Assembly Bill A1309

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires certain labeling information on child safety seats regarding compatibility with automobiles

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A1309 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1668
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-ff, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A844, A8435, S4684

2009-A1309 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for certain labeling requirements on child safety seats; requires that no seat intended for use by a child less than four years of age shall be sold if it fails to conspicuously disclose on its label a warning of compatibility of the child safety seat with automobiles; provides for enforcement by the attorney general and provides for private right of action for any person damaged by failure of another to follow these provisions; provides for a cap on civil penalties of twenty-five thousand dollars.

2009-A1309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1309

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER, GREENE, MARKEY, GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  by  -- M. of A.  CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CUSICK, CYMBROWITZ, DIAZ,
  FARRELL, GALEF, GIANARIS, GLICK, HOOPER, JOHN, KOON, MAGEE,  MAGNAREL-
  LI, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, MILLMAN, ORTIZ, PERRY, SCARBOROUGH, SEMINERIO,
  TOWNS,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and  referred  to the Committee on
  Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  providing  for
  notice of compatibility to purchasers of child safety seats

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds and
declares that the safest method to transport young children when  riding
in  passenger  cars  is  in  a federally approved child safety seat. New
York's mandatory child restraint  law  has  demonstrated  its  value  in
protecting  young children from fatalities and injuries when involved in
motor vehicle accidents. It is critical to the  children's  safety  that
they are protected in a properly fitting child safety seat. The National
Highway  Traffic  Safety  Administration  estimates that a properly used
child safety seat reduces the risk of fatality  by  seventy-one  percent
and  the  risk  of  serious injury by sixty-seven percent among children
less than five years of age.
  However, the legislature finds that many child safety  seats  are  not
used properly. There exist compatibility problems in the design of child
restraints  that  make secure installation of child safety seats in some
vehicle seating positions difficult and, occasionally,  impossible.  Not
all  child  safety seats can be used effectively in all makes and models
of cars. An improperly installed child safety seat can reduce its poten-
tial benefits and cause injuries and/or death to children using them.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03056-01-9

              

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