Bill Text: NY A08537 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires certain motor vehicles to be equipped with a functioning rear seat detection system that can detect the presence of an occupant in a rear designated seating position after the vehicle engine or motor is deactivated and provide a warning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A08537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08537-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8537

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 23, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the required
          equipment of certain motor vehicles

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 375 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
     3    g. It shall be unlawful to operate on any public highway in this state
     4  a  motor vehicle registered in this state with a gross vehicle weight of
     5  ten thousand pounds or less, manufactured or assembled after July first,
     6  two thousand twenty-one unless such motor vehicle  is  equipped  with  a
     7  functioning  rear  seat detection system that can detect the presence of
     8  an occupant in a rear designated  seating  position  after  the  vehicle
     9  engine  or  motor is deactivated and provide a warning. For the purposes
    10  of this paragraph, "motor vehicle" shall not  include  a  motorcycle,  a
    11  commercial motor vehicle as defined in section two of the transportation
    12  law, or combination of a commercial motor vehicle and trailer.
    13    §  2.  This  act shall be deemed repealed if any federal agency or any
    14  court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that this  act  would
    15  render New York state out of compliance with federal law or regulation.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it  shall  have  become  a  law; provided that the commissioner of motor
    18  vehicles shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon  the
    19  occurrence  of  the  provisions of section two of this act in order that
    20  the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective  data  base
    21  of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance
    22  of  effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
    23  section 70-b of the public  officers  law.  Effective  immediately,  the
    24  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    25  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    26  to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13572-03-9
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