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Senate Bill S792

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting a motor vehicle with an automatic or remote car starter from certain prohibitions

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2009-S792 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1210, V & T L

2009-S792 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts a motor vehicle with an automatic or remote car starter from the prohibition of leaving an unattended motor vehicle provided that all the doors of such vehicle are locked.

2009-S792 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S792 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   792

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ALESI  -- 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 exempting  a
  motor  vehicle  with  an  automatic or remote car starter from certain
  prohibitions

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

  Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 1210 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 1967, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (a)  No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it
to stand unattended without  first  stopping  the  engine,  locking  the
ignition, removing the key from the vehicle, and effectively setting the
brake  thereon  and,  when  standing  upon  any grade, turning the front
wheels to the curb or  side  of  the  highway,  provided,  however,  the
provision  for  removing  the key from the vehicle shall not require the
removal of keys hidden from sight about the vehicle for  convenience  or
emergency;  PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION
SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN  AUTOMATIC  OR  REMOTE  CAR
STARTER WHERE SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS ABLE TO REMAIN RUNNING WITH OR WITH-
OUT  KEYS IN THE IGNITION AND ALL OF THE DOORS TO SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE ARE
LOCKED.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred  eightieth  day
after  it  shall  have  become  a law; provided, however, that effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
lation  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.
                                                           LBD01790-01-9

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