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A00381 Summary:

A00381 Actions:

A00381 Committee Votes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION   Chair:Rozic      
DATE:03/09/2021AYE/NAY:16/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Rozic
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Abbate
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Quart
Aye
Miller
Aye
Simon
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Niou
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Williams
Aye
Fall
Aye
Burgos
Aye
Gallagher
Aye
Rajkumar
Aye
Forrest
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:04/19/2021AYE/NAY:22/0  Action: Favorable         
Dinowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Reilly
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Tannousis
Aye
Perry
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Cruz
Aye

A00381 Floor Votes:

A00381 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         381--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --  committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of new
          motor vehicle child restraint systems
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  399-iii to read as follows:
     3    § 399-iii. Child restraint alarm.  1. As used in this section:
     4    (a) "Child restraint system" shall mean any device, used  in  conjunc-
     5  tion with safety belts, designed for use in a motor vehicle to restrain,
     6  seat,  or position children and which meets the applicable Federal Motor
     7  Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R.  571.213.
     8    (b) "Child restraint alarm" shall mean any device that attaches to the
     9  child restraint system or conjoined safety belt that alerts  the  driver
    10  when  he or she has exited the vehicle without unbuckling the child from
    11  the child restraint system. This alarm may connect with a  smart  device
    12  and send either text alerts, e-mails or sound an audible alarm.
    13    2.  A person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability compa-
    14  ny, corporation, or other entity may sell  or  offer  to  sell  a  child
    15  restraint system if the retailer:
    16    (a)  maintains in stock and prominently displays within the store, the
    17  child restraint alarms for sale that  are  compatible  with  such  child
    18  restraint systems; and
    19    (b) posts a notice, in a conspicuous location which may be easily seen
    20  or reached by customers, in a legible format, which states: "Heat stroke
    21  is  the leading cause of non-car crash vehicular death in children under
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02110-04-1
        A. 381--A                           2
 
     1  the age of 15. Child restraint alarms, when used properly, may  help  to
     2  prevent vehicular death of children."
     3    3.  Any  person,  firm,  partnership,  association,  limited liability
     4  company, corporation, or other entity that sells or offers to  sell  new
     5  child  restraint  systems  to  a  consumer at retail in violation of the
     6  provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil  penalty  not  to
     7  exceed five hundred dollars for each violation.
     8    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     9  have become a law.