Bill Text: NY A06335 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6335 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires passenger cabs be inspected for unsafe carbon monoxide levels and requires information on the warning signs of carbon monoxide poisoning to be distributed with each operator's license, issued or renewed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-06 - held for consideration in transportation [A06335 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06335-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6335
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 20, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle  and traffic law, in relation to carbon
         monoxide poisoning
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (a)  of  paragraph  1 of subdivision (c) of
    2  section 301  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 5  of
    3  part  V1  of  chapter  62  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
    4  follows:
    5    (a) A safety inspection shall be made  with  respect  to  the  brakes;
    6  steering  mechanism;  wheel alignment; lights, including but not limited
    7  to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose
    8  of illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer;  tire  pressure;
    9  seat safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR THE
   10  PURPOSES OF ENSURING THAT CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS IN THE CAB OF THE VEHI-
   11  CLE HAVE NOT REACHED UNSAFE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF 70 PARTS PER MILLION and
   12  such  other  mechanisms  and  equipment  as  shall  be determined by the
   13  commissioner to be  necessary  for  proper  and  safe  operations.  Such
   14  inspection  shall  also  be  made with respect to vehicle identification
   15  number. Upon inspection, the mileage appearing on the odometer shall  be
   16  recorded upon the inspection sticker.
   17    S  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
   18  397-c to read as follows:
   19    S 397-C. EDUCATION AGAINST DANGERS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.   THE
   20  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION
   21  BOARD, SHALL PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE WITH EACH OPERATOR'S LICENSE, WHETH-
   22  ER ISSUED OR RENEWED, A PAMPHLET ON THE WARNING SIGNS OF CARBON MONOXIDE
   23  POISONING AND THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT SUCH  ACCI-
   24  DENTAL POISONING.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 6335                             2
    1    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    2  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    3  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
    4  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
    5  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
    6  effective date.