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Assembly Bill A4020

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits any person from interfering with any official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal

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2011-A4020 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2754
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1115, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7508, S4128
2013-2014: A2380, S4595
2015-2016: A297, S1119

2011-A4020 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits any person from attempting to or to in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, cover, remove or otherwise interfere with any traffic control device or railroad sign or signal; provides an affirmative defense therefor that operator can show he or she was not aware of the device.

2011-A4020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 2754                                                  A. 4020

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 1, 2011
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
  tion

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

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
  the use of any device which affects the operation of a traffic-control
  signal

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

  Section  1. Section 1115 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 315 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1115. Interference with official traffic-control  devices,  railroad
signs  or  signals and other highway appurtenances. (a) No person shall,
without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter,  deface,  injure,
knock  down,  cover,  remove,  or  otherwise interfere with any official
traffic-control  device  or  any  railroad  sign  or  signal,   or   any
inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof; any
bridge  or  similar  structure;  any monument, lamppost, telephone pole,
fence, walk, curb, tree, rock cut or other  appurtenance  on  a  highway
right of way.
  (b) For the purposes of this section[,] THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE
THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  1.  to  ['deface']  "DEFACE"  shall include, but not be limited to, to
damage, destroy, disfigure, erase, ruin,  distort,  spoil  or  otherwise
change the external appearance of an object by the use of chalk, crayon,
paint, stain, ink or other similar material.
  2.  TO  "ALTER"  A  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO, CHANGING OR ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE SIGNAL INDICATIONS OF A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06073-01-1

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