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Senate Bill S7851

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires passengers in taxis and liveries to wear safety belts

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2009-S7851 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11208
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง375 & 1229-c, V & T L

2009-S7851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires passengers in taxis and liveries to wear safety belts.

2009-S7851 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7851

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 17, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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
  passengers in taxis and liveries to wear safety belts

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 51 of section 375 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
law,  as added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
follows:
  51. Taxicab and livery notices. (a) Every taxicab  and  livery  regis-
tered  in  this  state  shall  have posted therein the following notice:
"Seatbelts must be available for your use. [Please buckle up.] STATE LAW
REQUIRES THAT YOU BUCKLE UP BEFORE THIS VEHICLE DEPARTS."
  (b) The notices required to be posted pursuant  to  paragraph  (a)  of
this  subdivision shall be posted in a manner legible and conspicuous to
passengers in all seating positions of such vehicles.
  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,  this  section
shall not apply to [taxis, liveries, and] buses other than school buses.
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16704-01-0

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