New York A 1389: Establishes the emergency preparedness month act and exempts prefabricated go-bags and individual emergency preparedness items

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A01389 Summary:

BILL NOA01389 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon (MS)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSRCook, Davila, DeStefano, Hyndman, Paulin, Reilly, Sayegh, Taylor

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Amd §375, V & T L; amd §305, Ed L

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Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles, in consultation with the commissioner of education, to promulgate rules and regulations to implement GPS and an emergency communications system on school buses.

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01/09/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1389

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
 DAVILA, DeSTEFANO, HYNDMAN, PAULIN, REILLY, SAYEGH, TAYLOR -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the education law, in
 relation to using GPS and implementing an emergency communications
 system on school buses

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

 1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 21-k to read as follows:
 3 21-k. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of
 4 education, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the use of global
 5 positioning system technologies and protocols for an emergency communi-
 6 cations system on school buses. Such emergency communications system
 7 shall utilize the global positioning system technologies to assist driv-
 8 ers and passengers in the event of an emergency or a situation where
 9 such school buses need to be located and assisted.
 10 § 2. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 11 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
 12 57. The commissioner, in consultation with the boards of education of
 13 the state, shall assist the commissioner of motor vehicles in promulgat-
 14 ing rules and regulations for the use of global positioning system tech-
 15 nologies and protocols for an emergency communications system on school
 16 buses pursuant to subdivision twenty-one-k of section three hundred
 17 seventy-five of the vehicle and traffic law.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02861-01-5

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