Assembly Bill A359

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires operators of bicycles, skateboards and in-line skates who are under 18 years of age to wear protective headgear

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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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2009-A359 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1238, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4329
2013-2014: A473
2015-2016: A1392
2017-2018: A689
2019-2020: A1821
2021-2022: A1348
2023-2024: A166

2009-A359 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires operators of bicycles, skateboards, inline skates and scooters who are under eighteen years of age to wear protective headgear; increases the age requirement from fourteen years to eighteen years.

2009-A359 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   359

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MAGNARELLI, BENJAMIN, DINOWITZ, GREENE, PHEFFER
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CLARK, GOTTFRIED,  ROBINSON
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Arts and Sports
  Development

AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to required
  protective headgear for operators of  bicycles,  skateboards,  in-line
  skates and scooters under eighteen years of age

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b) of  subdivision
5, and subdivisions 5-a, 5-b, 8 and 9 of section 1238 of the vehicle and
traffic  law,  the section heading as amended by chapter 267 of the laws
of 1993, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 5 as amended  by  chapter
457  of  the  laws of 1999, subdivisions 5-a and 9 as amended by chapter
703 of the laws of 2004, subdivision 5-b as added by chapter 402 of  the
laws of 2001, and subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 694 of the laws of
1995, are amended and a new subdivision 11 is added to read as follows:
  Passengers  on  bicycles  under one year of age prohibited; passengers
and operators under [fourteen] EIGHTEEN years of age to wear  protective
headgear.
  (a)  No  person  operating a bicycle shall allow a person five or more
years of age and less than [fourteen] EIGHTEEN years of age to ride as a
passenger on a bicycle unless such passenger is wearing a helmet meeting
standards established by the commissioner.
  (b) No person, one or more years of age and less than [fourteen] EIGH-
TEEN years of age, shall operate a bicycle unless such person is wearing
a helmet meeting standards established by the commissioner.
  5-a. No person, one or more years of  age  and  less  than  [fourteen]
EIGHTEEN years of age, shall skate or glide on in-line skates or a skate
board  unless  such  person is wearing a helmet meeting standards estab-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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