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                                   8582
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 13, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of new
   motor vehicle child restraint systems
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-uu to read as follows:
   § 399-UU. MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING DEVICES. 1.  AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "MOTOR  VEHICLE  CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A HARNESS AND
 RESTRAINT SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO RIDE IN A MOTOR  VEHICLE
 WHICH CONFORMS TO THE SPECIFICATIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   (B)  "MOTOR  VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING DEVICE" SHALL MEAN
 AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT CONNECTS TO A MOTOR  VEHICLE  CHILD  RESTRAINT
 SYSTEM, OR IS BUILT INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM, FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF ALERTING THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN THE MOTOR VEHICLE
 HAS  BEEN  TURNED  OFF  AND A CHILD REMAINS HARNESSED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM.
   2. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPA-
 NY, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY SHALL SELL OR OFFER TO SELL A NEW MOTOR
 VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM TO  A  CONSUMER  AT  RETAIL  UNLESS  SUCH
 PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,
 CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY:
   (A) MAINTAINS IN STOCK AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAYS WITHIN THE STORE MOTOR
 VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING DEVICES AVAILABLE FOR  SALE  THAT
 ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; AND
   (B) POSTS A NOTICE, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WHICH MAY BE EASILY SEEN
 OR  REACHED  BY  CUSTOMERS,  THAT, IN A LEGIBLE FORMAT, STATES: "LEAVING
 CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN AN INSTALLED MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 MAY LEAD TO POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH, ESPECIALLY  IN  HOT  TEMPERATURES.
 MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING DEVICES MAY PREVENT LEAVING
 A CHILD UNATTENDED IN A CAR WHEN PROPERLY INSTALLED."
   3.  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT SELLS OR OFFERS TO SELL A NEW
 MOTOR VEHICLE  CHILD  RESTRAINT  SYSTEM  TO  A  CONSUMER  AT  RETAIL  IN
 VIOLATION  OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL
 PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.