  vehicle  by  a
    11  safety  belt  as  required by subdivision one of this section, or in the
    12  event that the weight of such passenger under the age  of  four  exceeds
    13  forty  pounds,  such  passenger  may be restrained (i) in an appropriate
    14  child restraint system as defined in subdivision four  of  this  section
    15  used with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or (ii) by a
    16  lap  safety belt in the event such vehicle is not equipped with combina-
    17  tion lap safety and shoulder harness belts or all  the  combination  lap
    18  safety  and  shoulder  harness belts are being used to properly restrain
    19  other passengers who are under the age of sixteen; or (c)  if  they  are
    20  age  four  or older but under age eight, (i) are restrained in an appro-
    21  priate child restraint system as defined in  subdivision  four  of  this
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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