Assembly Bill A9891

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits the driving of motor vehicles or motorcycles in bicycle lanes and bicycle paths in N.Y. city

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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-A9891 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1132, amd §1800, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3466
2013-2014: A3770
2015-2016: A3699
2017-2018: A4861
2019-2020: A4519

2009-A9891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the driving of motor vehicles or motorcycles in bicycle lanes and paths in a city with a population of one million or more; provides for a fine of $75; provides a conviction shall not be made part of the operating record of the person upon whom such liability is imposed and shall not be used for insurance purposes in the provision of motor vehicle insurance coverage.

2009-A9891 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9891

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
  the driving of motor vehicles or motorcycles in bicycle lanes or bicy-
  cle paths in a city with a population of one million or more

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

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1132 to read as follows:
  S  1132.  DRIVING IN BICYCLE LANES OR BICYCLE PATHS PROHIBITED. EXCEPT
FOR EMERGENCY OR FIRE VEHICLES, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A MOTOR  VEHICLE
OR  MOTORCYCLE  IN A BICYCLE LANE OR BICYCLE PATH IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
LATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE.  THE  FOREGOING  LIMITATION  SHALL  NOT
PREVENT  MOTOR  VEHICLES  FROM DRIVING IN BICYCLE LANES OR BICYCLE PATHS
WHEN DIRECTED BY POLICE OFFICERS OR FLAGPERSONS.
  S 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
  3. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH ONE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION,  A PERSON CONVICTED OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF  THIS  CHAPTER  SHALL
FOR  CONVICTION THEREOF, BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN SEVENTY-
FIVE DOLLARS AND SHALL NOT BE MADE PART OF THE OPERATING RECORD  OF  THE
PERSON  UPON  WHOM  SUCH  LIABILITY  IS IMPOSED NOR SHALL IT BE USED FOR
INSURANCE PURPOSES IN THE PROVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15191-02-0

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