assembly Bill A6657

2013-2014 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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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2014 ordered to third reading cal.316
returned to assembly
died in senate
Jun 20, 2013 referred to rules
delivered to senate
passed assembly
May 31, 2013 advanced to third reading cal.480
May 29, 2013 reported
May 21, 2013 reported referred to codes
Apr 12, 2013 referred to transportation

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A6657 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S389
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A225, S1169
2011-2012: A1306, S1337
2015-2016: A2449, S1535
2017-2018: A1582, S2928
2019-2020: A6163

A6657 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person 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.

A6657 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6657

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY, DINOWITZ, GALEF, BENEDETTO -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  by  --  M.  of  A.   BOYLAND, BRENNAN, COOK, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER,
  MAGNARELLI, MAISEL, RIVERA, WEISENBERG -- read once  and  referred  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 3 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by chapter 365 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read  as
follows:
  3.  No  person  shall  operate  a  motor vehicle unless such person is
restrained by a safety belt approved  by  the  commissioner.  No  person
sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in [the front seat of]
a  motor  vehicle  unless  such  person  is  restrained by a safety belt
approved by the commissioner.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00669-01-3