Assembly Actions -
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Oct 23, 2017 |
signed chap.340 |
Oct 11, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 21, 2017 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.2133 substituted for s5749 |
Jun 21, 2017 |
substituted by a1258 ordered to third reading cal.2133 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Apr 27, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S5749
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1258 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S5749 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S5749 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits a person from operating a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; further requires that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front seat of a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; requires the commissioner to approve such safety belts.
2017-S5749 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5749 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the use of safety belts in taxicabs and liveries PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this bill is to provide taxicab and livery operators and passengers in the state of New York with commissioner approved safety belts. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law by amending subdivisions 5 and 9, extend the provisions of seatbelt requirements to taxi and livery vehicles. Section 2. Amends section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new subdivision 3-c to require operators of taxi and livery vehicles to be restrained by seatbelts and to restrict passengers sixteen and older from riding in the front seat of such vehicles without seatbelt restraint. JUSTIFICATION : The intent of this bill is to require every New York State taxicab and
2017-S5749 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5749 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the use of safety belts in taxicabs and liveries THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 9 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law, 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: 5. Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision three, THREE-C or ten-a of this section shall be punished by a civil fine of up to fifty dollars. 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 violation of para- graph (b) of subdivision one or paragraph (c) of subdivision two of this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the passenger subject to the requirements of such paragraphs was restrained by a safety belt and measures more than four feet nine inches in height and/or weighs more than one hundred pounds. IN ANY PROSECUTION OR PROCEEDING ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE-C OF THIS SECTION, IT SHALL BE AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT SUCH TAXI OR LIVERY WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-B OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER. 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four OF THIS SECTION, THE PROVISIONS OF this section shall not apply to [taxis, liveries, and] buses other than school buses AND THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE, TWO, THREE AND THREE-A OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO TAXIS AND LIVERIES. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04425-01-7
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