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A02157 Summary:

A02157 Actions:

A02157 Committee Votes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION   Chair:Magnarelli      
DATE:05/21/2019AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Magnarelli
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Perry
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Crespo
Aye
Miller
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Norris
Aye
Bronson
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Steck
Aye
Walczyk
Aye
Simon
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Wright
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Frontus
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Raynor
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:05/30/2019AYE/NAY:19/0  Action: Favorable         
Lentol
Aye
Ra
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Excused
Cook
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
O'Donnell
Absent
Garbarino
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye

A02157 Floor Votes:

A02157 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2157--B
                                                                 Cal. No. 92
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 22, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SANTABARBARA, FAHY, M. G. MILLER, TAYLOR,
          THIELE,   ARROYO,   D'URSO,   DE LA ROSA,  BLAKE,  GOTTFRIED,  ABBATE,
          WILLIAMS, MOSLEY, COOK,  CRUZ,  GRIFFIN,  SMULLEN,  WALSH,  McDONOUGH,
          FALL,  STECK,  WEPRIN,  BUTTENSCHON  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          DeSTEFANO, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Trans-
          portation  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee -- ordered to a third  read-
          ing,  amended  and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order
          of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the  instal-
          lation  of  safety  belts  in  stretch  limousines, and the posting of
          notice therein
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 383 of the vehi-
     2  cle and traffic law, as added by chapter 86 of  the  laws  of  1968,  is
     3  amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
     4    (c)  A  motor  vehicle  manufactured  or assembled on or after January
     5  first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, at least one safety belt  for  each
     6  passenger seat position[.];
     7    (d) An altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch limou-
     8  sine"  which was altered on or after January first, two thousand twenty-
     9  one, at least two safety belts for the front  seat,  and  at  least  one
    10  safety belt for the rear seat for each passenger for which the rear seat
    11  of  such  vehicle  was  designed,  and at least one safety belt for each
    12  passenger seat position.
    13    § 2. Section 383 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
    14  new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    15    1-a. No altered motor vehicle  commonly  referred  to  as  a  "stretch
    16  limousine"  which was altered prior to January first, two thousand twen-
    17  ty-one shall be sold or registered in this state  and  no  such  altered
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01123-06-9
        A. 2157--B                          2
 
     1  motor  vehicle  altered  prior to January first, two thousand twenty-one
     2  registered in this state shall be operated in  this  state  unless  such
     3  vehicle  is  retrofitted  and equipped with safety belts approved by and
     4  conforming  to  standards established by the commissioner as follows: at
     5  least two safety belts for the front seat, and at least one safety  belt
     6  for  the  rear  seat  for each passenger for which the rear seat of such
     7  vehicle was designed, and at least one safety belt  for  each  passenger
     8  seat position.
     9    § 3. Subdivision 4-b of section 383 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    10  added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
    11    4-b. Taxicabs [and], liveries, and stretch limousines.  All seat safe-
    12  ty belts installed in a taxicab or livery vehicle or in an altered motor
    13  vehicle  commonly  referred to as a "stretch limousine" pursuant to this
    14  section shall be clearly visible,  accessible  and  maintained  in  good
    15  working  order,  and  no  seat  safety belt installed in such taxicab or
    16  livery vehicle or altered motor vehicle shall be removed therefrom.
    17    § 4. Subdivision 51 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law,  as
    18  added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
    19    51.  Taxicab  [and],  livery  and stretch limousine notices. (a) Every
    20  taxicab [and], livery, and altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as
    21  a "stretch limousine" which was altered on or after January  first,  two
    22  thousand  twenty-one  or  retrofitted  pursuant  to subdivision one-a of
    23  section three hundred eighty-three of this article  registered  in  this
    24  state shall have posted therein the following notice: "Seatbelts must be
    25  available for your use. Please buckle up."
    26    (b)  The  notices  required  to be posted pursuant to paragraph (a) of
    27  this subdivision shall be posted in a manner legible and conspicuous  to
    28  passengers in all seating positions of such vehicles.
    29    §  5.  This  act shall take effect January 1, 2021; provided, however,
    30  that section two of this act shall take effect two years after this  act
    31  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
    32  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    33  of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
    34  completed on or before such effective date.