New York S 1061: Relates to required training for school district officers

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S01061 Summary:

BILL NOS01061 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07254

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SPONSORSERRANO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1229-c & 1229-d, V & T L; amd §§3623, 3635-a & 3813, Ed L

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Provides that all passengers of school buses must wear seat belts; exempts school bus attendants and others acting in a supervisory capacity from such requirement; requires that drivers announce "Everybody fasten your seat belts" before a school bus is placed in motion; empowers the commissioner of education to enforce such provisions; assigns a school bus attendant to each special needs student unable to comply with the seat belt requirement.

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BILL NOS01061 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1061

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SERRANO -- 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 and the education law, in
 relation to requiring the usage of seat safety belts on school buses

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 1229-c of the
 2 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 448 of the laws of 2015,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) "motor vehicle" shall include all motor vehicles which are
 5 required by section three hundred eighty-three of this chapter or regu-
 6 lation or would be required if such motor vehicle were registered in New
 7 York state to be equipped [by a safety belt but shall not include] with
 8 seat belts, including those vehicles which are used as school buses, as
 9 such term is defined in section one hundred forty-two of this chapter
 10 [and]; provided, however, that the term "motor vehicle" shall not
 11 include those vehicles which are authorized emergency vehicles, as such
 12 term is defined in section one hundred one of this chapter, provided,
 13 however, that for purposes of this section, "motor vehicle" shall also
 14 include fire vehicles owned and/or operated by a fire company as defined
 15 by subdivision two of section one hundred of the general municipal law
 16 and ambulances owned and/or operated by a voluntary ambulance service as
 17 defined by subdivision three of section one hundred of the general
 18 municipal law;
 19 § 2. Subdivision 11 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 20 as added by chapter 653 of the laws of 1989 and as renumbered by chapter
 21 104 of the laws of 1991, is amended and a new subdivision 11-a is added
 22 to read as follows:
 23 11. [Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four of this
 24 section, no] No person shall operate a school bus unless such person is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01650-01-5

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 1 reasonably sure that all passengers under the age of four are restrained
 2 in a specially designed detachable or removable seat as required by
 3 subdivision one of this section, or another restraining device approved
 4 by the commissioner.
 5 11-a. No person shall operate a school bus equipped with seat safety
 6 belts pursuant to subdivision five of section three hundred eighty-three
 7 of this chapter or pursuant to section thirty-six hundred thirty-five-a
 8 of the education law unless such person is reasonably sure that all
 9 passengers are restrained by a seat safety belt. For the purposes of
 10 this subdivision, the term "passenger" shall not include school bus
 11 attendants, as that term is defined in section twelve hundred twenty-
 12 nine-d of this article, or any other person acting in a supervisory
 13 capacity. Furthermore, in any action for personal injuries by a passen-
 14 ger on a school bus, the provisions of subdivision four of section thir-
 15 ty-eight hundred thirteen of the education law shall apply.
 16 § 3. Subdivision 1