assembly Bill A11383

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires passengers to use seatbelts in stretch limousines

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Oct 22, 2018 referred to transportation

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A11383 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1321

A11383 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires passengers to use seatbelts in stretch limousines; defines the term "stretch limousine".

A11383 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  11383

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            October 22, 2018
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin,
  Santabarbara, Fahy) -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
  passengers to use seatbelts in stretch limousines

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 4 of section 1229-c
of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately amended  by  chapters  232
and  509  of  the  laws  of 2004, are amended and a new paragraph (d) is
added to read as follows:
  (b) "child restraint system" shall mean any device, used  in  conjunc-
tion with safety belts, designed for use in a motor vehicle to restrain,
seat,  or position children and which meets the applicable Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213; [and]
  (c) "appropriate child restraint system" shall mean a child  restraint
system  for which the occupant meets the occupant size and weight recom-
mendations of the manufacturer of such system[.]; AND
  (D) "STRETCH LIMOUSINE" SHALL MEAN ANY FOR HIRE VEHICLE WITH A CHASSIS
WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED AND THEN ALTERED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  TRANSPORTING
TEN OR MORE OCCUPANTS, INCLUDING THE DRIVER.
  §  2.  Subdivision 9 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
as amended by chapter 340 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  9. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four of this section,
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not apply to buses other than
school buses AND STRETCH LIMOUSINES, and the provisions of  subdivisions
one, two, three and three-a of this section shall not apply to taxis and
liveries.
  §  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.
                                                           LBD16639-02-8