Requires the commissioner of DMV to provide applicants for registration of vehicles manufactured before 2009 with informational materials informing them of the hazards associated with a two-point seat belt.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A905
SPONSOR: Gunther TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to warnings
regarding two-point seat belts
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to warnings
regarding two-point seat belts
PURPOSE:
This bill requires the commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles
to provide vehicle registrants who have a vehicle with a model year of
2008 or earlier, with informational materials informing them of the
hazards associated with a two-point seat belt.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 401 of the
Vehicle and Traffic law to provide that when a vehicle registration is
being processed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the vehicle has
a model year of 2008 or earlier, that the applicant is provided with
informational materials informing them of the hazards associated with a
two-point seat belt.
Section 2: Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Beginning in 2008, federal law required all vehicles manufactured there-
after, with certain exceptions, to have a three-point seat belt system
(shoulder and lap belts) on every seat within a vehicle. Vehicles that
were made before this year often have two-point seat belts (lap belts)
in the rear middle seat. Numerous studies have proven that two-point
seat belts are less effective in protecting individuals involved in
accidents than three-point seat belts.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-22: A78 referred to Transportation
2019-20: A3404 referred to Transportation
2017-18: A830 referred to Transportation
2016: A9880A referred to Transportation/S7757 referred to Transportation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal to state
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addi-
tion and/or repeal of any rule of regulation necessary for implementa-
tion of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be
made and completed on or before such effective date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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905
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to warnings
regarding two-point seat belts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 401 of the vehicle
2 and traffic law, as added by chapter 152 of the laws of 1990, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 d. In processing any application for a certificate of registration
5 pursuant to this article or to title eleven of this chapter, the commis-
6 sioner shall provide the applicant with informational materials describ-
7 ing the lead-acid battery management, return and collection requirements
8 set forth in title seventeen of article twenty-seven of the environ-
9 mental conservation law, and the used oil management, recycling and
10 disposal requirements set forth in title twenty-three of article twen-
11 ty-three of the environmental conservation law. Such informational mate-
12 rials shall be distributed at the first opportunity and periodically
13 thereafter. Additionally, if the vehicle being registered has a model
14 year of 2008 or earlier, the commissioner shall provide the applicant
15 with informational materials informing them of the hazards associated
16 with a two-point seat belt. The content of such notice shall be devel-
17 oped by the commissioner and contain relevant safety information from
18 the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
20 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
21 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
22 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
23 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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