Provides that altered motor vehicles commonly referred to as "stretch limousines" which were altered on or after January 1, 2020, shall have at least two safety belts for the front seat and at least one safety belt for the rear seat for each passenger for which the rear seat of such vehicle was designed.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6530
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 14, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
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 at least two safety belts for the front seat, and at least one safety
10 belt for the rear seat for each passenger for which the rear seat of
11 such vehicle was designed, and at least one safety belt for each passen-
12 ger seat position.
13 § 2. Subdivision 4-b of section 383 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
14 added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
15 4-b. Taxicabs [and], liveries, and stretch limousines. All seat safe-
16 ty belts installed in a taxicab or livery vehicle or in an altered motor
17 vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch limousine" pursuant to this
18 section shall be clearly visible, accessible and maintained in good
19 working order, and no seat safety belt installed in such taxicab or
20 livery vehicle or altered motor vehicle shall be removed therefrom.
21 § 3. Subdivision 51 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
22 added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
23 51. Taxicab [and], livery and stretch limousine notices. (a) Every
24 taxicab [and], livery, and altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 a "stretch limousine" which was altered on or after January first, two
2 thousand twenty registered in this state shall have posted therein the
3 following notice: "Seatbelts must be available for your use. Please
4 buckle up."
5 (b) The notices required to be posted pursuant to paragraph (a) of
6 this subdivision shall be posted in a manner legible and conspicuous to
7 passengers in all seating positions of such vehicles.
8 § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020. Effective immediate-
9 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
10 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
11 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.