| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2012 |
committee discharged and committed to rules notice of committee consideration - requested |
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to transportation |
| Feb 09, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S3141
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
2011-S3141 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S3141 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3141
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring police
officers to notify family members in person of a relative's death in
certain circumstances
PURPOSE:
Require police officers to notify a family member in person, when a
relative has died.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Act shall be known as Valeria's Law.
Section 2. In each
motor vehicle accident or any other event or incident in which any
person is killed who was not in violation of the law.
Police officer, or agency, or individual who in the regular course of
duty investigates such event shall use reasonable efforts to identify
and notify in person a member of the person's family or household.
EXISTING LAW:
None exists.
JUSTIFICATION:
Receiving the news that a loved one or a family member has died is a
2011-S3141 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3141
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 9, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. HUNTLEY -- 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 requiring
police officers to notify family members in person of a relative's
death in certain circumstances
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Valeria's
law".
S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
603-c to read as follows:
S 603-C. ACCIDENTS; POLICE TO NOTIFY IN PERSON. 1. IN EACH MOTOR VEHI-
CLE ACCIDENT OR ANY OTHER EVENT OR INCIDENT IN WHICH ANY PERSON IS
KILLED, WHO WAS NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANY LAW, RULES, REGULATIONS, PROCE-
DURES OR SUMMONS, THE POLICE OFFICER, AGENCY OR INDIVIDUAL WHO, IN THE
REGULAR COURSE OF DUTY, INVESTIGATES SUCH ACCIDENT, EVENT OR INCIDENT
SHALL USE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY IN PERSON, A MEMBER
OF THE PERSON'S FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD OF THE FATALITY AS SOON AS PRACTICA-
BLE AFTER SUCH ACCIDENT, EVENT OR INCIDENT.
2. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL INDICATE THAT THE PERSON WAS KILLED, THE
LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT, EVENT OR INCIDENT AND THE LOCATION OF THE
PERSON'S BODY OR REMAINS.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07065-01-1
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