Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to transportation |
Jun 14, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6530
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S6530 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§383 & 375, V & T L
2019-S6530 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that altered motor vehicles commonly referred to as "stretch limousines" which were altered on or after January 1, 2020, shall have 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.
2019-S6530 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6530 SPONSOR: PARKER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the installation of safety belts in stretch limousines, and the posting of notice therein PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To require stretch limousines altered after January 1, 2020 to be equipped with seatbelts, and to require such stretch limousines to post a notice encouraging passengers to wear seatbelts. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one requires the installation of seatbelts in stretch limousines altered on or after January 1, 2020, as follows: at least two seatbelts for the front seat, at least one rear seat seatbelt for each passenger for which the rear seat was designed, and at least one seatbelt for each passenger seat position.
2019-S6530 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6530 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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, 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 PASSEN- GER SEAT POSITION. § 2. 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: 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. § 3. 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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