NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7552

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 24, 2020	referred to consumer protection

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2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8540
Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-iii, Gen Bus L

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity may sell or offer to sell a child restraint system if the retailer: (a) maintains in stock and prominently displays within the store, the child restraint alarms for sale that are compatible with such child restraint systems; and (b) posts a notice, in a conspicuous location which may be easily seen or reached by customers, in legible format, which states: "Heat stroke is the leading cause of non-car crash vehicular death in children under the age of 15. Child restraint alarms, when used properly, may help to prevent vehicular death of children."; defines terms; imposes a civil penalty.

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7552

SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to child restraint
alarms

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require that retailers who sell child restraint systems
(car seats) to make available to consumers, child restraint alarms. It
would also require those retailers to post a notice informing consumers
of the importance of those alarms.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This bill amends the general business law by adding new section 399-iii
as it relates to requiring retailers who sell child restraint systems
(car seats) to make available to consumers, child restraint alarms. It
would also require those retailers to post a notice informing consumers

of the importance of those alarms.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Between 1998 and 2019, at least 800 children died of heatstroke inside
motor vehicles; the average age of these children was just 21 months.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, heat stroke is the
leading cause of non-car crash vehicular death in children under 15.  A
child's body heats up three to five times faster than an adult's body
does. A child's major organs start to shut down when his or her body
temperature reaches 104 degrees, and a child can die when his or her
temperature reaches 107 degrees. And if you think cracking a window is
the answer, it's not. That's because a car heats up in 10 minutes, and
kids can have heat stroke when it's 57 degrees outside.

Technology currently exists and is available that will help to prevent
these devastating deaths. The public needs to be educated on the dangers
of leaving a child in a hot car and also of the available technology.
This bill seeks to do so.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is new legislation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

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

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7552
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to child restraint
   alarms
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-iii to read as follows:
   § 399-III. CHILD RESTRAINT ALARM. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "CHILD  RESTRAINT SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN ANY DEVICE, USED IN CONJUNC-
 TION WITH SAFETY BELTS, DESIGNED FOR USE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE TO RESTRAIN,
 SEAT, OR POSITION CHILDREN AND WHICH MEETS THE APPLICABLE FEDERAL  MOTOR
 VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS SET FORTH IN 49 C.F.R. 571.213.
   (B)  "CHILD  RESTRAINT ALARM" SHALL MEAN A DEVICE THAT ATTACHES TO THE
 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM OR CONJOINED SAFETY BELT THAT ALERTS  THE  DRIVER
 WHEN  HE OR SHE HAS EXITED THE VEHICLE WITHOUT UNBUCKLING THE CHILD FROM
 THE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THIS ALARM MAY CONNECT WITH A  SMART  DEVICE
 AND SEND EITHER TEXT ALERTS, EMAILS OR SOUND AN AUDIBLE ALARM.
   2.  A PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPA-
 NY, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY MAY SELL  OR  OFFER  TO  SELL  A  CHILD
 RESTRAINT SYSTEM IF THE RETAILER:
   (A)  MAINTAINS IN STOCK AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAYS WITHIN THE STORE, THE
 CHILD RESTRAINT ALARMS FOR SALE THAT  ARE  COMPATIBLE  WITH  SUCH  CHILD
 RESTRAINT  SYSTEMS;  AND  (B)  POSTS A NOTICE, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION
 WHICH MAY BE EASILY SEEN OR REACHED BY  CUSTOMERS,  IN  LEGIBLE  FORMAT,
 WHICH STATES: "HEAT STROKE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF NON-CAR CRASH VEHICU-
 LAR  DEATH IN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15. CHILD RESTRAINT ALARMS, WHEN
 USED PROPERLY, MAY HELP TO PREVENT VEHICULAR DEATH OF CHILDREN."
   3. ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY
 COMPANY,  CORPORATION,  OR OTHER ENTITY THAT SELLS OR OFFERS TO SELL NEW
 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS TO A CONSUMER AT  RETAIL  IN  VIOLATION  OF  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO
 EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD13633-01-9

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Velmanette Montgomery

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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Anna M. Kaplan

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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