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Assembly Bill A1582A

2017-2018 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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2017-A1582 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A225
2011-2012: A1306
2013-2014: A6657
2015-2016: A2449
2019-2020: A6163

2017-A1582 - Summary

Provides that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

2017-A1582 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1582
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MOSLEY, JAFFEE, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A. BLAKE, PERRY -- 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.  Subdivisions  3, 5 and 9 of section 1229-c of the vehicle
 and traffic law, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 365 of  the  laws  of
 1984,  subdivision  5  as amended by chapter 448 of the laws of 2015 and
 subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 390 of the laws of 1996, are amended
 to read as follows:
   3. No person  shall  operate  a  motor  vehicle,  INCLUDING  TAXICABS,
 LIVERIES  AND OTHER FOR HIRE VEHICLES,  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 vehi-
 cle,  INCLUDING  TAXICABS,  LIVERIES AND OTHER FOR HIRE VEHICLES, unless
 such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner.
   5. Any person who violates the  provisions  of  subdivision  three  or
 ten-a  of  this section shall be punished by a civil fine of up to fifty
 dollars.  A POLICE OFFICER SHALL ONLY ISSUE A SUMMONS FOR A VIOLATION OF
 SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION BY A PERSON LESS THAN  EIGHTEEN  YEARS
 OLD  TO  THE  PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH PERSON IF THE VIOLATION BY SUCH
 PERSON OCCURS IN THE PRESENCE OF SUCH PERSON'S PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  AND
 WHERE  SUCH  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OF OLDER. NO
 PERSON OPERATING A TAXICAB OR FOR HIRE VEHICLE SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  A
 CIVIL  FINE FOR THE FAILURE OF A PASSENGER TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF  THIS  SECTION.  Any  person  who  violates  the
 provisions  of  subdivision one, two, eleven or thirteen of this section
 shall be punished by a civil fine of not less than twenty-five nor  more
 than  one  hundred  dollars. In any prosecution or proceeding alleging a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-A1582A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A225
2011-2012: A1306
2013-2014: A6657
2015-2016: A2449
2019-2020: A6163

2017-A1582A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

2017-A1582A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1582--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MOSLEY, JAFFEE, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A. BLAKE, PERRY -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Transportation   --   committee   discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD01383-02-7

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