NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2676

Senate Bill S2676

2017-2018 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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Delivered to Governor
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2017-S2676 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate 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
2015-2016: S559
2019-2020: S3743

2017-S2676 (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.

2017-S2676 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2676

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to carbon monoxide poisoning

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill would require safety inspections include a check of the
exhaust system for the purposes of ensuring that carbon
monoxide-levels in the cab of the vehicle have not reached unsafe
levels in excess of 70 ppm. This bill also ensures education against
dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning to be given at the time of a new
or renewal of a driver's license.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of
section 301 of the vehicle and traffic law to include a safety
inspection of an exhaust system for the purposes of ensuring that
carbon monoxide levels in the cab of the vehicle has not reached
unsafe levels in excess of 70ppm.

Section 2 amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section
397-c: the Commissioner in consultation with the chair of the consumer
protection board, shall prepare and distribute with each operator's
license, whether issued or renewed, a pamphlet on the warning signs of

carbon monoxide poisoning and the appropriate actions to be taken to
prevent such accidental poisoning.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Carbon monoxide has been called the "silent killer."  Due to its
odorless nature, victims are not aware of the danger around them.
Carbon monoxide education and safety inspections are not currently
required. This bill addresses both the mechanical and educational
component of this issue. It tries to protect the consumer by requiring
a safety inspection of CO2 emissions. Further, it tries to educate the
consumer on the warning signs and actions to take to prevent
poisoning.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.559 - Referred to Transportation
2013-14: S.1613 - Referred to Transportation
2011-12: S.1059 Referred to Transportation
2010: S.2079 Referred to Transportation
2008: A.1732A Referred to Transportation
2006: A.1031 Referred to Transportation

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall become a law, with provisions.

2017-S2676 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2676
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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 chapter 444
 of the laws of 2016, 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; any window which is
 composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has  a  light
 transmittance  of  less  than  seventy percent pursuant to section three
 hundred seventy-five of this title; EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
 ENSURING  THAT CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS IN THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE 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.
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 397-c to read as follows:
   § 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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06163-03-7

 S. 2676                             2
 
 POISONING AND THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT SUCH  ACCI-
 DENTAL POISONING.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly,  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.

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