STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7631 IN SENATE May 11, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- 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 requiring a child under the age of two or weighing thirty pounds or less to be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows: 3 (a-1) all back seat passengers subject to paragraph (a) of this subdi- 4 vision, under the age of two or weighing thirty pounds or less shall be 5 secured in a rear-facing child restraint system; 6 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law, 7 as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2005, paragraph (c) as amended 8 by chapter 405 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 9 2. No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless all front seat 10 passengers (a) under the age of sixteen are restrained by a safety belt; 11 or (b) if they are under the age of four, by a specially designed seat 12 which is either permanently affixed or affixed to such vehicle by a 13 safety belt as required by subdivision one of this section, or in the 14 event that the weight of such passenger under the age of four exceeds 15 forty pounds, such passenger may be restrained (i) in an appropriate 16 child restraint system as defined in subdivision four of this section 17 used with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or (ii) by a 18 lap safety belt in the event such vehicle is not equipped with combina- 19 tion lap safety and shoulder harness belts or all the combination lap 20 safety and shoulder harness belts are being used to properly restrain 21 other passengers who are under the age of sixteen; or (c) if they are 22 age four or older but under age eight, (i) are restrained in an appro- 23 priate child restraint system as defined in subdivision four of this 24 section used with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or 25 (ii) are restrained in a lap safety belt in the event such vehicle is 26 not equipped with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or 27 all the combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts are being used EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14684-01-6S. 7631 2 1 to properly restrain other passengers who are under the age of sixteen; 2 or (d) if they are under the age of two or weighing thirty pounds or 3 less shall be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.