Assembly Bill A8100

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring a child under the age of two in certain circumstances to be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6523 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2017-A8100 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6523
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9594

2017-A8100 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring a child under the age of two in certain circumstances to be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system.

2017-A8100 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8100
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring a
   child under the age of two in certain circumstances to be secured in a
   rear-facing child restraint system

   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]  AND WHICH SHALL BE REAR-FACING WHENEVER THE PASSENGER BEING
 RESTRAINED IN SUCH SEAT IS UNDER THE AGE OF TWO EXCEPT THAT IN THE EVENT
 THAT THE WEIGHT OR HEIGHT OF SUCH PASSENGER UNDER THE AGE OF TWO EXCEEDS
 THE OCCUPANT SIZE AND WEIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MANUFACTURER OF SUCH
 REAR-FACING SEAT, SUCH SEAT MAY BE  FORWARD-FACING;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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