New York State Assembly

 
•  Summary 
 
•  Actions 
 
•  Committee Votes 
 
•  Floor Votes 
 
•  Memo 
 
•  Text 
 
•  LFIN 
 
•  Chamber Video/Transcript 

A08990 Summary:

A08990 Actions:

A08990 Committee Votes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION   Chair:Magnarelli      
DATE:01/14/2020AYE/NAY:23/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Magnarelli
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Perry
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Crespo
Excused
Miller
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Norris
Aye
Bronson
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Steck
Aye
Walczyk
Nay
Simon
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Wright
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Frontus
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Raynor
Aye
Darling
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:01/14/2020AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Lentol
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Schimminger
Excused
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Aye

A08990 Floor Votes:

A08990 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8990
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 8, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to safety  belt
          requirements for taxis and livery vehicles
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3-c of section 1229-c  of  the
     2  vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 340 of the laws of 2017, is
     3  amended and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
     4    (b)  No  person  sixteen  years of age or over shall be a passenger in
     5  [the front seat of] a taxi or livery unless such person is restrained by
     6  a safety belt approved by the commissioner.
     7    (c) No person shall operate a taxi or livery unless all passengers who
     8  are age eight or older but under age sixteen are restrained by a  safety
     9  belt approved by the commissioner.
    10    §  2.  Subdivision 9 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
    11  as amended by chapter 340 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
    12  follows:
    13    9. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four of this section,
    14  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not apply to buses other than
    15  school buses and the provisions of  subdivisions  one,  two,  three  and
    16  three-a  of  this  section  shall not apply to taxis and liveries except
    17  that the provisions of subdivision three-a  of  this  section  shall  be
    18  applicable  to  any  person  operating  a taxi or livery and to taxi and
    19  livery passengers age eight or older.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    21  ing 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.
                                                                   LBD14169-02-9