New York S 8691: Relates to community preservation funds for the town of Blooming Grove

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S08691 Summary:

BILL NOS08691 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09259

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§509-m & 1229-c, V & T L

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Requires motor carriers that operate charter buses to have pre-trip safety briefings on the mandatory use of safety belts by passengers and fines for such violations.

Go to top S08691 Actions:

BILL NOS08691 

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.253

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/29/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9259

&nbspA09259 AMEND= Magnarelli

&nbsp11/21/2025referred to transportation

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to transportation

&nbsp01/21/2026reported referred to codes

&nbsp02/25/2026reported 

&nbsp02/26/2026advanced to third reading cal.277

&nbsp03/04/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/04/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/04/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

&nbsp04/29/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8691

&nbsp04/29/20263RD READING CAL.253

&nbsp04/29/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/29/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8691

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 pre-trip
 safety briefings for motor carriers that operate charter buses

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 509-m of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as added by section 9 of part K of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 9. (a) In coordination with the commissioner of transportation and the
 5 superintendent of state police, establish and regularly update the form
 6 and content of a pre-trip safety briefing for motor carriers that oper-
 7 ate altered motor vehicles commonly referred to as "stretch limousines",
 8 designed to carry nine or more passengers including the driver pursuant
 9 to operating authority issued by the commissioner of transportation and
 10 for motor carriers that operate charter buses pursuant to operating
 11 authority issued by the commissioner of transportation, which motor
 12 carriers shall provide to passengers prior to transporting such passen-
 13 gers for hire in such stretch limousines and such charter buses.
 14 (b) Pre-trip safety briefings conducted for such stretch limousines
 15 and charter buses shall include, but not be limited to, the mandatory
 16 use of safety belts by passengers when passenger seat positions are
 17 equipped with safety belts approved by and conforming to standards
 18 established by the commissioner and the civil fine for violations as
 19 provided by section twelve hundred twenty-nine-c of this chapter.
 20 (c) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "charter bus" shall
 21 mean a bus transporting passengers for compensation in a chartered party
 22 and the term "chartered party" shall mean a group of persons who, pursu-
 23 ant to a common purpose and under a single contract and at a fixed
 24 charge, have acquired exclusive use of a bus to travel together as a
 25 group to a specific destination or for a particular itinerary either
 26 agreed upon in advance or modified after having left the place of origin
 27 by such group.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14058-01-5

 S. 8691 2

 1 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 1229-c of the vehicle
 2 and traffic law, as added by chapter 434 of the laws of 2024, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (d) "charter bus" shall mean (i) a bus manufactured or assembled on or
 5 after November twenty-eighth, two thousand sixteen transporting passen-
 6 gers for compensation in a chartered party, and (ii) a bus manufactured
 7 or assembled prior to November twenty-eighth, two thousand sixteen
 8 transporting passengers for compensation in a chartered party which is
 9 equipped with at least one safety belt for each passenger se