Bill Text: NY S04765 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the use of seatbelts by volunteer firefighters; 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.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-30 - PRINT NUMBER 4765A [S04765 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04765-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 4765--A                                            A. 7244--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 20, 2011
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
         portation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accord-
         ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, MURRAY, GUNTHER -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A. LIFTON, D. MILLER, RABBITT -- read  once  and
         referred  to  the  Committee  on  Transportation -- recommitted to the
         Committee on Transportation 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 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'
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10761-03-2
       S. 4765--A                          2                         A. 7244--A
    1  BENEFIT LAW OR THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW SHALL NOT BE
    2  DENIED SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE  PROVISIONS  OF
    3  THIS SUBDIVISION.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.