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Senate Bill S42

2009-2010 Legislative Session

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 restrained by a safety belt

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2009-S42 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S599

2009-S42 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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 restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

2009-S42 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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