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Assembly Bill A10222

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain safety features for commuter vans

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2021-A10222 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §370, V & T L

2021-A10222 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires commuter vans to maintain safety features, including but not limited to, a fully operational brake system, appropriate seat belts, security and back-up cameras, silent alarm systems, and personal or vehicle tracking devices such as global positioning systems (GPS).

2021-A10222 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10222
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cahill) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   certain safety features for commuter vans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The second  undesignated  paragraph  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  370  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of
 part ZZ of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   For damages for and incident to death or injuries to persons and inju-
 ry to or destruction of property: For each motorcycle and for each motor
 vehicle  engaged  in the business of carrying or transporting passengers
 for hire, having a seating capacity of not more than seven passengers, a
 bond or insurance policy with a minimum liability of  twenty-five  thou-
 sand dollars and a maximum liability of fifty thousand dollars for bodi-
 ly injury, and a minimum liability of fifty thousand dollars and a maxi-
 mum  liability  of  one hundred thousand dollars for death and a minimum
 liability of ten thousand dollars for injury to or destruction of  prop-
 erty;  for  each  motor  vehicle  engaged in the business of carrying or
 transporting passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of not  less
 than eight passengers, a bond or insurance policy with a combined single
 limit  of  at least one million five hundred thousand dollars for bodily
 injury or death to one or more persons, and  because  of  injury  to  or
 destruction  of property in any one accident; provided, further that for
 commuter vans that are engaged in the business of carrying or transport-
 ing passengers for hire, having a seating  capacity  of  not  less  than
 eight  passengers,  a  bond  or  insurance policy with a combined single
 limit of at least ONE MILLION five hundred thousand dollars  for  bodily
 injury  or  death  to  one  or more persons, and because of injury to or
 destruction of property in any one accident.   SUCH COMMUTER  VAN  SHALL
 MAINTAIN  SAFETY  FEATURES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A FULLY OPERA-
 TIONAL BRAKE  SYSTEM,  APPROPRIATE  SEAT  BELTS,  SECURITY  AND  BACK-UP
 CAMERAS,  SILENT ALARM SYSTEMS, AND PERSONAL OR VEHICLE TRACKING DEVICES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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