What's happening
This bill requires retailers selling new child car seats in New York to also offer warning devices and post safety notices, with penalties for noncompliance.
Why it matters
Raises awareness of child hot car deaths. by requiring retailers to post clear warnings about the dangers of leaving children in car seats, potentially prompting greater parental caution and saving lives.
Increases consumer access. to electronic warning devices that alert drivers if a child is left in a car seat after the vehicle is turned off, making this safety technology more visible and available at the point of sale.
Places new compliance responsibilities on retailers. , which may affect store operations and inventory management, as they must stock compatible warning devices and ensure proper safety signage is displayed.
Establishes financial penalties for noncompliance. , incentivizing retailers to adhere to the new regulations and reinforcing the seriousness of child safety in vehicles.
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Require Car Seat Warning Devices
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- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
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Require Car Seat Alerts
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Kevin Thomas
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8582
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
September 13, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of new motor vehicle child restraint systems
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-uu to read as follows:
§ 399-uu. Motor vehicle child restraint system warning devices. 1. As used in this section:
(a) "Motor vehicle child restraint system" shall mean a harness and restraint system designed for young children to ride in a motor vehicle which conforms to the specifications of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section twelve hundred twenty-nine-c of the vehicle and traffic law.
(b) "Motor vehicle child restraint system warning device" shall mean an electronic device that connects to a motor vehicle child restraint system, or is built into a motor vehicle child restraint system, for the purpose of alerting the driver of a motor vehicle when the motor vehicle has been turned off and a child remains harnessed in a motor vehicle child restraint system.
2. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity shall sell or offer to sell a new motor vehicle child restraint system to a consumer at retail unless such person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity:
(a) maintains in stock and prominently displays within the store motor vehicle child restraint system warning devices available for sale that are compatible with such motor vehicle child restraint systems; and
(b) posts a notice, in a conspicuous location which may be easily seen or reached by customers, that, in a legible format, states: "Leaving children unattended in an installed motor vehicle child restraint system
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13670-01-9
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may lead to possible injury or death, especially in hot temperatures. Motor vehicle child restraint system warning devices may prevent leaving a child unattended in a car when properly installed."
3. Any person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity that sells or offers to sell a new motor vehicle child restraint system to a consumer at retail in violation of the provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each violation.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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