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Assembly Bill A873

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires certain taxicabs to have child safety restraints

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2009-A873 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1229-c, V & T L

2009-A873 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that taxicabs, except those that provide service exclusively through prearrangement, will now be required to have seat belts and child safety restraints.

2009-A873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   873

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, PHEFFER, MILLMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A. AUBRY, BRENNAN, DIAZ,  GALEF,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,  HOOPER,
  McENENY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the use of
  safety seats and seat belts in taxicabs

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 4 of section 1229-c of the
vehicle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 232  and  509
of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  "motor  vehicle"  shall  include  all  motor  vehicles  which are
required by section three hundred eighty-three of this chapter or  regu-
lation or would be required if such motor vehicle were registered in New
York  state to be equipped by a safety belt AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE TAXI-
CABS AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS CHAPTER but
shall not include those vehicles which are used as school buses, as such
term is defined in section one hundred forty-two  of  this  chapter  and
those  vehicles which are authorized emergency vehicles, as such term is
defined in section one hundred one of this chapter;
  S 2. Subdivision 9 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  390 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
follows:
  9. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four OF THIS SECTION,
this section shall not apply to taxis THAT PROVIDE  SERVICE  EXCLUSIVELY
THROUGH PREARRANGEMENT, liveries, and buses other than school buses.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02746-01-9

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