S 2267: Requires that for hire vehicles with a chassis which was manufactured and then altered for the purpose of transporting ten or more occupants, including the driver, be equipped with an operable carbon monoxide detector.
The bill aims to improve road safety in New York by requiring certain motor vehicles to be equipped with specific safety devices. Every vehicle with a carrying capacity of ten or more passengers must be equipped with a hand-operated fire extinguisher that meets certain standards. For-hire vehicles that have been altered to transport ten or more occupants, including the driver, must be equipped with an operable carbon monoxide detector. The commissioner of transportation will promulgate rules and regulations to carry out these provisions. The bill will take effect on the ninetieth day after it becomes a law.
| Jan. 16, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2267 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 that certain motor vehicles shall be equipped with operable carbon monoxide detectors 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 375 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 576 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 9. a. Every omnibus operating upon the public highways of the state 5 having a carrying capacity of ten or more passengers, shall be equipped 6 with one hand fire extinguisher of at least 4 B:C Underwriters' Labora- 7 tories rating or a similar rating by any qualified laboratory or testing 8 organization which meets the criteria of American Society for Testing 9 Materials test E548-76. Fire extinguishers shall be kept in good operat- 10 ing condition at all times and must be mounted in a place readily acces- 11 sible for use. 12 b. Every for-hire vehicle operated or driven upon the public highways 13 of the state with a chassis which was manufactured and then altered for 14 the purpose of transporting ten or more occupants, including the driver, 15 shall be equipped with an operable carbon monoxide detector. The commis- 16 sioner, in consultation with the commissioner of transportation, shall 17 promulgate rules and regulations as such commissioner shall deem neces- 18 sary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02607-01-5