Assembly Bill A6188

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain child passengers in a taxi or livery to be restrained by a child restraint system

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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-A6188 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8020
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1626, S890

2021-A6188 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that no person under four years of age shall be a passenger in a taxi or livery unless such person is restrained by a child restraint system; requires that no person four years of age or older but under age eight shall be a passenger in a taxi or livery unless such person is restrained in an appropriate child restraint system; establishes violations of such provisions shall be punished by a civil fine of up to fifty dollars.

2021-A6188 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6188
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, THIELE,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, GRIFFIN, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO -- read once  and  referred
   to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   certain child passengers in a taxi or livery to  be  restrained  by  a
   child restraint system

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3-c of section 1229-c of the vehicle and  traf-
 fic  law  is amended by adding two new paragraphs (d) and (e) to read as
 follows:
   (D) NO PERSON UNDER FOUR YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE A PASSENGER IN  A  TAXI
 OR  LIVERY  UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS RESTRAINED IN A CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM
 AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION.  A
 POLICE  OFFICER SHALL ONLY ISSUE A SUMMONS FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PARA-
 GRAPH TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH PERSON IF THE VIOLATION BY  SUCH
 PERSON  OCCURS  IN  THE PRESENCE OF SUCH PERSON'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND
 WHERE SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF  AGE  OR  MORE.  SUCH
 SUMMONS SHALL ONLY BE ISSUED TO SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND SHALL NOT BE
 ISSUED TO THE PERSON UNDER FOUR YEARS OF AGE.
   (E)  NO PERSON FOUR YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT UNDER AGE EIGHT SHALL BE
 A PASSENGER IN A TAXI OR LIVERY UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS RESTRAINED  IN  AN
 APPROPRIATE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDI-
 VISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION. A POLICE OFFICER SHALL ONLY ISSUE A SUMMONS
 FOR  A  VIOLATION  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH
 PERSON IF THE VIOLATION BY SUCH PERSON OCCURS IN THE  PRESENCE  OF  SUCH
 PERSON'S  PARENT  OR GUARDIAN AND WHERE SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN IS EIGH-
 TEEN YEARS OF AGE OR MORE. SUCH SUMMONS SHALL ONLY  BE  ISSUED  TO  SUCH
 PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  AND  SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE PERSON UNDER EIGHT
 YEARS OF AGE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04625-01-1

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