Assembly Bill A9880A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to warnings regarding two-point seat belts

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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-A9880 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7757
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A830
2019-2020: A3404
2021-2022: A78
2023-2024: A905

2015-A9880 - Summary

Requires the commissioner of DMV to provide applicants for registration of vehicles manufactured before 2009 with informational materials informing them of the hazards associated with a two-point seat belt.

2015-A9880 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9880

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  inspection  facilities  to provide a notice to consumers regarding the
  effectiveness of seat safety belts without a shoulder harness

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

  Section  1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section 301 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (c) to  read
as follows:
  (C)  DURING  THE  COURSE OF THE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION, THE TYPE OF
SEAT SAFETY BELTS SHALL BE NOTED ON THE INVOICE SUPPLIED TO THE  CONSUM-
ER.  IN  THE  EVENT  THAT  THE  VEHICLE HAS A SEAT SAFETY BELT WITHOUT A
SHOULDER HARNESS, THE CONSUMER SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A NOTICE REGARDING
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH SEAT SAFETY BELTS COMPARED TO THREE-POINT SEAT
SAFETY BELTS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
addition 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.
                                                           LBD14223-01-6

2015-A9880A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7757
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A830
2019-2020: A3404
2021-2022: A78
2023-2024: A905

2015-A9880A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of DMV to provide applicants for registration of vehicles manufactured before 2009 with informational materials informing them of the hazards associated with a two-point seat belt.

2015-A9880A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 9880--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to warnings
  regarding two-point seat belts

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

  Section  1. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 401 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as added by chapter 152 of the laws of 1990, is amended
to read as follows:
  d. In processing any application for  a  certificate  of  registration
pursuant to this article or to title eleven of this chapter, the commis-
sioner shall provide the applicant with informational materials describ-
ing the lead-acid battery management, return and collection requirements
set  forth  in  title  seventeen of article twenty-seven of the environ-
mental conservation law, and the  used  oil  management,  recycling  and
disposal  requirements  set forth in title twenty-three of article twen-
ty-three of the environmental conservation law. Such informational mate-
rials shall be distributed at the  first  opportunity  and  periodically
thereafter.    ADDITIONALLY, IF THE VEHICLE BEING REGISTERED HAS A MODEL
YEAR OF 2008 OR EARLIER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PROVIDE  THE  APPLICANT
WITH  INFORMATIONAL  MATERIALS  INFORMING THEM OF THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED
WITH A TWO-POINT SEAT BELT. THE CONTENT OF SUCH NOTICE SHALL  BE  DEVEL-
OPED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER AND CONTAIN RELEVANT SAFETY INFORMATION FROM
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
addition 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.
                                                           LBD14223-02-6

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