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Senate Bill S6015

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to rear passenger seat belts requirement

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2015-S6015 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7927
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, add §108-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3446
2019-2020: S3564

2015-S6015 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring rear passengers to wear seat belts.

2015-S6015 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6015 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6015

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              July 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to rear passen-
  ger seat belts

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

  Section  1.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 1, subdivision 3 and
subdivision 9 of section 1229-c of the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  the
opening  paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 18 of the laws
of 2005, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 365 of the laws of  1984  and
subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 390 of the laws of 1996, are amended
to read as follows:
  No  person  shall  operate a motor vehicle, OTHER THAN TAXIS, LIVERIES
AND BUSES in this state unless:
  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  OR  BACK
seat  of  a  motor  vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety
belt approved by the commissioner.
  9. [Notwithstanding the provisions of  subdivision  four,  this]  THIS
section  shall  [not]  apply  to  taxis, liveries, and buses [other than
school buses] WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRANSIT BUSES AS DEFINED IN  SECTION
ONE HUNDRED EIGHT-A OF THIS CHAPTER.  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY PENAL-
TY  FOR  AN UNRESTRAINED BACK SEAT PASSENGER SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF SUCH PASSENGER, WITH THE EXCEPTION  OF  CHILDREN  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF
SIXTEEN,  WHERE  SUCH  PENALTY SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HIS OR HER
PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
  S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
108-a to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09296-07-5

S. 6015                             2

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