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Assembly Bill A5181

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to rear passenger seat belts requirement

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2019-A5181 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, add §156-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A9832

2019-A5181 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring rear passengers to wear seat belts.

2019-A5181 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5181
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ARROYO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to rear passen-
   ger seat belts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1, subdivision  3  and
 subdivision  9  of  section  1229-c  of the vehicle and traffic law, the
 opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 18 of the  laws
 of  2005,  subdivision 3 as added by chapter 365 of the laws of 1984 and
 subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 340 of the laws of 2017, are amended
 to read as follows:
   No person shall operate a motor vehicle, OTHER  THAN  TAXIS,  LIVERIES
 AND BUSES in this state unless:
   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 OR BACK
 seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is  restrained  by  a  safety
 belt approved by the commissioner.
   9.  [Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  four  of  this
 section, the provisions of this] THIS section shall [not] apply to buses
 [other than school buses] WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRANSIT BUSES AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX-A OF THIS CHAPTER and the provisions of
 subdivisions one, two, three and three-a of  this  section  shall  [not]
 apply  to taxis and liveries.  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY PENALTIES FOR
 AN UNRESTRAINED BACK SEAT PASSENGER SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF  SUCH
 PASSENGERS  THAT  ARE  AGES EIGHTEEN OR OLDER; FOR THOSE PASSENGERS THAT
 ARE SEVENTEEN AND YOUNGER, SUCH PENALTY SHALL BE THE  RESPONSIBILITY  OF
 HIS OR HER PARENT OR GUARDIAN.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04054-02-9

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