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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S42
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S42 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1229-c, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S599
2009-S42 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S42 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandatory seat belt use PURPOSE : Provides that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is retrained by a safety belt. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one amends the section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law by requiring all passengers in the back seat(s) of a vehicle to wear a safety belt. EXISTING LAW : Existing law only requires passengers under the age of 16 to be restrained by a safety belt. JUSTIFICATION : In 2003, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) traffic crashes were the number one cause of death for people 4 to 35 years old. From 1975 to 2002, safety belts prevented an estimated 164,753 fatalities. According to NHTSA's The
2009-S42 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 42 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- 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 mandatory seat belt use THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1. No person shall operate a motor vehicle in this state unless: (a) all back seat passengers of such vehicle under the age of four are restrained in a specially designed seat which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213 and which is either permanently affixed or is affixed to such vehicle by a safety belt, or in the event that the weight of such passenger under the age of four exceeds forty pounds, such passenger may be restrained (i) in an appropriate child restraint system as defined in subdivision four of this section used with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or (ii) by a lap safety belt in the event such vehicle is not equipped with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or all the combi- nation lap safety and shoulder harness belts are being used to properly restrain other passengers who are under the age of sixteen; (b) all back seat passengers of such vehicle who are age four or older but under age seven (i) are restrained in an appropriate child restraint system as defined in subdivision four of this section used with combination lap and shoulder harness belts or (ii) are restrained in a lap safety belt in the event such vehicle is not equipped with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or all the combination lap safety and shoul- der harness belts are being used to properly restrain other passengers who are under the age of sixteen; or (c) in the case of any other back EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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