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Assembly Bill A9447

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Mandates that tow truck operators light emergency flares when providing assistance on public highways, streets or roadways

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2011-A9447 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6133
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1224-a, V & T L

2011-A9447 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Todd's law"; mandates that tow truck operators light emergency flares when providing assistance on public highways, streets or roadways.

2011-A9447 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9447

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 1, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROBERTS,  FINCH,  LINARES, WEISENBERG, COOK,
  WEPRIN, CASTRO, BOYLAND -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  ARROYO,
  CALHOUN,  P. RIVERA,  SCARBOROUGH, STEVENSON -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  tow  truck  operators to light emergency flares when providing assist-
  ance on public highways, streets or roadways

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Todd's law".
  S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
1224-a to read as follows:
  S  1224-A.  USE OF EMERGENCY FLARES BY TOW TRUCK OPERATORS. ANY PERSON
OPERATING A TOW TRUCK AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT-B OF
THIS CHAPTER WHO IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS  PROVIDES  ASSISTANCE
TO  A  DISABLED,  ILLEGALLY PARKED OR ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE OR A MOTOR
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON ANY HIGHWAY, STREET OR  ROADWAY  OPEN
TO  PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC, SHALL LIGHT A SERIES OF EMERGENCY ROAD
FLARES EVERY ONE HUNDRED FEET BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED FEET
AWAY FROM THE REAR FENDER OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE REQUIRING  ASSISTANCE  UP
TO THE FRONT FENDER OF THE TOW TRUCK. A VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS  SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13862-03-2

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