Senate Bill S6523

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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  • 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-S6523 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8100
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9594

2017-S6523 (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-S6523 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6523 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6523
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 31, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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 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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