NY State Senate Bill 2019-S3021

Senate Bill S3021

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that certain motor vehicles shall be equipped with operable carbon monoxide detectors

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2019-S3021 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2228
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S8035, A5105
2023-2024: S892, A2786

2019-S3021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that for hire vehicles with a chassis which was manufactured and then altered for the purpose of transporting ten or more occupants, including the driver, be equipped with an operable carbon monoxide detector.

2019-S3021 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3021

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
that certain motor vehicles shall be equipped with operable carbon
monoxide detectors

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To require that every for hire vehicle operated or driven upon the
public highways of the state with a chassis which was manufactured and
then altered for the purpose of transporting ten or more occupants,
including the driver be equipped with an operable carbon monoxide detec-
tor.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subdivision 9 of section 375 of the Vehicle and Traf-
fic Law by adding a new paragraph b to require that every for hire vehi-

cle operated or driven upon the public highways of the state with a
chassis which was manufactured and then altered for the purpose of
transporting ten or more occupants, including the driver be equipped
with an operable carbon monoxide detector. The commissioner, in consul-
tation with the commissioner of transportation, shall promulgate rules
and regulations as he or she shall deem necessary to carry out the
provisions of this subdivision.

Section two provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation would require that every for hire vehicle operated or
driven upon the public highways of the state with a chassis which was
manufactured and then altered for the purpose of transporting ten or
more occupants, including the driver, be equipped with an operable
carbon monoxide detector. Just as we install carbon monoxide detectors
to keep us safe in our homes, passengers in these vehicles would benefit
from the protections of carbon monoxide detectors.  Detectors are inex-
pensive, easy to install, and reliable. Requiring that these vehicles be
equipped with carbon monoxide detectors will help avoid accidental inju-
ries and deaths.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2019-S3021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3021
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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  requiring
   that  certain  motor  vehicles  shall be equipped with operable carbon
   monoxide detectors

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  9  of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 576 of the laws of 1985, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   9.  A.  Every  omnibus operating upon the public highways of the state
 having a carrying capacity of ten or more passengers, shall be  equipped
 with  one hand fire extinguisher of at least 4 B:C Underwriters' Labora-
 tories rating or a similar rating by any qualified laboratory or testing
 organization which meets the criteria of American  Society  for  Testing
 Materials test E548-76. Fire extinguishers shall be kept in good operat-
 ing condition at all times and must be mounted in a place readily acces-
 sible for use.
   B.  EVERY FOR HIRE VEHICLE OPERATED OR DRIVEN UPON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
 OF THE STATE WITH A CHASSIS WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED AND THEN ALTERED  FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING TEN OR MORE OCCUPANTS, INCLUDING THE DRIVER,
 SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERABLE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, SHALL
 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS HE OR SHE SHALL  DEEM  NECESSARY  TO
 CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01124-01-9

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