S21-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S21-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S21

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring safety
enclosures for motor buses used in mass transportation

PURPOSE:
To require that mass transit buses install enclosures for the
protection the driver by passengers who embark and disembark from the
bus.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends the transportation law by adding a new subdivision
7-a. It Requires the commissioner to require all buses used in mass
transportation to install a safety enclosure for bus drivers.

Section 2. Effective Date

JUSTIFICATION:
Due to the number of felonious assaults on bus drivers throughout the
state of New York the legislature has seen fit to elevate the level
of the criminal offenses to a felony when committed against a mass
transit worker while they are in the performance of their duties.

A review of this technology reveals that there are state-of-the-art
enclosures in use on several mass transit systems and that in cities
with populations of 1 million or more there is a tremendous concern
on the part of bus drivers. Assuming the viability of these high-tech
enclosures bus drivers will be better protected against random acts
of violence which have been directed at bus drivers.

EXISTING LAW:
None.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2012: S.7143-Referred to Transportation/A.9852 - Referred to
Transportation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
On the thirtieth day after it shall become law.

S21-2013 Text

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

                                     21

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

  AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring  safety
    enclosures for motor buses used in mass transportation

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


    Section 1. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by  adding
  a new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:

    7-A.  THE COMMISSIONER, BY RULE OR REGULATION, SHALL REQUIRE ALL MOTOR
  BUSES USED IN MASS TRANSPORTATION, TO HAVE INSTALLED A SAFETY  ENCLOSURE
  TO PROTECT BUS DRIVERS FROM ASSAULT OR INJURY CAUSED BY PASSENGERS.
    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
  have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD00994-01-3