New York A 1218: Enacts safety requirements in stretch limousines including anti-intrusion bars and window break tools

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A01218 Summary:

BILL NOA01218 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §375, V & T L

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Enacts safety requirements in stretch limousines including anti-intrusion bars and window break tools; reduces occupancy of omnibuses for purposes of being equipped with fire extinguishers and additional mirrors.

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BILL NOA01218 

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01/09/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1218

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to safety
 requirements in stretch limousines and omnibuses

 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 58 to read as follows:
 3 58. Anti-intrusion bar and window break tool required in stretch
 4 limousines. (a) (i) Every stretch limousine registered in this state
 5 shall be equipped with anti-intrusion bars in each door.
 6 (ii) Every stretch limousine registered in this state shall be
 7 equipped with a window break tool.
 8 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision:
 9 (i) "Stretch limousine" shall mean an altered motor vehicle having a
 10 seating capacity of nine or more passengers, including the driver,
 11 commonly referred to as a "stretch limousine" and which is used in the
 12 business of transporting passengers for compensation.
 13 (ii) "Anti-intrusion bar" shall mean a bar typically made of metal or
 14 steel which is installed into the doors of a stretch limousine for the
 15 purposes of minimizing the impact towards occupants in the event of a
 16 crash.
 17 (iii) "Window break tool" shall mean a tool intended to facilitate the
 18 breaking of windows in a vehicle in the event of an emergency.
 19 § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 20 amended by chapter 576 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
 21 follows:
 22 9. Every omnibus operating upon the public highways of the state
 23 having a carrying capacity of [ten] nine or more passengers, shall be
 24 equipped with one hand fire extinguisher of at least 4 B:C Underwriters'
 25 Laboratories rating or a similar rating by any qualified laboratory or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03225-01-5

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 1 testing organization which meets the criteria of American Society for
 2 Testing Materials test E548-76. Fire extinguishers shall be kept in good
 3 operating condition at all times and must be mounted in a place readily
 4 accessible for use.
 5 § 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 10 of section 375 of the vehicle and
 6 traffic law, as amended by chapter 914 of the laws of 1970, is amended
 7 to read as follows:
 8 b. In addition to the above requirements, an omnibus having a capacity
 9 of [ten] nine or more passengers registered in this state and manufac-
 10 tured or assembled after July first, nineteen hundred seventy, shall be
 11 equipped with a mirror attached to the right side of such vehicle and so
 12 adjusted that the driver thereof shall have a clear and full view of the
 13 road and condition of traffic behind such vehicle.
 14 § 4. Severability. If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,
 15 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 16 diction to be invalid, or if any federal agency determines in writing
 17 that this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt of
 18 federal funds such judgment or written determination shall not affect,
 19 impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its
 20 operation to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or
 21 part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
 22 or written determination shall have been r