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Assembly Bill A8557
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MAGNARELLI
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
MaryJane Shimsky
Deborah Glick
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Angelo Santabarbara
2023-A8557 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8610
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1229-c, V & T L
2023-A8557 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8557 I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to seat belts on charter buses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3-d to read as follows: 3-D. (A) NO PERSON SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL BE A PASSENGER IN A CHARTER BUS UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS RESTRAINED BY A SAFETY BELT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. (B) NO PERSON EIGHT YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT UNDER AGE SIXTEEN SHALL BE A PASSENGER IN A CHARTER BUS UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS RESTRAINED BY A SAFETY BELT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. A POLICE OFFICER SHALL ONLY ISSUE A SUMMONS FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO THE PARENT OR GUAR- DIAN OF SUCH PERSON IF THE VIOLATION BY SUCH PERSON OCCURS IN THE PRES- ENCE OF SUCH PERSON'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND WHERE SUCH PARENT OR GUARD- IAN IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SUCH SUMMONS SHALL ONLY BE ISSUED TO SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE PERSON EIGHT YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT UNDER AGE SIXTEEN. § 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 4 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 232 and 509 of the laws of 2004, are amended and two new paragraphs (d) and (e) are added to read as follows: (b) "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; [and] (c) "appropriate child restraint system" shall mean a child restraint system for which the occupant meets the occupant size and weight recom- mendations of the manufacturer of such system[.]; (D) "CHARTER BUS" SHALL MEAN A BUS MANUFACTURED OR ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN TRANSPORTING PASSEN- GERS FOR COMPENSATION IN A CHARTERED PARTY; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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