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S00489 Summary:

BILL NO	S00489
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	KENNEDY
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S375, V & T L
Requires vehicles equipped with wheelchair lifts to have safety belts that are used to secure individuals in wheelchairs while being lifted from or into a vehicle.

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S00489 Actions:

BILL NO	S00489
01/09/2013	REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/08/2014	REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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S00489 Floor Votes:

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S00489 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           489
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
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        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  wheelchair
          transfer safety
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 52 to read as follows:
     3    52.  Any vehicle that is equipped with a wheelchair lift shall also be
     4  equipped with a safety belt that shall be used to secure individuals  in
     5  wheelchairs while they are being lifted from or into such vehicle.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02046-01-3

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