Senate Bill S6165

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to updating the fire safety components of 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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2011-S6165 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S2615

2011-S6165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to updating the fire safety components of school buses; requires the commissioner of transportation to promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards for testing to promote the fire safety of school buses; further requires all plastic components contained in the engine compartment of every school bus manufactured in this state on or after January 1, 2014 to meet V-0 classification when tested in accordance with Underwriters Laboratories standards for safety UL 94.

2011-S6165 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6165

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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 updating the
  fire safety components of school buses

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

  Section  1.   Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding two new subdivisions 21-j and 21-k to read as follows:
  21-J. (A) EVERY SCHOOL BUS MANUFACTURED FOR USE IN THIS  STATE  ON  OR
AFTER  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN SHALL CONTAIN OCCUPANT SEAT-
ING WHICH MEETS THE FIRE SAFETY CRITERIA OF  THE  AMERICAN  SOCIETY  FOR
TESTING MATERIALS TEST E 1537.
  (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  TRANSPORTATION  SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR TESTING TO PROMOTE THE FIRE SAFE-
TY OF SCHOOL BUSES AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING
REQUIREMENTS:
  1. THAT WHEN THE TEST IS CONDUCTED ON A COMPLETE SEAT ASSEMBLY  INSIDE
A  TEST ROOM OR A SCHOOL BUS THAT THE SEATING WILL FAIL THE REQUIREMENTS
OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IF EITHER THE SEAT ASSEMBLY  EXHIB-
ITS  A  WEIGHT  LOSS  OF  THREE  POUNDS  OR GREATER DURING THE FIRST TEN
MINUTES OF THE TEST OR THE SEAT ASSEMBLY EXHIBITS A HEAT RELEASE RATE OF
EIGHTY KILOWATTS OR GREATER.
  2. THAT ON AND AFTER THE DATE THE FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS TAKE EFFECT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION NO SCHOOL BUS SHALL BE SOLD OR  OFFERED
FOR  SALE  IN  THIS  STATE UNLESS THE MANUFACTURER HAS CERTIFIED TO SUCH
COMMISSIONER, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO SUCH COMMISSIONER, THAT  THE  FIRE
SAFETY CRITERIA STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THIS SUBDIVISION HAVE BEEN MET.
  21-K.  (A)  ALL PLASTIC COMPONENTS CONTAINED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT
OF EVERY SCHOOL BUS MANUFACTURED FOR USE IN THIS STATE ON OR AFTER JANU-
ARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN SHALL MEET A  V-0  CLASSIFICATION  WHEN
TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES STANDARDS FOR SAFETY
UL 94.
  (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  TRANSPORTATION  SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR TESTING OF PLASTIC ENGINE  COMPO-

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

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