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Assembly Bill A8537

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the required equipment of certain motor vehicles

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2019-A8537 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6642
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L

2019-A8537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain motor vehicles to be equipped with a functioning rear seat detection system that can detect the presence of an occupant in a rear designated seating position after the vehicle engine or motor is deactivated and provide a warning.

2019-A8537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8537
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the required
   equipment of certain motor vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 375 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
   G. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE ON ANY PUBLIC HIGHWAY IN THIS STATE
 A  MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE WITH A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF
 TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR LESS, MANUFACTURED OR ASSEMBLED AFTER JULY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE UNLESS SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE  IS  EQUIPPED  WITH  A
 FUNCTIONING  REAR  SEAT DETECTION SYSTEM THAT CAN DETECT THE PRESENCE OF
 AN OCCUPANT IN A REAR DESIGNATED  SEATING  POSITION  AFTER  THE  VEHICLE
 ENGINE  OR  MOTOR IS DEACTIVATED AND PROVIDE A WARNING. FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "MOTOR VEHICLE" SHALL NOT  INCLUDE  A  MOTORCYCLE,  A
 COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION
 LAW, OR COMBINATION OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER.
   §  2.  This  act shall be deemed repealed if any federal agency or any
 court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that this  act  would
 render New York state out of compliance with federal law or regulation.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become  a  law; provided that the commissioner of motor
 vehicles shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon  the
 occurrence  of  the  provisions of section two of this act in order that
 the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective  data  base
 of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance
 of  effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
 section 70-b of the public  officers  law.  Effective  immediately,  the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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