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Assembly Bill A5918

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of a hands-free mobile telephone by an operator of a motor vehicle under the age of 18

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2013-A5918 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1225-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6397
2011-2012: A4199

2013-A5918 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of a hands-free mobile telephone by an operator of a motor vehicle under the age of 18.

2013-A5918 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5918

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  HOOPER, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor-
  tation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
  certain use of hands-free mobile telephones

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and  traffic
law,  as  added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a
mobile telephone for the sole purpose of communicating with any  of  the
following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response opera-
tor;  a  hospital,  physician's  office  or  health clinic; an ambulance
company or corps; a fire department, district or company;  or  a  police
department, (b) any of the following persons while in the performance of
their  official duties: a police officer or peace officer; a member of a
fire department, district or company; or the operator of  an  authorized
emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this chapter,
or  (c)  the  use  of  a hands-free mobile telephone BY AN OPERATOR OF A
MOTOR VEHICLE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09374-01-3

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