Provides that no van or suburban motor vehicle shall be operated in the transportation of pupils to or from school unless all passengers in such vehicle are properly utilizing approved seat belts.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8939
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 4, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, WEISENBERG, PAULIN, MARKEY, STEVENSON,
ROBINSON, CASTRO, MAISEL, HOOPER, TENNEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. AMEDORE, BARRON, BURLING, DUPREY, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, McDONOUGH,
MILLMAN, MOLINARO, MURRAY, SCHIMEL, THIELE, TOBACCO -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the wearing of seat
belts in certain vehicles used to transport pupils to or from school
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3623 of the education law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
3 d. No van or suburban motor vehicle shall be operated in the transpor-
4 tation of pupils to or from school unless all passengers in such vehicle
5 are properly utilizing approved seat belts.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
7 succeeding 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.
LBD07850-01-1
