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Assembly Bill A7973

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits the idling of motor vehicles while waiting to board a ferry

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2011-A7973 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3226
2013-2014: A8133

2011-A7973 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the idling of motor vehicles while waiting to board a ferry; exempts fire, police and public utility trucks or other vehicles performing emergency services; a hybrid electric vehicle, as defined in NYCRR6, idling for the purpose of providing energy for battery or other form of energy storage recharging; and electric powered vehicles

2011-A7973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7973

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the idling
  of motor vehicles while waiting to board a ferry

  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. (A) NO PERSON WHO OWNS, OPERATES OR LEASES A MOTOR  VEHICLE  SHALL
ALLOW  OR  PERMIT THE ENGINE OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE TO IDLE WHILE WAITING
TO BOARD A FERRY OR WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET OF A FERRY TERMINAL.
  (B) THE FOLLOWING ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
  (I) FIRE, POLICE AND PUBLIC UTILITY TRUCKS OR OTHER VEHICLES  PERFORM-
ING EMERGENCY SERVICES;
  (II)  A  HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN NYCRR6, IDLING FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ENERGY FOR BATTERY OR OTHER FORM OF ENERGY  STORAGE
RECHARGING; AND
  (III) ELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLES.
  (C)  THE  COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS,
RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION,  SHALL  REQUIRE  EVERY  FERRY  AND
FERRY  TERMINAL TO CONSPICUOUSLY POST NOT LESS THAN TWO SIGNS, OF A SIZE
AND DESIGN DESIGNATED BY SUCH COMMISSIONERS. SUCH SIGN SHALL INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING WORDS: "NO IDLING OF MOTOR VEHICLES PURSUANT TO THE  NEW  YORK
STATE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  AND  THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES".
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing  the  date  on which it shall have become a law. The commissioner of
motor vehicles shall promulgate rules and regulations as  are  necessary
to effectuate the implementation of this act and shall assign points for
violations of section one of this act as the commissioner of motor vehi-
cles deems appropriate.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11624-01-1

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