NY State Senate Bill 2019-S3743

Senate Bill S3743

2019-2020 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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2019-S3743 (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
2017-2018: S2676, S6236

2019-S3743 (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.

2019-S3743 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3743

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
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 monox-
ide 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 warn-
ing signs and actions to take to prevent poisoning.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S6236- 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:

2013-2014, S.1613 Referred to Transportation (Parker)

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it

2019-S3743 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3743
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 SEVENTY PARTS PER  MILLION  and  such
 other mechanisms and equipment as shall be determined by the commission-
 er 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.
                                                            LBD05955-02-9

 S. 3743                             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. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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