STATE OF NEW YORK
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3446
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 23, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. SERRANO -- 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 rear passen-
ger seat belts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1, subdivision 3 and
2 subdivision 9 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law, the
3 opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 18 of the laws
4 of 2005, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 365 of the laws of 1984 and
5 subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 390 of the laws of 1996, are amended
6 to read as follows:
7 No person shall operate a motor vehicle, other than taxis, liveries
8 and buses in this state unless:
9 3. No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless such person is
10 restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner. No person
11 sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front or back
12 seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety
13 belt approved by the commissioner.
14 9. [Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four, this] This
15 section shall [not] apply to taxis, liveries, and buses [other than
16 school buses] with the exception of transit buses as defined in section
17 one hundred eight-a of this chapter. Under this subdivision, any penal-
18 ty for an unrestrained back seat passenger shall be the responsibility
19 of such passenger, with the exception of children under the age of
20 sixteen, where such penalty shall be the responsibility of his or her
21 parent or guardian.
22 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
23 108-a to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 108-a. Transit bus. A motor vehicle as defined under section one
2 hundred four of this article intended to accommodate standing passen-
3 gers, traveling short distances on a fixed route making frequent stops.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
