§ 383. Safety belts and anchorage assemblies. 1. Safety belts\nrequired. No motor vehicle shall be sold or registered in this state\nand no motor vehicle registered in this state shall be operated in this\nstate unless such vehicle is equipped with safety belts approved by and\nconforming to standards established by the commissioner as follows:\n (a) A motor vehicle manufactured or assembled after June thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred sixty-four and designated as a 1965 or later model, at\nleast two safety belts for the front seat;\n (b) A motor vehicle manufactured or assembled after June thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred sixty-six and designated as a 1967 or later model, at\nleast one safety belt for the rear seat for each passenger for which the\nrear seat of such vehicle was designed;\n * (c) A motor vehicle manufactured or assembled on or after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, at least one safety belt for each\npassenger seat position;\n * NB Repealed upon notification that any federal agency determines in\nwriting that chapter 10 of 2020 would render New York state ineligible\nfor the receipt of federal funds or any court of competent jurisdiction\nfinally determines that said chapter would render New York state out of\ncompliance with federal law or regulation (see chapter 10 of 2020 § 6)\n * (c) A motor vehicle manufactured or assembled on or after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, at least one safety belt for each\npassenger seat position.\n * NB Effective upon repeal (see chapter 10 of 2020 § 6)\n * (d) An altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch\nlimousine" which was altered on or after January first, two thousand\ntwenty-one, at least two safety belts for the front seat, and at least\none safety belt for the rear seat for each passenger for which the rear\nseat of such vehicle was designed, and at least one safety belt for each\npassenger seat position.\n * NB Repealed upon notification that any federal agency determines in\nwriting that chapter 10 of 2020 would render New York state ineligible\nfor the receipt of federal funds or any court of competent jurisdiction\nfinally determines that said chapter would render New York state out of\ncompliance with federal law or regulation (see chapter 10 of 2020 § 6)\n * 1-a. No altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch\nlimousine" which was altered prior to January first, two thousand\ntwenty-one shall be sold or registered in this state and no such altered\nmotor vehicle altered prior to January first, two thousand twenty-one\nregistered in this state shall be operated in this state unless such\nvehicle is retrofitted and equipped with safety belts approved by and\nconforming to standards established by the commissioner as follows: at\nleast two safety belts for the front seat, and at least one safety belt\nfor the rear seat for each passenger for which the rear seat of such\nvehicle was designed, and at least one safety belt for each passenger\nseat position.\n * NB Repealed upon notification that any federal agency determines in\nwriting that chapter 10 of 2020 would render New York state ineligible\nfor the receipt of federal funds or any court of competent jurisdiction\nfinally determines that said chapter would render New York state out of\ncompliance with federal law or regulation (see chapter 10 of 2020 § 6)\n 2. Anchorage assemblies. No motor vehicle shall be sold or registered\nin this state unless such motor vehicle is equipped with safety belt\nassembly anchorages conforming to standards established by the\ncommissioner for each safety belt required in such motor vehicle. In\naddition, no motor vehicle manufactured or assembled after June\nthirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-two shall be sold or registered in\nthis state unless such motor vehicle is equipped with safety belt\nassembly anchorages conforming to standards established by the\ncommissioner for two safety belts for the front seat of such vehicl
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