| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2012 |
print number 3329a |
| May 30, 2012 |
amend and recommit to rules |
| Mar 12, 2012 |
committee discharged and committed to rules notice of committee consideration - requested |
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to transportation |
| Feb 16, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S3329A
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2011-S3329 - Details
2011-S3329 - Summary
Relates to the safety of funeral processions; provides that vehicles participating in funeral procession shall have the right-of-way; makes it illegal for any vehicle to forcefully enter spaces between vehicles in a procession; provides that vehicles entering a procession illegally shall be subject to a civil fine of up to $100
2011-S3329 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3329
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the safety of
funeral processions
PURPOSE:
This legislation would provide for civil penalty to an operator of a
motor vehicle that may fail to yield the right of way or that would
forcibly enter a funeral procession.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 1144-b to the vehicle
and traffic law in that upon approach of a motor vehicle with
appropriate indication of participation in a funeral procession, all
motor vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to such procession and
participants of such procession must proceed in a procession with
reasonable duty of care and yield to any emergency vehicle with its
lights or siren on.
Section 2 amends section 1129 of the vehicle and traffic law to
provide for civil penalty of up to one hundred dollars to the driver
of a motor vehicle that forcefully or otherwise enters space between
vehicles in a funeral procession.
2011-S3329 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3329
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 16, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 the safety
of funeral processions
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 1144-b to read as follows:
S 1144-B. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN
A FUNERAL PROCESSION. (A) UPON THE IMMEDIATE APPROACH OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
WHICH (I) HAS A BLACK FLAG WITH THE WORD "FUNERAL" AFFIXED TO IT IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (FF) OF SUBDIVISION TWELVE-A OF SECTION
THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND (II) HAS "HAZARD" OR
"FLASHING" LIGHTS TURNED ON AND OPERATING, THE DRIVER OF EVERY OTHER
MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SHALL IMMEDIATELY DRIVE
TO A POSITION PARALLEL TO, AND AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO, THE RIGHT-HAND
EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY, OR TO EITHER EDGE OF A ONE-WAY HIGHWAY THREE OR
MORE LANES IN WIDTH, CLEAR OF ANY INTERSECTION, AND SHALL STOP AND
REMAIN IN SUCH POSITION UNTIL THE MOTOR VEHICLE DISPLAYING SUCH FLAG HAS
PASSED, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY A POLICE OFFICER.
(B) THIS SECTION SHALL NOT OPERATE TO RELIEVE THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE PARTICIPATING IN A BURIAL OR FUNERAL PROCESSION FROM THE DUTY TO
DRIVE WITH REASONABLE CARE FOR ALL PERSONS USING THE HIGHWAY.
(C) ANY PERSON OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO AN AUTHORIZED
EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENGAGED IN EMERGENCY OPERATION WITH ITS SIREN OR
LIGHTS ACTIVATED.
S 2. Subdivision (c) of section 1129 of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Motor vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside of a business
or residence district in a caravan or motorcade whether or not towing
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07627-01-1
2011-S3329A (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S3329A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the safety of funeral processions; provides that vehicles participating in funeral procession shall have the right-of-way; makes it illegal for any vehicle to forcefully enter spaces between vehicles in a procession; provides that vehicles entering a procession illegally shall be subject to a civil fine of up to $100
2011-S3329A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3329A
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the safety
of funeral processions
PURPOSE:
This legislation would provide for civil penalty to an operator of a
motor vehicle that may fail to yield the right of way or that would
forcibly enter a funeral procession.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 1144-b to the vehicle and traffic law in
that upon approach of a motor vehicle with appropriate indication of
participation in a funeral procession, all motor vehicles shall yield
the right-of-way to such procession and participants of such
procession must proceed in a procession with reasonable duty of care
and yield to any emergency vehicle with its lights or siren on.
Section 2 amends section 1129 of the vehicle and traffic law to
provide for civil penalty of up to one hundred dollars to the driver
of a motor vehicle that forcefully or otherwise enters space between
vehicles in a funeral procession.
JUSTIFICATION:
All too often funeral processions throughout the State of New York are
2011-S3329A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3329--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 16, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the
Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the safety
of funeral processions
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 1144-b to read as follows:
S 1144-B. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN
A FUNERAL PROCESSION. (A) UPON THE IMMEDIATE APPROACH OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
WHICH HAS A BLACK FLAG WITH THE WORD "FUNERAL" AFFIXED TO IT IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (FF) OF SUBDIVISION TWELVE-A OF SECTION
THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE DRIVER OF EVERY OTHER
MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SHALL IMMEDIATELY DRIVE
TO A POSITION PARALLEL TO, AND AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO, THE RIGHT-HAND
EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY, OR TO EITHER EDGE OF A ONE-WAY HIGHWAY THREE OR
MORE LANES IN WIDTH, CLEAR OF ANY INTERSECTION, AND SHALL STOP AND
REMAIN IN SUCH POSITION UNTIL THE MOTOR VEHICLE DISPLAYING SUCH FLAG HAS
PASSED, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY A POLICE OFFICER.
(B) THIS SECTION SHALL NOT OPERATE TO RELIEVE THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE PARTICIPATING IN A BURIAL OR FUNERAL PROCESSION FROM THE DUTY TO
DRIVE WITH REASONABLE CARE FOR ALL PERSONS USING THE HIGHWAY.
(C) ANY PERSON OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO AN AUTHORIZED
EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENGAGED IN EMERGENCY OPERATION WITH ITS SIREN OR
LIGHTS ACTIVATED.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07627-03-2
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