New York S 9800: Relates to requirements for certain contracts for materials, supplies, or services

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S09800 Summary:

BILL NOS09800 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1229-c, V & T L

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Requires that no person under four years of age shall be a passenger in a taxi or livery unless such person is restrained by a child restraint system; requires that no person four years of age or older but under age eight shall be a passenger in a taxi or livery unless such person is restrained in an appropriate child restraint system; establishes violations of such provisions shall be punished by a civil fine of up to fifty dollars.

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BILL NOS09800 

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04/06/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9800

 IN SENATE

 April 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 requiring
 certain child passengers in a taxi or livery to be restrained by a
 child restraint system

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3-c of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traf-
 2 fic law is amended by adding two new paragraphs (d) and (e) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (d) No person under four years of age shall be a passenger in a taxi
 5 or livery unless such person is restrained in a child restraint system
 6 as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision four of this section. A
 7 police officer shall only issue a summons for a violation of this para-
 8 graph to the parent or guardian of such person if the violation by such
 9 person occurs in the presence of such person's parent or guardian and
 10 where such parent or guardian is eighteen years of age or more. Such
 11 summons shall only be issued to such parent or guardian and shall not be
 12 issued to the person under four years of age.
 13 (e) No person four years of age or older but under age eight shall be
 14 a passenger in a taxi or livery unless such person is restrained in an
 15 appropriate child restraint system as defined in paragraph (c) of subdi-
 16 vision four of this section. A police officer shall only issue a summons
 17 for a violation of this paragraph to the parent or guardian of such
 18 person if the violation by such person occurs in the presence of such
 19 person's parent or guardian and where such parent or guardian is eigh-
 20 teen years of age or more. Such summons shall only be issued to such
 21 parent or guardian and shall not be issued to the person under eight
 22 years of age.
 23 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 24 as amended by chapter 434 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 25 follows:
 26 5. Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision three,
 27 three-c, three-d or ten-a of this section shall be punished by a civil

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04428-03-6

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 1 fine of up to fifty dollars. Any person who violates the provisions of
 2 subdivision one, two, eleven or thirteen of this section shall be
 3 punished by a civil fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one
 4 hundred dollars. In any prosecution or proceeding alleging a violation
 5 of paragraph (b) of subdivision one [or], paragraph (c) of subdivision
 6 two, or paragraph (e) of subdivision three-c of this section, it shall
 7 be an affirmative defense that the passenger subject to the requirements
 8 of such paragraphs was restrained by a safety belt and measures more
 9 than four feet nine inches in height and/or weighs more than one hundred
 10 pounds. In any prosecution or proceeding alleging a violation of para-
 11 graph (b) [or paragraph], (c), (d) or (e) of subdivision three-c of this
 12 section, it shall be an affirmative defense that such taxi or livery was
 13 in violation of subdivision four-b of section three hundred eighty-three
 14 of this chapter. In any prosecution or proceeding alleging a vi