Assembly Bill A8990

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to safety belt requirements for taxis and livery vehicles

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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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2019-A8990 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7134
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L

2019-A8990 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires passengers under 16 to wear safety belts in taxis and livery vehicles.

2019-A8990 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8990
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to safety  belt
   requirements for taxis and livery vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3-c of section 1229-c  of  the
 vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 340 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (b)  No  person  sixteen  years of age or over shall be a passenger in
 [the front seat of] a taxi or livery unless such person is restrained by
 a safety belt approved by the commissioner.
   (C) NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A TAXI OR LIVERY UNLESS ALL PASSENGERS WHO
 ARE AGE EIGHT OR OLDER BUT UNDER AGE SIXTEEN ARE RESTRAINED BY A  SAFETY
 BELT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  2.  Subdivision 9 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 340 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   9. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four of this section,
 the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not apply to buses other than
 school buses and the provisions of  subdivisions  one,  two,  three  and
 three-a  of  this  section  shall not apply to taxis and liveries EXCEPT
 THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION THREE-A  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 APPLICABLE  TO  ANY  PERSON  OPERATING  A TAXI OR LIVERY AND TO TAXI AND
 LIVERY PASSENGERS AGE EIGHT OR OLDER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14169-02-9

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