Assembly Actions -
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Sep 04, 2012 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to education |
Jan 26, 2011 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A3717
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RIVERA P
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
Eric Stevenson
Audrey Pheffer
Naomi Rivera
Louis Tobacco
multi-Sponsors
Matthew Titone
2011-A3717 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง3623 & 3635-a, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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A8486
2011-A3717 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires every passenger of a school bus which is equipped with seat belts to wear the seat belt while the bus is in operation; provides that the commissioner of transportation place on every school bus equipped with seat belts a sign warning passengers that seat belt use is required.
2011-A3717 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3717 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the usage of seat safety belts by passengers of school buses which are equipped with such belts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3623 of the education law, as amended by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 1. a. NO SCHOOL BUS, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH SEAT SAFETY BELTS AS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-A OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE OPERATED UNLESS ALL PASSENGERS ARE RESTRAINED BY A SEAT SAFETY BELT. B. ON EVERY SCHOOL BUS EQUIPPED WITH SEAT SAFETY BELTS, AS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-A OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL POST AND MAINTAIN IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE PASSENGERS A CONSPICUOUS WARNING SIGN READING "NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES EVERY PASSENGER OF THIS SCHOOL BUS TO WEAR A SEATBELT WHILE THIS BUS IS IN OPERATION". C. The commissioner of transportation in consultation with the commis- sioner shall adopt, promulgate and enforce rules, standards and specifi- cations regulating and controlling the efficiency and equipment of school buses used to transport pupils, with particular regard to the safety and convenience of such pupils and the suitability and adaptabil- ity of such school buses to the requirements of the school district. THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL BEAR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING, INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING THE WARNING SIGNS MANDATED PURSU- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00465-01-1
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