Assembly Bill A5683

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits the idling of motor vehicles left unattended

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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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2011-A5683 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1159
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1210, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A8539, S6246

2011-A5683 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the idling of motor vehicles left unattended; provides exemptions for the following: emergency of law enforcement purposes; maintenance, diagnostics, inspection; powering auxiliary equipment

2011-A5683 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5683

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
  the idling of motor vehicles left unattended

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

  Section 1. Section 1210 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  subdivision
(a)  as  amended  by chapter 350 of the laws of 1967, subdivision (b) as
amended by chapter 300 of the laws of 1960 and subdivision (c) as  added
by chapter 572 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1210. [Unattended] IDLING motor vehicle LEFT UNATTENDED; PROHIBITED.
(a) No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to
stand unattended without [first]:
  1. stopping the engine[,];
  2.  locking  the  ignition[,]  AND removing the key from the vehicle[,
and];
  3. PLACING THE TRANSMISSION  IN  "PARK"  OR  THE  GEARS  IN  "LOW"  OR
"REVERSE" IF THE VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL SHIFT; AND
  4.  effectively setting the brake thereon [and, when standing upon any
grade, turning].
  (B) A PERSON SHALL TURN 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] WHEN STANDING A VEHICLE ON ANY
PERCEPTIBLE GRADE.
  [(b)] (C) THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDI-
VISIONS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SECTION:
  1. EMERGENCY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES;
  2. MAINTENANCE, DIAGNOSTICS, INSPECTION;
  3. POWERING AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT;
  4. RECHARGING ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02184-01-1
              

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