Senate Bill S1453

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Mandates ignition interlock devices for school buses

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1453 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §375-b, V & T L; add §3635-d, amd §3623-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S244
2013-2014: S1347
2015-2016: S3047

2009-S1453 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates ignition interlock devices for school buses manufactured after July 1, 2009; authorizes school boards to determine the specifics of retrofitting school buses manufactured prior to such date; permits school boards to adopt policies requiring installation and use of such devices; provides state aid for expenses incurred for such devices.

2009-S1453 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1453 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1453

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MAZIARZ, ALESI, FUSCHILLO, MORAHAN -- 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 and the  education  law,  in
  relation to mandating ignition interlock devices for school buses

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 375-b to read as follows:
  S  375-B. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES FOR SCHOOL BUSES. 1. EVERY SCHOOL
BUS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER,  MANU-
FACTURED  FOR  USE  IN  THIS STATE ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
ELEVEN, SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A FUNCTIONING IGNITION  INTERLOCK  DEVICE
OF  A TYPE AND SPECIFICATION AS APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE
ADOPTION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS.  SUCH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  SHALL
INCLUDE  PROVISIONS  FOR  SETTING THE CALIBRATION AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
NOT BE LIMITED TO, REQUIREMENTS THAT THE DEVICES:
  (A) HAVE FEATURES THAT MAKE CIRCUMVENTING DIFFICULT AND  THAT  DO  NOT
INTERFERE WITH THE NORMAL OR SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE;
  (B) WORK ACCURATELY AND RELIABLY IN AN UNSUPERVISED ENVIRONMENT;
  (C) RESIST TAMPERING AND GIVE EVIDENCE IF TAMPERING IS ATTEMPTED;
  (D) MINIMIZE INCONVENIENCE TO A SOBER USER;
  (E) OPERATE RELIABLY OVER THE RANGE OF AUTOMOBILE ENVIRONMENTS; AND
  (F)  ARE  MANUFACTURED  BY A PARTY COVERED BY PRODUCT LIABILITY INSUR-
ANCE.
  2. ANY SCHOOL BUS AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF  THIS
CHAPTER,  WHICH  IS  SCHEDULED  FOR RETROFITTING PURSUANT TO ACTION BY A
BOARD OF EDUCATION OR BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNDER SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
THIRTY-FIVE-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE RETROFITTED SO THAT ALL SUCH
VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH AN IGNITION INTERLOCKING DEVICE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM  "IGNITION  INTERLOCKING
DEVICE"  SHALL  MEAN  A DEVICE THAT CONNECTS TO A MOTOR VEHICLE IGNITION

              

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