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Assembly Bill A8291

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the minimum age to be able to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle

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2019-A8291 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7969
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A1086, S440

2019-A8291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the minimum age requirement to be able to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle.

2019-A8291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8291
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, RAYNOR, CRUZ, DINOWITZ, DeSTEFANO, SALKA
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  SIMON  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   a  minimum  age  for  passengers  to ride in the front seat of a motor
   vehicle

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws  of  2005,  paragraph  (c)  as
 amended  by  chapter  405  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. No person shall operate a  motor  vehicle  unless  all  front  seat
 passengers  (a) [under] ARE OVER the age of [sixteen are restrained by a
 safety belt] TWELVE ; [or] AND (b) [if they are under the age  of  four,
 by  a  specially  designed  seat  which is either permanently affixed or
 affixed to such vehicle by a safety belt as required by subdivision  one
 of this section, or in the event that the weight of such passenger under
 the  age  of four exceeds forty pounds, such passenger may be restrained
 (i) in an appropriate child restraint system as defined  in  subdivision
 four  of  this  section  used  with  combination lap safety and shoulder
 harness belts or (ii) by a lap safety belt in the event such vehicle  is
 not  equipped  with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or
 all the combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts are being used
 to properly restrain other passengers who are under the age of  sixteen;
 or  (c)  if  they  are  age  four  or older but under age eight, (i) are
 restrained in an appropriate child restraint system as defined in subdi-
 vision four of this section used with combination lap safety and  shoul-
 der  harness  belts  or  (ii) are restrained in a lap safety belt in the
 event such vehicle is not  equipped  with  combination  lap  safety  and
 shoulder  harness  belts  or all the combination lap safety and shoulder

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

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