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Senate Bill S123

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the use of seatbelts by passengers in taxicabs and for-hire vehicles in the city of New York

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2017-S123 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-529, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5907
2015-2016: S4834
2019-2020: S227

2017-S123 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the use of seatbelts by passengers in taxicabs and for-hire vehicles in the city of New York; also requires operators to display a notice informing passengers of such requirement.

2017-S123 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S123 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    123
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  requiring the use of seatbelts by passengers in taxicabs
   and for-hire vehicles in the city of New York and requiring  operators
   to display a notice informing passengers of such requirement
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 19-529 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
 New  York is amended by adding three new subdivisions e, f and g to read
 as follows:
   E. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION  TWELVE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-
 NINE-C  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, WHILE TAXICABS OR FOR-HIRE VEHI-
 CLES SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION ARE BEING OPERATED:
   (1) ALL PASSENGERS ONE YEAR AND OLDER SHALL BE RESTRAINED  BY  EITHER:
 (I) A COMBINATION LAP SAFETY AND SHOULDER HARNESS BELT; (II) A LAP SAFE-
 TY BELT; OR (III) IN AN APPROPRIATE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION  F OF THIS SECTION WITH COMBINATION LAP AND SHOULDER HARNESS
 BELTS.
   (2) ANY PASSENGER WHO VIOLATES  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A CIVIL FINE OF UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS. A POLICE OFFI-
 CER  SHALL ONLY ISSUE A SUMMONS FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY A
 PERSON LESS THAN SIXTEEN 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 SIXTEEN
 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THERE SHALL
 BE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT, WHEN A  PASSENGER  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF
 SIXTEEN  IS  TRAVELING  IN  A  TAXICAB  OR A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE, ANY OTHER
 PASSENGER IN SUCH TAXICAB OR FOR-HIRE VEHICLE WHO REASONABLY APPEARS  TO
 BE  THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH PASSENGER UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN IS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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