Senate Bill S8610

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring seat belts on charter buses for persons age 8 through 16

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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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2023-S8610 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8557
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L

2023-S8610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that seat belts be available and used on charter buses for persons age 8 through 16.

2023-S8610 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8610
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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  seat  belts
   on charter buses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 3-d to read as follows:
   3-D. (A) NO PERSON SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL BE A  PASSENGER
 IN  A  CHARTER  BUS  UNLESS  SUCH  PERSON IS RESTRAINED BY A SAFETY BELT
 APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (B) NO PERSON EIGHT YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT UNDER AGE SIXTEEN  SHALL
 BE  A  PASSENGER  IN A CHARTER BUS UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS RESTRAINED BY A
 SAFETY BELT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. A POLICE  OFFICER  SHALL  ONLY
 ISSUE A SUMMONS FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO THE PARENT OR GUAR-
 DIAN  OF SUCH PERSON IF THE VIOLATION BY SUCH PERSON OCCURS IN THE PRES-
 ENCE OF SUCH PERSON'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND WHERE SUCH PARENT OR GUARD-
 IAN IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SUCH SUMMONS SHALL ONLY BE ISSUED
 TO SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE  PERSON  EIGHT
 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT UNDER AGE SIXTEEN.
   §  2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 4 of section 1229-c of the
 vehicle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 232  and  509
 of  the laws of 2004, are amended and two new paragraphs (d) and (e) are
 added to read as follows:
   (b) "child restraint system" shall mean any device, used  in  conjunc-
 tion with safety belts, designed for use in a motor vehicle to restrain,
 seat,  or position children and which meets the applicable Federal Motor
 Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213; [and]
   (c) "appropriate child restraint system" shall mean a child  restraint
 system  for which the occupant meets the occupant size and weight recom-
 mendations of the manufacturer of such system[.];
   (D) "CHARTER BUS" SHALL MEAN A BUS MANUFACTURED  OR  ASSEMBLED  ON  OR
 AFTER  NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN TRANSPORTING PASSEN-
 GERS FOR COMPENSATION IN A CHARTERED PARTY; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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