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NY A03717
Bill
Status
1/26/2011
Primary Sponsor
Peter Rivera
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AI Summary
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Mandates that all passengers on school buses equipped with seat safety belts must wear the belts while the bus is in operation.
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Requires the Commissioner of Transportation to post and maintain conspicuous warning signs on equipped buses stating "NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES EVERY PASSENGER OF THIS SCHOOL BUS TO WEAR A SEATBELT WHILE THIS BUS IS IN OPERATION".
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Places all costs for providing, installing, and maintaining warning signs on the Commissioner of Transportation.
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Requires the Commissioner to enforce seat belt usage and establish rules for instruction on belt usage, boarding and exiting procedures, and emergency drills on all school buses.
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Allows boards of education and boards of trustees to decide whether to install seat safety belts after holding a public hearing, with mandatory use of belts required on any bus equipped with them.
Legislative Description
Requires every passenger of a school bus which is equipped with seat belts to wear the seat belt while the bus is in operation; provides that the commissioner of transportation place on every school bus equipped with seat belts a sign warning passengers that seat belt use is required.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/4/2012