BILL NUMBER:  S4940

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring
safety enclosures for motor buses used in mass transportation

 PURPOSE :

To require that mass transit buses install enclosures for the
protection the driver by passengers who embark and disembark from the
bus.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends the transportation law, section 140, by adding a new
subdivision 7-a. It Requires the commissioner to require all buses
used in mass transportation to install a safety enclosure for bus
drivers.

Section 2. Effective Date

 JUSTIFICATION :

Due to the number of felonious assaults on bus drivers throughout the
state of New York the legislature has seen fit to elevate the level of
              

the criminal offenses to a felony when committed against a mass
transit worker while they are in the performance of their duties. A
review of this technology reveals that there are state-of-the-art
enclosures in use on several mass transit systems and that in cities
with populations of 1 million or more there is a tremendous concern on
the part of bus drivers. Assuming the viability of these high-tech
enclosures bus drivers will be better protected against random acts of
violence which have been directed at bus drivers.

 EXISTING LAW :

None.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: S.273 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
2015: S.273 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
2014: S.21 - Referred to Transportation
2013: S.21 - Referred to Transportation
2012: S.7143-Referred to Transportation/A.9852 Referred to Transporta-
tion

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
On the thirtieth day after it shall become law.