Bill Text: NY S02079 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires passenger cabs be inspected for unsafe carbon monoxide levels and requires information on the warning signs of carbon monoxide poisoning to be distributed with each operator's license, issued or renewed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02079 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02079-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2079
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 11, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  carbon
         monoxide poisoning
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph (a) of  paragraph  1  of  subdivision  (c)  of
    2  section  301  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 5 of
    3  part V1 of chapter 62 of the  laws  of  2003,  is  amended  to  read  as
    4  follows:
    5    (a)  A  safety  inspection  shall  be made with respect to the brakes;
    6  steering mechanism; wheel alignment; lights, including but  not  limited
    7  to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose
    8  of  illuminating  the vehicle's license plates; odometer; tire pressure;
    9  seat safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR THE
   10  PURPOSES OF ENSURING THAT CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS IN THE CAB OF THE VEHI-
   11  CLE HAVE NOT REACHED UNSAFE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF 70 PARTS PER MILLION and
   12  such other mechanisms and  equipment  as  shall  be  determined  by  the
   13  commissioner  to  be  necessary  for  proper  and  safe operations. Such
   14  inspection shall also be made with  respect  to  vehicle  identification
   15  number.  Upon inspection, the mileage appearing on the odometer shall be
   16  recorded upon the inspection sticker.
   17    S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
   18  397-c to read as follows:
   19    S  397-C. EDUCATION AGAINST DANGERS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.  THE
   20  COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR OF THE CONSUMER  PROTECTION
   21  BOARD, SHALL PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE WITH EACH OPERATOR'S LICENSE, WHETH-
   22  ER ISSUED OR RENEWED, A PAMPHLET ON THE WARNING SIGNS OF CARBON MONOXIDE
   23  POISONING  AND THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT SUCH ACCI-
   24  DENTAL POISONING.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    2  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    3  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    4  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    5  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
    6  effective date.