Bill Text: NY S03564 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring rear passengers to wear seat belts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S03564 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03564-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3564 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to rear passen- ger seat belts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1, subdivision 3 and 2 subdivision 9 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law, the 3 opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 18 of the laws 4 of 2005, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 365 of the laws of 1984 and 5 subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 340 of the laws of 2017, are amended 6 to read as follows: 7 No person shall operate a motor vehicle, other than taxis, liveries 8 and buses in this state unless: 9 3. No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless such person is 10 restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner. No person 11 sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front or back 12 seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety 13 belt approved by the commissioner. 14 9. [Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four of this15section, the provisions of this] This section shall [not] apply to buses 16 [other than school buses and] with the exception of transit buses as 17 defined in section one hundred fifty-six-a of this chapter. Under this 18 subdivision, any penalty for an unrestrained back seat passenger shall 19 be the responsibility of such passenger, with the exception of children 20 under the age of sixteen, where such penalty shall be the responsibility 21 of his or her parent or guardian. [the] The provisions of subdivisions 22 one, two, three and three-a of this section shall not apply to taxis and 23 liveries. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04054-01-9S. 3564 2 1 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1229-c of the 2 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 393 of the laws of 2017, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 No person shall operate a motor vehicle, other than taxis, liveries 5 and buses in this state unless: 6 § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 7 156-a to read as follows: 8 § 156-a. Transit bus. A motor vehicle as defined under section one 9 hundred four of this article intended to accommodate standing passen- 10 gers, traveling short distances on a fixed route making frequent stops. 11 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 12 the amendments to the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 13 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law made by section two of this act 14 shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as chapter 393 15 of the laws of 2017 takes effect.