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May 01, 2012 |
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Senate Bill S7143
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- 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
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2011-S7143 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S7143 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7143 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring safety enclosures for motor buses used in mass transportation PURPOSE: To require that mass transit buses install enclosures for the protection of bus drivers that totally enclose the driver and prevents access to the driver by passengers who embark and disembark from the bus. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends the transportation law by adding a new subdivision 7-a. It Requires the commissioner to require all buses used in mass transportation to install a safety enclosure for bus drivers. Section 2. Effective Date JUSTIFICATION: Due to the number of felonious assaults on bus drivers throughout the state of New York the legislature has seen fit to elevate the level of the criminal offenses to a felony when committed against a mass transit worker while they are in the performance of their duties. A review of this technology reveals that there are state-of-the-art enclosures in use on several mass transit systems and that in cities
2011-S7143 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7143 I N S E N A T E May 1, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring safety enclosures for motor buses used in mass transportation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7-a to read as follows: 7-A. THE COMMISSIONER, BY RULE OR REGULATION, SHALL REQUIRE ALL MOTOR BUSES USED IN MASS TRANSPORTATION, TO HAVE INSTALLED A SAFETY ENCLOSURE TO PROTECT BUS DRIVERS FROM ASSAULT OR INJURY CAUSED BY PASSENGERS. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15250-02-2
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