Assembly Bill A6335

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires passenger cabs be inspected for carbon monoxide levels and requires information on warning signs of such to be distributed with each operator's license

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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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2015-A6335 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S559
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §301, add §397-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2079
2011-2012: S1059
2013-2014: S1613
2017-2018: A6266, S2676, S6236
2019-2020: A5204, S3743
2021-2022: A4287
2023-2024: A256

2015-A6335 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires passenger cabs be inspected for unsafe carbon monoxide levels and requires information on the warning signs of carbon monoxide poisoning to be distributed with each operator's license, issued or renewed.

2015-A6335 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6335

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle  and traffic law, in relation to carbon
  monoxide poisoning

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (a)  of  paragraph  1 of subdivision (c) of
section 301  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 5  of
part  V1  of  chapter  62  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
follows:
  (a) A safety inspection shall be made  with  respect  to  the  brakes;
steering  mechanism;  wheel alignment; lights, including but not limited
to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose
of illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer;  tire  pressure;
seat safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR THE
PURPOSES OF ENSURING THAT CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS IN THE CAB OF THE VEHI-
CLE HAVE NOT REACHED UNSAFE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF 70 PARTS PER MILLION and
such  other  mechanisms  and  equipment  as  shall  be determined by the
commissioner to be  necessary  for  proper  and  safe  operations.  Such
inspection  shall  also  be  made with respect to vehicle identification
number. Upon inspection, the mileage appearing on the odometer shall  be
recorded upon the inspection sticker.
  S  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
397-c to read as follows:
  S 397-C. EDUCATION AGAINST DANGERS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.   THE
COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION
BOARD, SHALL PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE WITH EACH OPERATOR'S LICENSE, WHETH-
ER ISSUED OR RENEWED, A PAMPHLET ON THE WARNING SIGNS OF CARBON MONOXIDE
POISONING AND THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT SUCH  ACCI-
DENTAL POISONING.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06909-01-5

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