Assembly Bill A5680

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt

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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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2011-A5680 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1229-c, V & T L

2011-A5680 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

2011-A5680 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5680

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  mandatory
  seat belt use

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and  traffic
law,  as  amended  by  chapter  18 of the laws of 2005, paragraph (b) as
amended by chapter 405 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  No  person shall operate a motor vehicle in this state unless: (a)
all back seat passengers of such vehicle  under  the  age  of  four  are
restrained  in  a  specially designed seat which meets the Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R.  571.213  and  which  is
either  permanently  affixed  or  is affixed to such vehicle by a safety
belt, or in the event that the weight of such passenger under the age of
four exceeds forty pounds, such passenger may be restrained  (i)  in  an
appropriate  child  restraint  system  as defined in subdivision four of
this section used with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts
or (ii) by a lap safety belt in the event such vehicle is  not  equipped
with combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts or all the combi-
nation  lap safety and shoulder harness belts are being used to properly
restrain other passengers who are under the age of sixteen; (b) all back
seat passengers of such vehicle who are age four or older but under  age
eight  (i)  are  restrained  in an appropriate child restraint system as
defined in subdivision four of this section used  with  combination  lap
and  shoulder  harness belts or (ii) are restrained in a lap safety belt
in the event such vehicle is not equipped with  combination  lap  safety
and  shoulder harness belts or all the combination lap safety and shoul-
der harness belts are being used to properly restrain  other  passengers
who  are  under the age of sixteen; or (c) in the case of any other back

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00470-01-1

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