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Assembly Bill A1870

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that motor vehicles manufactured after December 31, 2011 operated in New York state shall be equipped with an event data recorder

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2011-A1870 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A690

2011-A1870 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that motor vehicles manufactured after December 31, 2011 and operated in New York state shall be equipped with an event data recorder.

2011-A1870 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1870

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
  that every new motor vehicle be equipped with an event data recorder

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

  Section  1.  Section  375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 52 to read as follows:
  52. EVENT DATA RECORDER. EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THIS  STATE
AND  MANUFACTURED OR ASSEMBLED AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
ELEVEN SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN "EVENT DATA RECORDER". AN  "EVENT  DATA
RECORDER"  SHALL  MEAN A DEVICE WHICH SHALL BE IN OPERATION AT ALL TIMES
THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED  AND  WHICH  SHALL  RECORD  AND
STORE  DATA  WHICH WILL INDICATE AT ANY TIME, WHILE THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS
IN OPERATION, INCLUDING ANY TIME THE MOTOR  VEHICLE  IS  INVOLVED  IN  A
COLLISION  OF  ANY  KIND,  WHETHER THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED, THE AIR BAGS
WERE DEPLOYED, THE SEAT BELTS WERE BUCKLED AND THE SPEED  AT  WHICH  THE
MOTOR VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing  the date on which it shall have become a law, except that any rules
and regulations necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on
its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05029-01-1

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