Senate Bill S4609

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that most motor vehicles be cleared of snow, sleet, or hail accumulated on their roof and cargo bed surfaces

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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-S4609 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1229-e, amd §125, V & T L

2009-S4609 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes it mandatory that no person shall operate a motor vehicle while there is an accumulation of snow, sleet, or hail on the roof surfaces of drivers compartment, trailer, or other cargo compartments; provides that such mandate shall not apply during the falling of snow, sleet or hail or within three hours after the cessation thereof; excepts automobile transporters, motorcycles, and authorized emergency vehicles from such mandate.

2009-S4609 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4609 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4609

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. ONORATO, DILAN, FOLEY, HASSELL-THOMPSON, C. JOHNSON,
  SAMPSON  --  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be
  committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  the  roof  and  cargo  bed  surfaces  of  certain motor vehicles to be
  cleared of accumulated snow, sleet, or hail

  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 1229-e to read as follows:
  S 1229-E. CLEARANCE OF SNOW, SLEET, AND HAIL. 1. NO PERSON SHALL OPER-
ATE A MOTOR VEHICLE  WHILE THERE IS AN ACCUMULATION OF SNOW,  SLEET,  OR
HAIL  ON THE ROOF OR CARGO BED SURFACES THEREOF, WHETHER OF ANY OCCUPANT
COMPARTMENT, TRAILER, OR OTHER CARGO COMPARTMENT.
  2. THE REMOVAL OF ACCUMULATED SNOW, SLEET, OR HAIL REQUIRED BY  SUBDI-
VISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY DURING THE FALLING OF SNOW,
SLEET, OR HAIL OR WITHIN THREE HOURS AFTER THE CESSATION OF THE  FALLING
THEREOF.
  3.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY AUTOMOBILE
TRANSPORTER, MOTORCYCLE, OR AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
  S 2. Section 125 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter
365 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  S 125. Motor vehicles. Every vehicle operated or driven upon a  public
highway  which  is  propelled  by  any  power other than muscular power,
except (a) electrically-driven mobility assistance devices  operated  or
driven  by a person with a disability, (a-1) electric personal assistive
mobility devices operated outside  a  city  with  a  population  of  one
million  or  more, (b) vehicles which run only upon rails or tracks, (c)
snowmobiles as defined in article forty-seven of this chapter,  and  (d)
all  terrain  vehicles as defined in article forty-eight-B of this chap-
ter. For the purposes of title four of  this  chapter,  the  term  motor

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03671-01-9

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