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                                   9057
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2020
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the instal-
   lation of safety belts in  stretch  limousines,  and  the  posting  of
   notice therein
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 383 of the  vehi-
 cle  and  traffic  law,  as  added by chapter 86 of the laws of 1968, is
 amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
   (c) A motor vehicle manufactured or  assembled  on  or  after  January
 first,  nineteen  hundred sixty-eight, at least one safety belt for each
 passenger seat position[.];
   (D) AN ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A "STRETCH LIMOU-
 SINE" WHICH WAS ALTERED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 ONE,  AT  LEAST  TWO  SAFETY  BELTS FOR THE FRONT SEAT, AND AT LEAST ONE
 SAFETY BELT FOR THE REAR SEAT FOR EACH PASSENGER FOR WHICH THE REAR SEAT
 OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED, AND AT LEAST  ONE  SAFETY  BELT  FOR  EACH
 PASSENGER SEAT POSITION.
   § 2. Section 383 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  NO  ALTERED  MOTOR  VEHICLE  COMMONLY  REFERRED TO AS A "STRETCH
 LIMOUSINE" WHICH WAS ALTERED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-ONE  SHALL  BE  SOLD  OR REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AND NO SUCH ALTERED
 MOTOR VEHICLE ALTERED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE
 REGISTERED  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL BE OPERATED IN THIS STATE UNLESS SUCH
 VEHICLE IS RETROFITTED AND EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY BELTS  APPROVED  BY  AND
 CONFORMING  TO  STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS FOLLOWS: AT
 LEAST TWO SAFETY BELTS FOR THE FRONT SEAT, AND AT LEAST ONE SAFETY  BELT
 FOR  THE  REAR  SEAT  FOR EACH PASSENGER FOR WHICH THE REAR SEAT OF SUCH
 VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED, AND AT LEAST ONE SAFETY BELT  FOR  EACH  PASSENGER
 SEAT POSITION.
   § 3. Subdivision 4-b of section 383 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   4-b. Taxicabs [and], liveries, AND STRETCH LIMOUSINES.  All seat safe-
 ty belts installed in a taxicab or livery vehicle OR IN AN ALTERED MOTOR
 VEHICLE  COMMONLY  REFERRED TO AS A "STRETCH LIMOUSINE" pursuant to this
 section shall be clearly visible,  accessible  and  maintained  in  good
 working  order,  and  no  seat  safety belt installed in such taxicab or
 livery vehicle OR ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLE shall be removed therefrom.
   § 4. Subdivision 51 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law,  as
 added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   51.  Taxicab  [and],  livery  AND STRETCH LIMOUSINE notices. (a) Every
 taxicab [and], livery, AND ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
 A "STRETCH LIMOUSINE" WHICH WAS ALTERED ON OR AFTER JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  OR  RETROFITTED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE  registered  in  this
 state shall have posted therein the following notice: "Seatbelts must be
 available for your use. Please buckle up."
   (b)  The  notices  required  to be posted pursuant to paragraph (a) of
 this subdivision shall be posted in a manner legible and conspicuous  to
 passengers in all seating positions of such vehicles.
   §  5.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,
 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 diction to be invalid, or if any federal agency  determines  in  writing
 that  this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt of
 federal funds, such judgment or written determination shall not  affect,
 impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its
 operation  to  the  clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or
 part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
 or written determination shall have been rendered.
   § 6. This act shall take effect January 1,  2021;  provided,  however,
 that  section two of this act shall take effect two years after this act
 shall have become a law; provided, further, this  act  shall  be  deemed
 repealed if any federal agency determines in writing that this act would
 render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds or any
 court  of  competent jurisdiction finally determines that this act would
 render New York state out of compliance with federal law or  regulation.
 The commissioner of motor vehicles or the commissioner of transportation
 shall  notify  the  legislative bill drafting commission upon the occur-
 rence of any federal agency determining in writing that this  act  would
 render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds or any
 court  of  competent jurisdiction finally determines that this act would
 render New York state out of compliance with federal law  or  regulation
 in  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
 tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York
 in furtherance of effectuating the  provisions  of  section  44  of  the
 legislative  law and section 70-b of the public officers law.  Effective
 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
 lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
 date.