Assembly Bill A5105

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A5105 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8035
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A2228, S3021
2023-2024: A2786, S892

2021-A5105 (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.

2021-A5105 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5105
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, SANTABARBARA, FAHY, M. MILLER, TAYLOR,
   THIELE, GALEF, DE LA ROSA, GOTTFRIED, WILLIAMS, COOK,  CRUZ,  GRIFFIN,
   SMULLEN, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFANO -- read
   once and referred 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.
                                                            LBD01879-01-1

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