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Senate Bill S6652

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements of motor vehicles

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2019-S6652 (ACTIVE) - Details

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: S3508
2023-2024: S1932
2025-2026: S4164

2019-S6652 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain motor vehicles to have rear passenger detection warning systems.

2019-S6652 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6652 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6652
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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 SYSTEM THAT CAN DETECT THE PRESENCE OF AN OCCUPANT IN A REAR
 SEAT BY IDENTIFYING THAT A SEAT BELT IS LATCHED AND THAT THE  WEIGHT  ON
 THE  SEAT  IS  OVER  TWENTY  POUNDS 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 VEHI-
 CLE  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 This act shall be deemed repealed if any federal  agency  or  any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 one hundred eighty days after it shall
 have become a law; provided that  the  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles
 shall  notify  the  legislative bill drafting commission upon the occur-
 rence 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.

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